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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. To what does Phaedrus compare creating a "metaphysics" in Chapter 9?
2. In relation to Rigel, what label does Phaedrus give people who he believes are "gaudy, fraudulent, ornamental peacocks"?
3. What name does Phaedrus give to the concept that science exists merely to prove the truth?
4. What does Phaedrus believe to be the long-term effect of living with views such as the ones Rigel holds in Chapter 7?
5. Who believed that abstinence was necessary for intellectual pursuits?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Lila and Phaedrus talk about during dinner in Chapter 14 and what do the readers learn about them?
2. What does Phaedrus mean when he discusses Rigel in relation to his "Victorian" virtue?
3. Describe Dusenberry's career.
4. What problems does Rigel have with Phaedrus's first book?
5. In Chapter 15, what are Phaedrus's thoughts after making love to Lila?
6. What is Phaedrus's early analysis of Lila in Chapter 11?
7. Discuss the differences between static good and dynamic good.
8. In Chapter 8, what are some of the faults Phaedrus details with science?
9. What are Phaedrus's thoughts on the current century in Chapter 13?
10. Describe the life of the Zuni Indian discussed in Ruth Benedict's "Patterns of Culture."
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Define Quality.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the idea of a flawed "first division" and how Phaedrus's theories are to correct it.
Essay Topic 3
Using Phaedrus's theories, discuss Lila's mental breakdown in-depth.
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