Cultural Contexts 1

Question 1

Define Deus Ex Machina

Answer 1

From the machine, a plot device whereby a seemingly unsolvable problem is suddenly and abruptly resolved by the contrived and unexpected intervention of some new event, character, ability, or object.

Question 2

This is an epiphany

Answer 2

a moment of revelation and insight

Question 3

This is what is meant by the term linear narrative.

Answer 3

Form of narration where events are largely portrayed in a chronological order.

Question 4

This author was reincarnated as an android

Answer 4

Philip K. Dick

Question 5

This is the meaning of the term “cultural appropriation”

Answer 5

The adoption or use of the elements of one culture by members of another culture

Question 6

A flying Buttress is a feature of this kind of structure.

Answer 6

A cathedral