Quiz - Cultural Literacy World Lit dual-ind

I only taught world literature and philosophy for two years using Cultural Literature, so it may not be quite as refined, but I did choose the most relevant facts, as far as we got.

sample: If you think that life can be explained by two opposing principles, like good and evil, then you're talking about __________.

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Lit 12 Cult Lit dual-ind

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1.
1 pts.
If you think that life can be explained by two opposing principles, like good and evil, then you're talking about __________.   
A. idealism
B. dualism
C. epistemology
D. ethical relativism
E. existentialism
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2.
1 pts.
__________________ asks, "How do we know what we know?"   
A. ethics
B. dualism
C. hedonism
D. epistemology
E. ecumenism
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3.
1 pts.
If you believe that human sacrifice is not wrong when you take into consideration culture and historical period (as opposed to just being always wrong), then you believe in _______________________.   
A. dualism
B. homerism
C. hedonism
D. ecumenism
E. ethical relativism
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4.
1 pts.
Ethics is the branch of philosophy that deals with _____________________.   
A. existentialism
B. hara-kiri
C. morality
D. money
E. poetry
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5.
1 pts.
If I think I am entirely free to do what I want and therefore entirely responsible for my actions, I am a follower of _________________.   
A. predestination
B. ethical relativism
C. existentialism
D. advertising
E. collective individualism
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6.
1 pts.
Madame Bovary is a _____________ book written about a ____________ woman and by a _______________ author named Gustave Flaubert.   
A. dumb
B. good
C. French
D. really old
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7.
1 pts.
If I can choose, think, and act voluntarily, then I have _____________.   
A. free will
B. democracy
C. predestination
D. an overdeveloped sense of vengeance
E. a lot of money
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8.
1 pts.
This doctrine says that pleasure or happiness is the greatest good in life, so you might really be performing the greatest good if you sit in your bedroom and text all night instead of volunteering to help others or something not fun.   
A. hegelism
B. fatalism
C. epistemology
D. hedonism
E. humanism
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9.
1 pts.
According to Hegel, what's real in this world?   
A. mind or spirit
B. material things
C. nothing
D. only that which we do not sense
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10.
1 pts.
Herodotus is often called the Father of ______________.   
A. Philosophy
B. Religion
C. Herodotus Jr.
D. History
E. Suspense
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11.
1 pts.
According to tradition, Greek writer Homer, one of the greatest poets of all time, was _______________.   
A. Roman
B. blind
C. illiterate
D. an alien from galaxy Z-35 sent here to establish the New World Order
E. a woman
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12.
1 pts.
This story is about a deformed man named Quasimodo who works as a bell ringer in a church and falls in love with a Gypsy girl.   
A. The Hound of the Baskervilles
B. Moby Dick
C. The Man in the Iron Mask
D. Spider Man
E. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
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13.
1 pts.
If I studied the Humanities today, it would include history, English, art, music, and philosophy. Back in the Renaissance, a Humanist studied:   
A. science
B. the heavens
C. languages and cultures of ancient Greece and Rome
D. languages and cultures of the Far East and Africa
E. the discoveries in the New World
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14.
1 pts.
The kind of reasoning that moves from specific instances to predict general principles. For example, if a student finishes this quiz and then plays games, then finishes two more quizzes later on and immediately plays games, I will decide that every time a student finishes work, he or she will play games.   
A. deductive
B. reductive
C. seductive
D. inductive
E. productive
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Lit 12 Cult Lit dual-ind

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1.
1 pt(s).
If you think that life can be explained by two opposing principles, like good and evil, then you're talking about __________.
A. idealism
correct answer choice answer choice you marked B. dualism
C. epistemology
D. ethical relativism
E. existentialism
 
 

 
2.
1 pt(s).
__________________ asks, "How do we know what we know?"
A. ethics
B. dualism
C. hedonism
correct answer choice answer choice you marked D. epistemology
E. ecumenism
 
 

 
3.
1 pt(s).
If you believe that human sacrifice is not wrong when you take into consideration culture and historical period (as opposed to just being always wrong), then you believe in _______________________.
A. dualism
B. homerism
C. hedonism
D. ecumenism
correct answer choice answer choice you marked E. ethical relativism
 
 

 
4.
1 pt(s).
Ethics is the branch of philosophy that deals with _____________________.
A. existentialism
B. hara-kiri
correct answer choice answer choice you marked C. morality
D. money
E. poetry
 
 

 
5.
1 pt(s).
If I think I am entirely free to do what I want and therefore entirely responsible for my actions, I am a follower of _________________.
A. predestination
B. ethical relativism
correct answer choice answer choice you marked C. existentialism
D. advertising
E. collective individualism
 
 

 
6.
1 pt(s).
Madame Bovary is a _____________ book written about a ____________ woman and by a _______________ author named Gustave Flaubert.
A. dumb
B. good
correct answer choice answer choice you marked C. French
D. really old
 
 

 
7.
1 pt(s).
If I can choose, think, and act voluntarily, then I have _____________.
correct answer choice answer choice you marked A. free will
B. democracy
C. predestination
D. an overdeveloped sense of vengeance
E. a lot of money
 
 

 
8.
1 pt(s).
This doctrine says that pleasure or happiness is the greatest good in life, so you might really be performing the greatest good if you sit in your bedroom and text all night instead of volunteering to help others or something not fun.
A. hegelism
B. fatalism
C. epistemology
correct answer choice answer choice you marked D. hedonism
E. humanism
 
 

 
9.
1 pt(s).
According to Hegel, what's real in this world?
correct answer choice answer choice you marked A. mind or spirit
B. material things
C. nothing
D. only that which we do not sense
 
 

 
10.
1 pt(s).
Herodotus is often called the Father of ______________.
A. Philosophy
B. Religion
C. Herodotus Jr.
correct answer choice answer choice you marked D. History
E. Suspense
 
 

 
11.
1 pt(s).
According to tradition, Greek writer Homer, one of the greatest poets of all time, was _______________.
A. Roman
correct answer choice answer choice you marked B. blind
C. illiterate
D. an alien from galaxy Z-35 sent here to establish the New World Order
E. a woman
 
 

 
12.
1 pt(s).
This story is about a deformed man named Quasimodo who works as a bell ringer in a church and falls in love with a Gypsy girl.
A. The Hound of the Baskervilles
B. Moby Dick
C. The Man in the Iron Mask
D. Spider Man
correct answer choice answer choice you marked E. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
 
 

 
13.
1 pt(s).
If I studied the Humanities today, it would include history, English, art, music, and philosophy. Back in the Renaissance, a Humanist studied:
A. science
B. the heavens
correct answer choice answer choice you marked C. languages and cultures of ancient Greece and Rome
D. languages and cultures of the Far East and Africa
E. the discoveries in the New World
 
 

 
14.
1 pt(s).
The kind of reasoning that moves from specific instances to predict general principles. For example, if a student finishes this quiz and then plays games, then finishes two more quizzes later on and immediately plays games, I will decide that every time a student finishes work, he or she will play games.
A. deductive
B. reductive
C. seductive
correct answer choice answer choice you marked D. inductive
E. productive