This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Postmodernism > Postmodernism – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Postmodernism Quiz 13 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Among his works the most notable were: A) Symbolics and sonnets. B) Symbolic and the amauta. C) Shadows and colonida. D) Symbolic and The Song of Figures. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbolic and The Song of Figures. 2. The following are the characteristics of minimalist architecture, except..... A) Using basic geometry as the dominant plane in the building. B) Using light as a building material. C) Gives a contextual building impression. D) Using a neat and smooth finish. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gives a contextual building impression. 3. Its theme is popular and traditional. Author of The Flight of the Condors: A) Leonidas Yerovi. B) Jose Galvez. C) Garcia Calderon. D) Abraham Valdelomar. E) Martin Adam. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abraham Valdelomar. 4. What is the dominant way of thinking in modern society, moving away from religious explanations? A) Spirituality. B) Irrationality. C) Emotionalism. D) Rationality. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rationality. 5. Architect who adopted an ironic stance towards the postmodernist movement and took as reference an "old closet" as a formal reference for his building. A) Robert Venturi. B) Phillip Johnson. C) Frank Gehry. D) Caesar Pelli. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phillip Johnson. 6. An example of realism is? A) Mona Lisa painting. B) Novel romantis. C) Educational films. D) Nature paintings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mona Lisa painting. 7. According to postmodernism, humans are A) Social constructs. B) Body and Soul. C) Centralized souless personalities. D) Part of a higher consciousness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Social constructs. 8. Which philosopher famously pronounced "God Is Dead" ? A) Friedrich Nietzsche. B) Michel Foucault. C) Richard Rorty. D) JeanFrancis Lyotard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Friedrich Nietzsche. 9. Characteristic of postmodernism art A) To bore people. B) Pop art. C) Something. D) Can't know what. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pop art. 10. Please select the correct verb tense for the following sentence:That company has been making surfboards since the 1960s A) Present perfect progressive. B) Present progressive. C) Past perfect progressive. D) Past progressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present perfect progressive. 11. Does postmodernist poetry react against? A) Reacts against the avant-garde. B) Reacts against modernism. C) Reacts against the reality of an era. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reacts against modernism. 12. Choose the past form or past participle of each verb in parentheses(). If the verb is correct, choose no error as the answer: "The snowboard instructor (lead) the children to the bunny hill." A) Leaded. B) Have lead. C) Led. D) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Led. 13. In "I Want to Be Miss America, " what is it that gratifies the author years later but comes too late? A) When American women want to look "ethnic" like her. B) When she is finally able to look like a beauty contestant. C) When she stops trying to fit into the mold of American beauty. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When American women want to look "ethnic" like her. 14. Is the following an example of Modernity or Postmodernity? Joe gets his high-school diploma, goes to Cal State Stanislaus like he's supposed to, receives a bachelor's degree in business, opens up a furniture store, marries a woman, has two kids, and earns a lower middle-class salary while his wife stays at home to cook, clean, and raise their children. A) Modernity. B) Postmodernity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Modernity. 15. A realistic copy. A copy of a copy that has that no relationship with the thing it was copied from. The media text that is a copy of a copy. The media is full of these. 'Busted' are ..... punk rockers. (J. Baudrillard) A) Parody. B) Pastiche. C) Hyperreality. D) Simulacrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simulacrum. 16. In Lawrence Ferlinghetti's poem, "The Changing Light, " light is used to symbolize the brightness and uniqueness of San Francisco. How does Ferlinghetti show the unique quality of San Francisco's light? A) Mentions the lights in other cities and says that it is different. B) Points out the unique qualities of San Francisco and how the light is displayed through them. C) Creates an image of a light that is organic and always changing. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 17. The swan is the representative bird of Modernism A) V. B) F. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) V. 18. How does Bruce critique the postmodernist view of the decline of traditional religions? A) Bruce agrees with the postmodernists' assessment of the decline of traditional religions. B) Bruce suggests that disembedding is exaggerated and traditional religious institutions persist. C) Bruce claims that religious organizations have become more influential in postmodern society. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bruce suggests that disembedding is exaggerated and traditional religious institutions persist. 19. How does postmodernism work? A) What happened after modernism. B) It is a movement to reflect on current events. C) Helps understand ideals of the past. D) Questions the absolute truth and criticizes certain values. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Questions the absolute truth and criticizes certain values. 20. Which of these were the writers of the postmodern era? A) Vesa-Matti Loiri. B) John Bart. C) Minna Canth. D) Ihab Hassan. 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