Utopia by Sir Thomas More

Question 1

DEATH

Answer 1

• Scared and unwilling to die? Pray for God to have mercy on their soul
• Peaceful death? Celebrate their life and sing joyfully as their coffin is carried out.

Question 2

PRIVATE PROPERTY: 5

Answer 2

2. Private property is a primary cause of social inequality and should not exist (abolished).
3. All property public to eliminate class division and poverty.
4. Wealthy men can’t monopolize land and markets for their own benefit.
5. People should work towards a common goal as a community, than to gain personal status.
6. Jobs should be restored, so people who turn to crime out of desperation can find honest work.

Question 3

RELIGION AND FAITH

Answer 3

1. All forms of religion should be allowed, respected, & celebrated.
2. Few temples but big, and dark as according to the priests it dissipates thoughts.

Question 4

Trade/Business

Answer 4

1. Not equal - “harder” trades given to the man.
2. Every man inherents some peculiar trade.
3. Work fashion unisex & built for all weather conditions but no freedom of choice.
4. Men are given the choice between pursuing two trades that they’ve learnt, but if one is needed more by the public he must choose that trade.
5. The options were limited back then and society was forced into a path.
6. People worshiped the priest and prostrated before him - he was the only one allowed to wear white.
7. Wearing colors in the church was forbidden.
8. Women and children would kneel before the fathers to seek forgiveness.

Question 5

Games

Answer 5

1. After supper they spend an hour entertaining themselves with music or debate in the garden or in the halls depending on the season.
2. No dice or foolish games
3. Two strategic games called battle of numbers and a contest between virtues and vices

Question 6

Marriage rituals/norms

Answer 6

1. Dangerous.
2. Not equal between men and women
3. Breaking a marriage results in bad consequences - sometimes slavery
4. Can’t divorce or have multiple partners
5. The woman must be 18 or over and the man must be 24 or over

Question 7

Laws

Answer 7

1. Kind and respected leaders
2. Only a few simple laws that everyone can understand
3. NO lawyers - people present their own cases, and judges only there to ensure everything is fair.

Question 8

Wealth

Answer 8

1. Iron important as fire & water
2. Gold worthless cuz mark of a slave or turned into objects to be thrown away with no regard.
3. No class hierarchy - SLAVE class still exists
4. Lower cost of living + no poverty
5. Silk clothes and gold = belittlement and as fools
6. Utopians treated as an accessory to their wealth rather than the owner or producer of it
7. Diamonds children toys

Question 9

Feasting/Dining

Answer 9

1. Anybody can take home food from the market
2. Dine at the same table except sick ppl
3. Women clean meat + deliver food
4. Unpleasant dining processes performed by slaves
5. Every child is nursed by their own mother unless unable to
6. Children not of marriage age serve, and eat in silence
7. Dinner (formal meal) and supper (casual meal) is started with a short speech focusing on teaching a lesson
8. Supper longer than dinner
9. Never drink without music & fruit is served after meat
10. When people live far distances from each other they eat at home and family is not needed
11. Can drinking but not so much that it causes disruptions or negative consequences

Question 10

Learning and Education

Answer 10

1. Love to learn - many books & picked up Greek books in no time
2. Knowledge held in high regard as one of the more pleasant parts of philosophy
3. Made own printing press and paper (scientific method?)

Question 11

Physical Description (geography)

Answer 11

1. 200 miles wide in the middle
2. 54 large cities on the island and built well
3. Balance with nature, utopians can have harmony in their environment
4. Central rock with tower for defence to prevent surprise attacks

Question 12

Agriculture/Farming/Resources

Answer 12

1. Farms all over the country that people rotate through running, while in charge they learn about farming and follow proper farming rules.
2. Farmers enjoy their work; all means of growth, both of the crops and of the animals, are efficient and expedited using little resources to send to townsfolk all across the country.
3. Horses are bred for children to learn horsemanship, Oxen for labour - not food
4. People only take what they need, excess sent to neighbours, foreign resources paid by the city magistrates.