WorksheetsPro Comm Quiz #1
Total questions: 54
Worksheet time: 1hrs 11mins
In the Allegory of a Cave, what is represented by the cave?
The world we live in.
The night after day
The day after night
Nothing
People in this cave are free. True or False?
No, they are bonded
Yes, they move freely
What can the prisoners of this cave see?
Nothing
Shadows of things
Everything
Fire
Outside the cave, the prisoner could see not only the shadows but...
The actual objects
More shadows
He/she still cannot see anything.
If someone returned back to the cave from outside, what would he/she experienced?
darkness
peace
joy
Returning back to the cave: What do the prisoners think about you?
You're crazy
You're enlightened
In the allegory, the prisoners represent...
Philosophers forced to live among the normal people
People who do not realize that they are not seeing reality
Plato's students
Being shackled represents...
Anything that sets one free
Anything that keeps an individual from learning
Anything that contributes to knowledge
What have the prisoners seen their entire lives?
Carvings and other artifacts
Statues
Shadows of objects
Plato
What keeps the prisoners from seeing anything other than the shadows?
Their heads are immobile.
They have been blindfolded.
They were struck blind.
They had no desire to see.
How are the people in this image "chained" in a cave?
They are "chained" to their family all day.
They are watching "shadows" promoted by TV advertisers.
They need a flatscreen so they can become enlightened.
They aren't! This is the best way to be with family.
What do the shadows on the cave wall represent for the prisoners?
The Dead
Humanity's Fear
Sub-atomic particles
Physical Objects; Reality
What do the objects outside the cave represent?
Lies
Emptiness
Reality
When someone enlightened returns to the cave, Plato says he/she will be:
Unsteady and confused about cave life
Angry with those in the cave
None of the Above
What is the central idea of the “Allegory of the Cave”?
Most men live chained to the wall of a cave all of their lives, facing a blank wall, and trying to guess the nature of objects reflected by a fire.
Men who allow their experience to be shaped by perceptions and shadows do not know a better life.
A philosopher is like a prisoner freed from the cave that comes to understand that the shadows are not reality, rather he understands reality by his experience.
A philosopher must return to share the news of enlightenment with others who will not necessarily accept his good news.
Language development is a critical part of a child's overall development.
True
False
According to Eric Lenneberg, the Critical Learning Period for language ends at puberty.
True
False
When it came to the Genie Case, what was the aim of Susan Curtiss' study?
To look compare Genie with Nell's language development.
To look at the progress of Genie's language development Genie after she was found at the age of 13.
To fall in love with the psychologist James Kent and adopt Genie.
To keep the everyone following the rules in order to keep the world black and white.
Genie was discovered at what age?
103 yrs old
33 yrs old
13 yrs old
1 yrs old
Before Genie was discovered, she lived...
in a cave, chained and forced to look at shadows on the wall.
in a loving home
strapped to a 'potty chair' and mostly ignored in her room for all those years.
deprived from regular language interaction.
What was Genie like when she was discovered?
Genie could say the alphabet backwards.
Genie could not talk.
Genie was happy and talkative.
Genie was running around the woods.
How did Genie progress?
Genie's vocabulary grew but she was still not able to string words together into meaningful sentences.
Genie regressed in language when moved into state care.
Genie had a hard time progressing further due to all the emotional and physical abuse she endured at home.
All of the above.
What are some similarities in the case of Genie and the movie Nell?
They were real people.
They were considered feral.
They weren't exposed to common interactions of society before they were discovered.
They lived happily ever after.
When it comes to Nell, what does the psychologist, Paula, want to do with Nell initially?
Take her to New York City.
Play some Beatles music for her.
Get her to go to her mother's grave.
Institutionalize her.
Why does the Jay the Psychologist want to study Nell in a controlled environment? Pick the answer which best fits.
He thinks she is totally off-the-wall different and out of control.
He wants to speak her language.
He thinks she might harm someone outside the controlled environment.
He wants to help her from not being institutionalized.
Why did Nell speak the language she spoke?
Some of her language might've been created through twin speech.
