Chapter 07 Postmodernism Test

According to Postmodernism, which of the following affect how we see the world?

• a. Culture

• b. Language

• c. Gender

According to Postmodernism, truth is what?

• a. Objective

• b. Universal

• c. Neutral

• d. Socially constructed

Postmodernists claim that we can have what type of access to reality?

• a. Unmediated

• b. Direct

• c. Immediate

• d. None of these

Which Postmodernist philosopher famously pronounced, “God is dead”?

• a. Friedrich Nietzsche

• b. Michel Foucault

• c. Walter Truett Anderson

• d. Jean-Francis Lyotard

• e. Richard Rorty

According to Postmodernism, language functions as what?

• a. A means for describing objective reality

• b. A method for communicating truth

• c. A tool of power and manipulation

Postmodernists doubt the objectivity of which of the following disciplines?

• a. Evolutionary biology

• b. Science

• c. Math

According to Postmodernism, human beings are what?

• a. Bodies and souls

• b. Persons

• c. Centralized personalities

• d. Social constructs

• e. A and B only

According to Postmodernism, the problem with humanity is our adherence to what?

• a. Sophism

• b. Nihilism

• c. Metanarratives

Postmodernism rejects the metanarrative inherent in which of the following worldviews?

• a. New Spirituality

• b. Secularism

• c. Marxism

On what point can Christians and Postmodernists find some agreement?

• a. Our culture plays a role in shaping who we are.

• b. Our experiences contribute to who we are.

• c. Language can be used to manipulate people.