20th Century

Question 1

Who wrote: Rip Van Winkle and Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Answer 1

Washington Irving

Question 2

A History of New York by Diedrich Knickerbocker: author

Answer 2

Washington Irving

Question 3

The Last of the Mohicans was one of the ____ tales

Answer 3

Leatherstocking

Question 4

The Leatherstocking Tales were written by

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James Fenimore Cooper

Question 5

Samuel Langhorne Clemens: pen name_____

Answer 5

Mark Twain

Question 6

the Scarlet Letter: author

Answer 6

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Question 7

Uncle Tom’s Cabin: author

Answer 7

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Question 8

Moby Dick: author

Answer 8

Herman Melville

Question 9

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and, its sequel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: author

Answer 9

Mark Twain

Question 10

Principles of Psychology: author

Answer 10

William James

Question 11

Interpretation of Dreams: author

Answer 11

Freud

Question 12

the mind: Id -

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source of drives, sexual etc., wants it all now

Question 13

the superego -

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conscience,” set of prohibitions, social norms, ideals

Question 14

Freud’s mind: ego

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mediator between the Id and Superego.

Question 15

religious pursuits are part of what he calls the collective unconscious: philosopher. studied under Freud

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Carl Jung

Question 16

introvert, extrovert: philosopher

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Carl Jung

Question 17

Art which attempts to depict the essence of a thing rather than its actual appearance

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Abstract art

Question 18

A style dealing with life’s apparent meaninglessness and the difficulty or impossibility of human communication.

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absurdism

Question 19

The psychological theory that human and animal behavior can be explained in terms of conditioning, without appeal to thoughts or feelings, and that psychological disorders are best treated by altering behavior patterns.

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behaviorism

Question 20

In Jungian psychology, the part of the unconscious mind which is derived from ancestral memory and experience–including archetypes, or primordial universal images and ideas–and is common to all humankind, as distinct from the individual’s unconscious

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collective unconcious

Question 21

A method of analyzing philosophical and literary language which emphasizes the internal workings of language and systems of meaning, the relational quality of meaning between words, and the assumptions implicit in forms of expression. Deconstruction focuses on a text itself rather than as an expression of the author’s intention, arguing for the limitlessness (or impossibility) of interpretation

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deconstructionism

Question 22

A philosophical theory or approach which emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will.

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existentialism

Question 23

Relating to or influenced by Sigmund Freud and his methods of psychoanalysis, especially with reference to the importance of sexuality and the unconscious in human behavior

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Freudianism

Question 24

The 1920s in the US characterized as a period of carefree hedonism, wealth, freedom, and youthful exuberance, reflected in the novels of writers such as F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Jazz age

Question 25

A philosophical system recognizing as true or meaningful only that which can be scientifically verified, and therefore rejecting metaphysics and theism

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logical positivism

Question 26

The generation reaching maturity during and just after the First World War, a high proportion of whose men were killed during those years. The phrase was applied by Gertrude Stein to disillusioned young American writers, such as Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Ezra Pound, who went to live in Paris in the 1920s.

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Lost generation

Question 27

Artistic or literary philosophy and practice arising in the early part of the 20th century characterized by a self-conscious break with the past and a search for new forms of expression. It rejected conventional modes of artistic expression to depict a world seen as altogether new and constantly in flux.

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modernism

Question 28

A 20th-century philosophical movement concerned not with the world in itself but with the phenomena (appearances) of the world as consciously experienced. In this way it sought to view the world apart from metaphysical presuppositions or assumptions about underlying structures of reality.

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phenomenology

Question 29

A state of society in which members of diverse ethnic, racial, religious, or social groups maintain and develop their traditional culture or special interest within the confines of a common civilization.

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pluralism

Question 30

A mid- to late-20th century movement involving radical reappraisal of modern assumptions about culture, identity, history, or language, typically characterized by a rejection of an ordered or stable view of reality and language in favor of a view of reality and meaning as in constant flux

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postmodernism

Question 31

A philosophy for which the criterion for truth consists in the practical result of the idea

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pragmatism

Question 32

Theory of psychology centered on power relations and feelings of inferiority: philosopher. studied under Freud

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Alfred Adler

Question 33

the theory of functionalism, which holds that thoughts and behaviors producing good results are the ones we select: philosopher

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William James

Question 34

In Search of Lost Time (Remembrance of Things Past) : author

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Marcel Proust

Question 35

Rite of Spring: composer

Answer 35

Igor Stravinsky

Question 36

Who coined term “Jazz Age”

Answer 36

F Scott Fitzgerald

Question 37

The Great Gatsby: author

Answer 37

F Scott Fitzgerald