She lived in the woods raised by wolves.
Her learned pronunciation may be due to her mother's speech impediment due to a stroke.
She was never talked to as a child.
What are some of the concerns that Jerry have about Nell?
She would become a movie star and he woldn't get any profit from her fame.
That doctors and scientists in the study of Nell were just concerned about getting fame.
That Nell would end up in a state institution.
That Nell would learn English and not continue her special langauge with future generations.
When it comes to movies vs real life, Nell vs Genie case, what are some valid observations?
Movies can portray similar facts about reality.
Movies dramatize life ultimately to entertain.
Real life is not as pretty as movies.
All of the above
The Allegory of the Cave was written by...
Plato
Socrates
Sartre
Descartes
Pleasantville is like Plato's Cave because...
The characters were like prisoners controlled to think everything in their world was the truth.
The characters were locked in a television show unable to explore outside the town of Pleasantville.
The characters were unable to the world as it truly is until they experienced life outside of the Code of Conduct set by the major.
The characters committed a crime and are forced to stay in the Pleasantville cave.
What do the clips of high-school teachers at the beginning of the movie establish?
That the modern world is full of danger and risk.
That the world of the past was ideal.
That high-school teachers all sound the same.
That Ferris Bueller skips class a lot.
What's the name of the TV show David likes?
Pleasantville
Pleasureville
Pleasetown
Noneya
Once he is sucked into the TV, David becomes
Bud
Bruce
Buck
Brad
Once she is sucked into the TV, Jennifer becomes
Mary Sue
Marge
Maureen
Marianne
What event precipitates the mysterious arrival of the TV repair man?
David and Jennifer break the remote.
Jennifer's date calls to cancel.
Lightning strikes their TV antenna.
David sings the McIntyre's ad jingle.
What's outside of Pleasantville?
There is no outside.
Bummer Town
Sucks-to-be-you-ville
An endless empty field.
What does the TV mother serve Jennifer for breakfast?
Way too much food.
Cereal and fruit.
Leftover pizza.
Pop Tarts.
What is the first sign that David and Jennifer are affecting Pleasantville?
Skip misses a basket.
The fire department rescues a cat.
Their TV dad buys a new car.
Mr. Johnson can't stop wiping the counter.
In TV land, David works at a
burger joint.
record store.
drive-in movie theater.
barber shop.
A positive change in Pleasantville resulting from David's influence is that
Mr. Johnson becomes more independent.
Skip goes on a date with Mary Sue.
the TV is repaired.
colors start to appear.
The first object to take on color is
a flower.
a dress.
a book.
a fire.
In Pleasantville, there are no
toilets
books with words & images
fires
all of the above
David and Jennifer's predicament is evidently caused by
the TV repairman.
time travel.
Marty McFly.
a curse.
In real life, David is kind of a
geek.
jock.
burnout.
professor of perceptual barriers
In real life, Jennifer is kind of a
cool kid.
bookworm.
goody-two-shoes.
loner.
Jennifer introduces this word to Pleasantville:
Cool
Groovy
Word up
Gurb
After Skip describes what he learned from Mary Sue, the basketball players
all miss their shots.
decide to take cold showers.
punish themselves by running laps.
start to sing and dance.
The people of Pleasantville are shocked by
a bed for two people.
a motorcyle gang.
the popularity of Juuling.
bikinis.
Mr. Johnson is bothered by
his routine life.
the hat he has to wear.
water spots on the ice cream dishes.
quantum physics
Mr. Johnson's hobby is
painting.
making hamburgers.
polishing ice cream dishes.
interpretive dance.
David receives a medal for
explaining how to use a fire hose.
answering all the questions correct for the Pleasantville TV show contest.
publishing an award winning book at the community library.
bringing color into the life of the community.
The town's teenagers ask David for
info about the outside world.
stock tips.
his lasagna recipe.
a reliable plumber.
The Mayor enlists George in
the Pleasantville Chamber of Commerce to help fight changes.
his bowling league.
an Peace Corp expedition to Peru to help put out fires.
the boy scouts.
