Dinner with Influential Thinkers

Dinner with Influential Thinkers

Assessment

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Philosophy, History, Arts, Science

10th - 12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Lucas Foster

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The speaker expresses a desire to have dinner with influential 20th-century figures like Stanley Kubrick and Einstein. They emphasize the importance of reductionist and analytical thinkers, listing Freud, Picasso, Marx, and Einstein as ideal dinner guests. The conversation would focus on the inevitability of reductionism and minimalist thinking.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which two individuals does the speaker initially express a desire to have dinner with?

Picasso and Marx

Freud and Picasso

Stanley Kubrick and Albert Einstein

Marx and Einstein

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main theme of the dinner the speaker envisions with 20th-century thinkers?

Romanticism

Reductionism and analytical thinking

Postmodernism

Existentialism

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a dinner guest by the speaker?

Newton

Marx

Picasso

Freud

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What concept is associated with Einstein in the speaker's ideal dinner?

Analytical cubism

Political theory

Psychoanalysis

Reductionism to subatomic particles

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which art movement is linked to Picasso in the speaker's discussion?

Expressionism

Analytical cubism

Impressionism

Surrealism