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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. What does Phaedrus regard as being the term that encompasses the conflict between social and intellectual patterns?
(a) Celebrity.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Media.
(d) Reality.

2. To what does Phaedrus compare the Giant of his city analogy in Chapter 17?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Scientist.
(d) Farmer.

3. What Quality does Phaedrus believe is beyond Lila in Chapter 17?
(a) Biological.
(b) Spiritual.
(c) Intellectual.
(d) Sexual.

4. What does Lila plan to be her final destination after getting a drink at the restaurant in Chapter 18?
(a) The boat.
(b) The hotel room.
(c) Church.
(d) Jamie's house.

5. Why is subject-object science unable to deal with morals?
(a) They are a man-made construct.
(b) They are too easily faked.
(c) They are not factual.
(d) They are not scientifically possible.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lila's destination in the beginning of Chapter 23?

2. From whose point-of-view is Chapter 23 told?

3. What flashback does Lila experience when she hallucinates seeing her childhood dog?

4. Where does Phaedrus believe the idea that the intellect reigns supreme over societal needs will lead the human race?

5. What does Phaedrus believe to be the last static social pattern in history?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Lila's motivation in asking Jamie to join her and Phaedrus?

2. What ideas does Phaedrus develop about Victorian beliefs in Chapter 21?

3. Why does Lila stop at the restaurant in Chapter 18?

4. How does Phaedrus connect the Zen concept of hell to celebrity?

5. How does Phaedrus's musings on the Victorians bring him back to his initial ideas on the American Indians?

6. What does Phaedrus deduce about Lila from his meeting with her friends?

7. What are the two different cultural evaluations of Phaedrus?

8. How did intellect begin to replace societal concerns after World War I?

9. How does war factor into the Victorian beliefs?

10. Describe Jamie and Fatso.

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