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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Franz Boas?
(a) Philosopher.
(b) Dusenberry's best friend.
(c) Anthropology professor.
(d) Lila's former lover.

2. How does the Zuni brujo encompass the idea of "dynamic good"?
(a) He martyrs himself to his own ideas.
(b) He submits to his priests' punishment.
(c) He reaches outside his culture to right a wrong.
(d) He curbs his own ideas for the good of his tribe.

3. Upon which American Indian tribe does Dusenberry focus his PhD?
(a) Crow.
(b) Chippewa-Cree.
(c) Tohono O'odham.
(d) Lakota.

4. When Phaedrus first wakes up in the beginning of "Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals," what had he been doing the previous evening?
(a) Smoking marijuana.
(b) Snorting cocaine.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Shooting heroin.

5. At the end of Chapter 7, what does Phaedrus return to as the basis of his anthropological beliefs?
(a) Quality and morality are opposites of each other.
(b) Quality and morality are the same.
(c) Morality is the only important concept in the world.
(d) The world exists in pure stasis because of the interference of the Victorian belief.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rigel's profession?

2. About how many slips does Phaedrus have on the tray in his boat in Chapter 2?

3. What established law does Phaedrus cite as being an example of an evolving static pattern?

4. By Phaedrus's reckoning on the nature of Rigel's approach to morality, what was the natural effect of World War I?

5. By Phaedrus's reasoning of dynamic morality in Chapter 13, what is more moral than society killing an idea?

Short Essay Questions

1. What leads up to Lila's psychotic breakdown in Chapter 10?

2. Describe the life of the Zuni Indian discussed in Ruth Benedict's "Patterns of Culture."

3. In Chapter 15, what are Phaedrus's thoughts after making love to Lila?

4. What is Phaedrus's early analysis of Lila in Chapter 11?

5. How did Lila end up on Phaedrus's boat?

6. Why is Phaedrus the only one to consider anthropology in terms of "values"?

7. What does Phaedrus mean when he discusses Rigel in relation to his "Victorian" virtue?

8. What problems does Rigel have with Phaedrus's first book?

9. What is the Metaphysics of Quality?

10. Discuss the differences between static good and dynamic good.

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