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Chapter 7: Postmodernism

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

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Class
Date
1.

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

a)

Culture

b)

Language

c)

Gender

d)

All of the above

e)

None of the above

2.

According to Postmodernism, truth is what?

a)

Objective

b)

Universal

c)

Neutral

d)

Socially constructed

e)

A and B only

3.

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

a)

Unmeditated

b)

Direct

c)

Immediate

d)

All of the above

e)

None of the above

4.

Which Postmodernist philosopher famously pronounced, "god is dead"?

a)

Frederich Nietzsche

b)

Michel Foucault

c)

Walter Truett Anderson

d)

Jean-Francis Lyotard

e)

Richard Rorty

5.

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.

d)

A and B only

e)

None of the above

6.

Postmodernists doubt the objectivity of which of the following disciplines?

a)

Evolutionary biology

b)

Science

c)

Math

d)

All of the above

e)

A and B only

7.

According to Postmodernism, human beings are what?

a)

Bodies and Souls

b)

Persons

c)

Centralized personalities

d)

Social Constructs

e)

None of the above

8.

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

a)

Sophism

b)

Nihilism

c)

Metanarrative

d)

All of the above

e)

A and B only

9.

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

a)

New Spirituality

b)

Secularism

c)

Marxism

d)

All of the above

e)

A and B only

10.

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.

d)

All of the above

e)

None of the above

11.

On what point can Christians and Postmodernism find some agreement?

a)

We cannot judge between competing ideas.

b)

We cannot perceive reality as it actually is.

c)

All language is manipulative.

d)

All of the above

e)

None of the above

12.

True or False: Postmodernism asserts that all worldviews offer unbiased truth claims about reality.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

True and False: According to Postmodernism, universal truth can be known.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

True or False: Postmodernists do not believe we can have objective knowledge.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

True or False: According to Postmodernism, things do not have essence.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

True or False: Postmodernists claim that the notion of subjective truth is used to press others.

a)

True

b)

Fasle

17.

Nietzsche predicted that once we killed our belief in God, all truth, meaning, and morality would continue to exist without him.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Deconstruction says that the reader's interpretation is more important than the author's intent.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

True or False: According to Postmodernism, there is meaning in the text.

a)

True

b)

Fasle

20.

True or False: Postmodern literary criticism claims that words cannot accurately describe objects in the world.

a)

True

b)

Fasle

21.

True or False: According to Postmodernism, words are about things.

a)

True

b)

Fasle

22.

True or False: Postmodernism rejects all metanarratives.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

True or False: According to Postmodernism, science cannot tell us what is true, only what science believe to be true.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

True or False: To Postmodernists there is no such thing as human nature.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

True or False: Postmodernism and middle-way Buddhism share a similar view of truth.

a)

True

b)

Fasle

26.

_____ is characterized by a strong belief in human reason, empiricism, science, and technological progress as a well as skepticism towards towards religion.

a)

Postmodernism

b)

Modernism

c)

Nihilism

d)

Sophism

e)

None of the above

27.

_____ in an intellectual movement that believes humans knowledge is not based on an accurate understanding of reality but is the product of linguistically constructed forms or grammars that societies have developed over time.

a)

Nihilism

b)

Structuralism

c)

Postsrtusturalism

d)

Deconstruction

28.

_____ is a method of literary analysis that seeks to expose the underlying ideology of a text.

a)

Anti-realism

b)

Deconstruction

c)

Pragmatism

d)

Metanarratives

29.

Jean-Francis Lyotard describing Postmodernism as an "incredulity towards _____."

a)

Metanarrative

b)

Reality

c)

Postmodernism

d)

Pragmatism

30.

The hybrid worldview of _____ _____ teaches that since we are fallen and limited, we should demonstrate Christian humility by refusing to make exclusive truth claims.

a)

Anti-realism

b)

Post Modernism

c)

New Spirituality

d)

Christian Postmodernism