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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is a method of literary analysis that seeks to expose the underlying ideologies of a text.Social ConstructDeconstructionPoststructuralismDeconstructuralism
- 2. Multiple ChoiceAccording to postmodernism, which of the following affects how we see the world?CultureGenderLanguageAll of these affect how we see the world
- 3. Multiple ChoiceT/F Postmodernism asserts that all worldviews offer unbiased truth claims about reality.TRUEFALSE
- 4. Multiple ChoiceTruth to the postmodernist isObjectiveUniversalSocially constructedAbsolute
- 5. Multiple ChoiceLanguage, according to postmodernism is ...A means for describing objective realityA method of communicating truthA jumble of non-coherent soundsA tool of power and manipulation
- 6. Multiple ChoiceAccording to postmodernism, humans areSocial constructsBody and SoulCentralized souless personalitiesPart of a higher consciousness
- 7. Multiple ChoicePostmodernism rejects which of the following metanarratives?Science/SecularismChristianMuslimAll metanarratives are rejected
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThe belief that denies the existence or accessibility of an objective reality is calledAnti-realism"God is dead"PragmatismMetanarrative
- 9. Multiple ChoiceA hybrid worldview of postmodernism that believes since we are fallen and limited, we should demonstrate humility by refusing to make an exclusive truth claim.PragmatismSophismChristian postmodernismPost-postmodernism
- 10. Multiple ChoiceNietzsche predicted that once our belief in God is dead, all truth, meaning and morality would continue to exist without him.TRUEFALSE
- 11. Multiple ChoiceDeconstructionism makes the reader's interpretation more important than the author's intent.TRUEFALSE
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe only metanarrative accepted by postmodernists is the story of evolution.TRUEFALSE
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhich philosopher famously pronounced "God Is Dead"?Frederich NietzscheMichel FoucaultRichard RortyJeanFrancis Lyotard
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThe Sophist Gorgias is best known forGod is DeadQuestioning EverythingThe loss of meaningThere is no truth
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