Quiz - Cultural Literacy World Lit a-ar

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I only taught world literature and philosophy for two years using Cultural Literature, so it may not be quite as refined, but I did choose the most relevant facts, as far as we got

sample: This man tried to show that elements of the philosophy of Aristotle were compatible with Christianity.

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Lit 12 Cultural Literacy A-Ar

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1. 1 pts.	This man tried to show that elements of the philosophy of Aristotle were compatible with Christianity.
	A.	Alfred, Lord Tennyson
	B.	Hans Christian Andersen
	C.	Thomas Aquinas
	D.	Virgil
	E.	Dante
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2. 1 pts.	If I believed a rock had a soul or spirit, I’d be practicing
	A.	animism
	B.	agnosticism
	C.	anthropomorphism
	D.	academism
	E.	actualism
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3. 1 pts.	What happened each of the 1001 nights that spared Scheherezade her life?
	A.	Someone else was killed in her place
	B.	She made her husband a wonderful dinner
	C.	She told a story
	D.	She found the magic pea under the bed
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4. 1 pts.	“What is art?” or “What do we mean when we say something is beautiful?” are questions of:
	A.	animism
	B.	agnosticism
	C.	anthropomorphism
	D.	artistrocracy
	E.	aesthetics
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5. 1 pts.	If I wanted the French to recognize “American Fries” as a new word to their language, I’d submit the word to :
	A.	the President of France
	B.	Webster's
	C.	the Treaty of Versailles
	D.	the French Academy
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6. 1 pts.	Virgil wrote this epic about Aeneas’s adventures after the Trojan War.
	A.	Aeneid
	B.	Anna Baboyadova
	C.	Anna Karenina
	D.	Virgilid
	E.	The Trojan Wars: A Brief History
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7. 1 pts.	According to Dante, “Abandon hope, all ye who enter here” is an inscription at the entrance to :
	A.	Mr. Jaeger's classroom
	B.	Heaven
	C.	Hell
	D.	Hades
	E.	America
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8. 1 pts.	What did people learn about at Plato’s Academy?
	A.	English
	B.	philosophy
	C.	Christianity
	D.	physics
	E.	physical education
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9. 1 pts.	If I wrote a play about illogical or irrational aspects of teaching, it would be what kind?
	A.	a musical
	B.	absurd
	C.	a docudramedy
	D.	a gross exaggeration of the current state of the educational system
	E.	fact
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10. 1 pts.	These stories give a moral lesson and tend to have animals as main characters
	A.	tall tails
	B.	legends
	C.	Aeneas’s fairy tales
	D.	Aesop's fables
	E.	Aaron's letters and such
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Lit 12 Cultural Literacy A-Ar

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1. 1 pt(s).	This man tried to show that elements of the philosophy of Aristotle were compatible with Christianity.
	A.	Alfred, Lord Tennyson
	B.	Hans Christian Andersen
	C.	Thomas Aquinas
	D.	Virgil
	E.	Dante


2. 1 pt(s).	If I believed a rock had a soul or spirit, I’d be practicing
	A.	animism
	B.	agnosticism
	C.	anthropomorphism
	D.	academism
	E.	actualism


3. 1 pt(s).	What happened each of the 1001 nights that spared Scheherezade her life?
	A.	Someone else was killed in her place
	B.	She made her husband a wonderful dinner
	C.	She told a story
	D.	She found the magic pea under the bed


4. 1 pt(s).	“What is art?” or “What do we mean when we say something is beautiful?” are questions of:
	A.	animism
	B.	agnosticism
	C.	anthropomorphism
	D.	artistrocracy
	E.	aesthetics


5. 1 pt(s).	If I wanted the French to recognize “American Fries” as a new word to their language, I’d submit the word to :
	A.	the President of France
	B.	Webster's
	C.	the Treaty of Versailles
	D.	the French Academy


6. 1 pt(s).	Virgil wrote this epic about Aeneas’s adventures after the Trojan War.
	A.	Aeneid
	B.	Anna Baboyadova
	C.	Anna Karenina
	D.	Virgilid
	E.	The Trojan Wars: A Brief History


7. 1 pt(s).	According to Dante, “Abandon hope, all ye who enter here” is an inscription at the entrance to :
	A.	Mr. Jaeger's classroom
	B.	Heaven
	C.	Hell
	D.	Hades
	E.	America


8. 1 pt(s).	What did people learn about at Plato’s Academy?
	A.	English
	B.	philosophy
	C.	Christianity
	D.	physics
	E.	physical education


9. 1 pt(s).	If I wrote a play about illogical or irrational aspects of teaching, it would be what kind?
	A.	a musical
	B.	absurd
	C.	a docudramedy
	D.	a gross exaggeration of the current state of the educational system
	E.	fact


10. 1 pt(s).	These stories give a moral lesson and tend to have animals as main characters
	A.	tall tails
	B.	legends
	C.	Aeneas’s fairy tales
	D.	Aesop's fables
	E.	Aaron's letters and such