Question 1

How do Buddhists view death?

Accepted Answer

Buddhists believe that there is no controlling deity or god, and thus death is part of the natural way of the universe and must be accepted without anger.

Question 2

The British press called pulp fiction involving lurid tales of haunted houses and bodies found in closets

Accepted Answer

A)  disaster stories. 
B)  penny dreadfuls. 
C)  zombie literature. 
D)  vampire tales. 
A)  disaster stories. 
B)  penny dreadfuls. 
C)  zombie literature. 
D)  vampire tales. B

Question 3

Which of the following literary works details the suffering of war?

Accepted Answer

A)  Henry V 
B)  Samson Agonistes 
C)  Faust 
D)  "Dulce et Decorum Est" 
A)  Henry V 
B)  Samson Agonistes 
C)  Faust 
D)  "Dulce et Decorum Est" D

Question 4

Name three of the six strategies for dealing with death that are discussed in the chapter.

Accepted Answer

The six strategies discussed i

Question 5

What is life-affirmation?

Accepted Answer

Life-affirmation is the abilit

Question 6

A work concerned with the effect of death on children is

Accepted Answer

A)  the television show House. 
B)  Agee's A Death in the Family. 
C)  Styron's Sophie's Choice. 
D)  Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. 
A)  the television show House. 
B)  Agee's A Death in the Family. 
C)  Styron's Sophie's Choice. 
D)  Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Question 7

An ancient figure of life-affirmation is

Accepted Answer

A)  a zombie. 
B)  the phoenix. 
C)  the Grim Reaper. 
D)  a vampire. 
A)  a zombie. 
B)  the phoenix. 
C)  the Grim Reaper. 
D)  a vampire.

Question 8

Choose the strategy for dealing with death that you find to be most life-affirming and contrast it with the one you think is least life-affirming. Explain why for each.
I. Name the most life-affirming strategy.
II. Name the least life-affirming strategy.
III. Explain each response thoroughly.

Accepted Answer

I. The most life-affirming strategy for

Question 9

Greek mythology and Tolkien's Lord of the Rings both

Accepted Answer

A)  medicalize death. 
B)  beautify death. 
C)  deny death. 
D)  address death with humor. 
A)  medicalize death. 
B)  beautify death. 
C)  deny death. 
D)  address death with humor.

Question 10

John Donne's "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" addresses

Accepted Answer

A)  the speaker's fear of losing his wife. 
B)  the horrible suffering of war. 
C)  living in the eternal now. 
D)  the link between rebirth and spring. 
A)  the speaker's fear of losing his wife. 
B)  the horrible suffering of war. 
C)  living in the eternal now. 
D)  the link between rebirth and spring.

Question 11

New Orleans traditionally commemorates death through

Accepted Answer

A)  Richard Strauss's funeral marches. 
B)  recitations of speeches from Henry V. 
C)  jazz funerals. 
D)  skeleton cakes and candies. 
A)  Richard Strauss's funeral marches. 
B)  recitations of speeches from Henry V. 
C)  jazz funerals. 
D)  skeleton cakes and candies.

Question 12

In Faust, the hero's fate shows the

Accepted Answer

A)  folly of making a pact with Mephistopheles. 
B)  hope of life after death. 
C)  need to reconquer freedom and existence daily. 
D)  danger of wanting to live forever. 
A)  folly of making a pact with Mephistopheles. 
B)  hope of life after death. 
C)  need to reconquer freedom and existence daily. 
D)  danger of wanting to live forever.

Question 13

A famous work in which a boy must deal with the death of his best friend is

Accepted Answer

A)  Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. 
B)  Where the Wild Things Are. 
C)  Bridge to Terabithia. 
D)  The Hunger Games. 
A)  Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. 
B)  Where the Wild Things Are. 
C)  Bridge to Terabithia. 
D)  The Hunger Games.

Question 14

What does "medicalizing death" mean?

Accepted Answer

Medicalizing death refers to t

Question 15

The celebration in which cakes and candies in the shape of skeletons are eaten at a feast honoring the dead is called

Accepted Answer

A)  All Saints Day. 
B)  Dulce et Decorum. 
C)  St. Crispin's Day. 
D)  Día de los Muertos. 
A)  All Saints Day. 
B)  Dulce et Decorum. 
C)  St. Crispin's Day. 
D)  Día de los Muertos.

