Which of the following best represents the dates of the postmodern era?

• 1490s-1620s
• 1620s-1770s
• 1910s-1950s
• 1940s-present

Which of the social constructs might postmodernists question?

• gender
• good vs evil
• marriage
• all of them

T/F  Postmodernism asserts that all worldviews offer unbiased truth claims about reality.

• TRUE
• FALSE

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Verisimilitude is defined as:

• The appearance of being subjective

• The appearance of being true/real

• The act of telling a story

• The blending of truth and fiction

What is one way in which Kingston subverts the idea of filial duty

• She goes to college despite her mother's wishes that she remain at home

• She becomes a great swordswoman and gives up the idea of being a wife and mother.

• The tells the story of "No Name Woman" despite her mother telling her not to

• She refuses to speak Chinese in the home despite her father's wishes

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Epistemology is defined as

• the theory of knowledge

• the theory of evolution

• the theory of fiction

• the theory of fath-based belief

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By avoiding classification in terms of genre and truth-based autobiographical accounts...

• Kingston supports the idea that autobiographies are essentially true

• Kingston is able to classify others around her in order to support the traditional logic systems of classification-based assessments

• Kingston rejects her mother's way of telling family stories.

• Kingston challenges western rational ways of seeing, classifying, and ordering, calling into question the very notion of categories.

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In what way does Kingston parallel her own story with her mother's?

• She becomes a doctor like her mother was in China

• Kingston’s own memoir mirrors the talk-stories that her mother told

• She supports her mother's desire to be a wife and other

• She shares her mother's intense love of music

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What is the name Kingston often gives to the United States of America?

• The Gold Hill

• The winged mountain

• The White Tiger

• The Gold Mountain

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Who is the "no name woman"

• Kingston's aunt

• Kingston's sister

• Kingston's mother

• Kingston's daughter

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