Multiple-Choice Quiz
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Multiple-Choice Quiz
Question 1
Who made this statement? "Triviality destroys at once robustness of
thought and delicacy of feeling."
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Question 2
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Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis
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filmmaker Michael Moore
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screenwriter Horton Foote
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White House aide Bob Haldeman
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How did director Oliver Stone deal with the missing 18.5 minutes of
Watergate tapes in his movie Nixon?
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He filled them in with his version of events.
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He introduced a separate plot arc with three
different hypotheses about what transpired in those
18.5 minutes.
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He, too, had 18.5 minutes of "dead air" in the film Incorrect
to make a point to viewers about just how long that
is.
He used voiceovers of various actors speculating
about what was said in those 18.5 minutes.
Question 3
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Which of the following was NOT among the "revelations" Oliver Stone
offered in the film Nixon?
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Nixon had a drug problem.
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Nixon was a heavy drinker.
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The Nixons almost divorced several times.
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Nixon had ties to right-wing fanatics who
threatened to bring down his presidency.
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How did Oliver Stone react to charges of historical revisionism?
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He produced hundreds of footnotes and other
research.
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He didn't react at all, at least not publicly.
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He argued that "film is fiction" and anyone who
doesn't realize that is "delusional."
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He countered that his "dramatization" was no more
outlandish than the facts we know to be true about
the Watergate scandal.
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What does the text identify as the "crucial variable" in evaluating a
docudrama?
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the judgment of the subject
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the nobility of the topic
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the perceived need for the message it conveys
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its reliance on fact
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What was the prize offered to the participants on the 2003 reality show
Paradise Hotel?
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they were allowed to remain on the show
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a job managing the hotel
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$1 million
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a lavish wedding if they became engaged to one of Incorrect
their cast-mates
Question 7
How would Kant view Paradise Hotel?
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He would not approve.
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He would approve only if the contestants' reward
somehow showed they were valuable to the
producers.
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He would approve only if the participants didn't
know they were being filmed.
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He would approve only if the show aired 24 hours a Incorrect
day, in real time, and was completely unedited.
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What entertainment insider said, "This reality trend makes me puke"?
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Aaron Spelling
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Oliver Stone
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Steven Spielberg
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Aaron Sorkin
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Who were the most scathing critics of Life is Beautiful?
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Jewish Holocaust survivors
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Italian Jews
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historians
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documentary filmmakers
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Criticisms of Life is Beautiful fall into three general categories. Which of
the following is NOT among them?
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The film was anti-Semitic.
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There was a complete lack of violence, terror, and
the horrifying reality of the death camps.
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tale is always wrong.
The film's message seemed to be that love and
imagination were all that one needed to overcome
the horrors of concentration camps.
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Question 12
What explanation did Roberto Benigni offer about the lack of explicit
violence in Life is Beautiful?
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That kind of violence wasn't his "style."
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He did not want to risk an "NC-17" rating.
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He did not see how it would advance the plot.
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He never offered an explanation but said the work
should "speak for itself."
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Which of the following BEST describes the film Life is Beautiful?
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The film is polarizing, but Benigni's effort is
defensible.
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It is a "Holocaust film for children," which is
simply unacceptable from an ethical standpoint.
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Despite Benigni's intentions, the Holocaust and
humor do not mix.
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Benigni's efforts are admirable but the film itself is
not.
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Who did Matt Parker and Trey Stone satirize in the 200th episode of South
Park?
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Muhammed
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Buddha
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Jesus
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All these answers are correct.
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How did Matt Stone and Trey Parker react to death threats after the 200th
episode of South Park?
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They didn't seem particularly concerned.
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They took Ayaan Hirsi Ali's advice and sought
protection.
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They asked Comedy Central not to have the episode Incorrect
streaming live the next day, as is usually done with
new episodes.
They apologized.
Question 15
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In Ayaan Hirsi Ali's opinion, why is she alive while her partner in the film
Submission, Theo Van Gogh, is dead?
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because she took offered protection and he did not
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because she took death threats seriously and he did Incorrect
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because she is female
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because she lives in a Middle Eastern country and
he lived in Amsterdam
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Question 16
South Park's popularity is proof that
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irreverence sells.
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most Americans have a juvenile sense of humor.
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it is possible to mix the mundane with the
enlightened.
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nothing is sacred to America viewers.
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For _____, "to laugh at the holy would be to join the side of the unholy,
and thus sever loyalty to the community or faith irrevocably."
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Christians
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Jews
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Muslims
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What is "griefing" in gaming?
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a new style of play in which players try to derail the Correct
enjoyment of serious competitors
a new way that players can add to a game's
functionality
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Question 20
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a new way of gaming that doesn't rely on actually
"killing" an opponent
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the idea that single-player games are less "real"
than multi-player games
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According to the Dutch cultural philosopher Johan Huizinga, without
_____, civilization is impossible.
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the play spirit
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the ability to produce
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empathy
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order
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Sociologist James Q. Wilson calls fairness one of the four ____ of all
human societies.
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learned virtues
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foundations
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defining characteristics
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cornerstones
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