Question 16

What is program music, and what is an example of it?

Accepted Answer

Program music creates a defini

Question 17

The novel Sophie's Choice is about

Accepted Answer

A)  finding forgiveness. 
B)  reinventing one's life. 
C)  attempting to stay young. 
D)  experiencing survivor's guilt. 
A)  finding forgiveness. 
B)  reinventing one's life. 
C)  attempting to stay young. 
D)  experiencing survivor's guilt.

Question 18

Consider William Wordsworth's poem "My Heart Leaps Up." Explain what the ideas of the speaker and the images and details in the poem suggest about the meaning of living and life.
I. Identify what the speaker and poem suggest about living and life.
II. Name specific details, claims, and images from the poem.
III. Explain how they support the poem's meaning.

Accepted Answer

I. The speaker in William Wordsworth's p

Question 19

Christopher Hitchens's view is that

Accepted Answer

A)  death holds no lessons. 
B)  we should defy death by affirming life daily. 
C)  we should take comfort in an afterlife. 
D)  disease, not death, is the enemy. 
A)  death holds no lessons. 
B)  we should defy death by affirming life daily. 
C)  we should take comfort in an afterlife. 
D)  disease, not death, is the enemy.

Question 20

The Picture of Dorian Gray is about

Accepted Answer

A)  reinventing one's life. 
B)  experiencing survivor's guilt. 
C)  attempting to stay young forever. 
D)  finding forgiveness. 
A)  reinventing one's life. 
B)  experiencing survivor's guilt. 
C)  attempting to stay young forever. 
D)  finding forgiveness.

How do Buddhists view death?

The British press called pulp fiction involving lurid tales of haunted houses and bodies found in closets

Which of the following literary works details the suffering of war?

Name three of the six strategies for dealing with death that are discussed in the chapter.

What is life-affirmation?

A work concerned with the effect of death on children is

An ancient figure of life-affirmation is

Choose the strategy for dealing with death that you find to be most life-affirming and contrast it with the one you think is least life-affirming. Explain why for each. I. Name the most life-affirming strategy. II. Name the least life-affirming strategy. III. Explain each response thoroughly.

Greek mythology and Tolkien's Lord of the Rings both

John Donne's "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" addresses

New Orleans traditionally commemorates death through

In Faust, the hero's fate shows the

A famous work in which a boy must deal with the death of his best friend is

What does "medicalizing death" mean?

The celebration in which cakes and candies in the shape of skeletons are eaten at a feast honoring the dead is called

What is program music, and what is an example of it?

The novel Sophie's Choice is about

Christopher Hitchens's view is that

The Picture of Dorian Gray is about

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Exam 14: Life-Affirmation

How do Buddhists view death?

The British press called pulp fiction involving lurid tales of haunted houses and bodies found in closets

Which of the following literary works details the suffering of war?

Name three of the six strategies for dealing with death that are discussed in the chapter.

What is life-affirmation?

A work concerned with the effect of death on children is

An ancient figure of life-affirmation is

Choose the strategy for dealing with death that you find to be most life-affirming and contrast it with the one you think is least life-affirming. Explain why for each. I. Name the most life-affirming strategy. II. Name the least life-affirming strategy. III. Explain each response thoroughly.

Greek mythology and Tolkien's Lord of the Rings both

John Donne's "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" addresses

New Orleans traditionally commemorates death through

In Faust, the hero's fate shows the

A famous work in which a boy must deal with the death of his best friend is

What does "medicalizing death" mean?

The celebration in which cakes and candies in the shape of skeletons are eaten at a feast honoring the dead is called

What is program music, and what is an example of it?

The novel Sophie's Choice is about

Christopher Hitchens's view is that

The Picture of Dorian Gray is about

The Humanities: a Shining Beacon

The Humanities and Critical Thinking

Myth and the Origin of the Humanities

Literature

Art

Music

Theater

The Musical Stage: Opera, Musical Theater, Dance

Film and Television

Religion

Morality

Happiness

Love

Nature

Freedom

Filters