PAC Final Exam- Lyons Quizzes & Ans..
False
True or false? Postman believes the contemporary American culture is more like what
Orwell described in 1984
False
True or False? Postman (in Amusing Ourselves to Death) argues the Lincoln-Douglas
debates were unsophisticated compared to modern political rhetoric
True
True or false? Postman argues (in Amusing Ourselves to Death) tv is not just an
influence on our culture, but in some ways IS our culture.
True
True or False? Cultures based on the written word tend to value argument and reason,
while cultures built around visual communication value appearance and emotion
True
True or false? Postman, in Amusing Ourselves to Death, believes the dominant mode of
communication (oral, written, or visual) has a dramatic influence on how the culture
perceives truth and authority
True
True or false? Postman (in Amusing Ourselves to Death) believes the "Peek-a-Boo"
culture really began with the inventions of the photograph and the telegraph
False
True or false? The transition to a visual culture went in this order:
books/text-->photograph-->radio-->television/image
True
True or false? Television has had a significant impact on education by conditioning
students to require entertainment in the classroom--according to Postman (Amusing
Ourselves...)
True
True or false? Postman (Amusing Ourselves...) thinks religion, especially Christianity, is
hard, doctrinal, and complex, which makes it a poor fit for tv portrayals
True
Postman (Amusing Ourselves to Death) believes television favors action and
movement, so it struggles to portray thinking
True
True or false? Politicians are essentially sold as products in a television culture. They
veer toward slogans and simplicity and away from complexity and nuance
False
True or false? Postman (Amusing Ourselves...) sees tv news as the one part of
television that has largely remained factual and informative
False
True or false? TV, for all its flaws, at least adequately prepares voters as they attempt to
hold politicians responsible for their actions
True
, True or false? Roosevelt ("State of the Union Message...") sees rights in largely
economic, as opposed to legal, terms
False
True or false? Wilson (The New Freedom) argues that America's attachment to its
founding documents is one of its strengths
False
True or false? For progressives, liberty, not equality, appears to be the key political
value
False
True or false? Wilson argues that constitutional limits on the powers of the presidency
must be rigidly adhered to
False
True or false? Russell Kirk, in his Ten Conservative Principles, resists change of all
sorts
True
True or false? For Russell Kirk and his Ten Conservative Principles, human nature is a
constant, unchanging aspect of political reality
False
True or false? Reagan emphasizes governmental solutions to the most significant
problems that confront us
False
True or false? Murray Rothbard, in For a New Liberty, thinks ALL organizations are
coercive, so governments are not meaningfully different from corporations or other
entities
True
True or false? In Murray Rothbard's For a New Liberty, he attempts to equate individual
and governmental morality, thereby arguing what is immoral for one ought to be
immoral for the other
False
True or false? In his 2nd Inaugural Address, Reagan shows a significant disconnect
between himself and America's Founders
False
True or false? The Dred Scott v. Sandford decision ruled that African Americans were
included in the Declaration of Independence and that the Founders intended them to
become citizens
True
True or false? According to Abraham Lincoln in his Dred Scott speech, the Declaration
of Independence did not intend to declare each and every person free in every respect
at that time, but rather to establish a principle of freedom
All of the above
In King's "Letter," he argues that to be just, laws must...
A. Apply to everyone equally
B. Be made using the input of people potentially affected
C. not degrade human dignity
D. All of the above
False
True or false? Postman believes the contemporary American culture is more like what
Orwell described in 1984
False
True or False? Postman (in Amusing Ourselves to Death) argues the Lincoln-Douglas
debates were unsophisticated compared to modern political rhetoric
True
True or false? Postman argues (in Amusing Ourselves to Death) tv is not just an
influence on our culture, but in some ways IS our culture.
True
True or False? Cultures based on the written word tend to value argument and reason,
while cultures built around visual communication value appearance and emotion
True
True or false? Postman, in Amusing Ourselves to Death, believes the dominant mode of
communication (oral, written, or visual) has a dramatic influence on how the culture
perceives truth and authority
True
True or false? Postman (in Amusing Ourselves to Death) believes the "Peek-a-Boo"
culture really began with the inventions of the photograph and the telegraph
False
True or false? The transition to a visual culture went in this order:
books/text-->photograph-->radio-->television/image
True
True or false? Television has had a significant impact on education by conditioning
students to require entertainment in the classroom--according to Postman (Amusing
Ourselves...)
True
True or false? Postman (Amusing Ourselves...) thinks religion, especially Christianity, is
hard, doctrinal, and complex, which makes it a poor fit for tv portrayals
True
Postman (Amusing Ourselves to Death) believes television favors action and
movement, so it struggles to portray thinking
True
True or false? Politicians are essentially sold as products in a television culture. They
veer toward slogans and simplicity and away from complexity and nuance
False
True or false? Postman (Amusing Ourselves...) sees tv news as the one part of
television that has largely remained factual and informative
False
True or false? TV, for all its flaws, at least adequately prepares voters as they attempt to
hold politicians responsible for their actions
True
, True or false? Roosevelt ("State of the Union Message...") sees rights in largely
economic, as opposed to legal, terms
False
True or false? Wilson (The New Freedom) argues that America's attachment to its
founding documents is one of its strengths
False
True or false? For progressives, liberty, not equality, appears to be the key political
value
False
True or false? Wilson argues that constitutional limits on the powers of the presidency
must be rigidly adhered to
False
True or false? Russell Kirk, in his Ten Conservative Principles, resists change of all
sorts
True
True or false? For Russell Kirk and his Ten Conservative Principles, human nature is a
constant, unchanging aspect of political reality
False
True or false? Reagan emphasizes governmental solutions to the most significant
problems that confront us
False
True or false? Murray Rothbard, in For a New Liberty, thinks ALL organizations are
coercive, so governments are not meaningfully different from corporations or other
entities
True
True or false? In Murray Rothbard's For a New Liberty, he attempts to equate individual
and governmental morality, thereby arguing what is immoral for one ought to be
immoral for the other
False
True or false? In his 2nd Inaugural Address, Reagan shows a significant disconnect
between himself and America's Founders
False
True or false? The Dred Scott v. Sandford decision ruled that African Americans were
included in the Declaration of Independence and that the Founders intended them to
become citizens
True
True or false? According to Abraham Lincoln in his Dred Scott speech, the Declaration
of Independence did not intend to declare each and every person free in every respect
at that time, but rather to establish a principle of freedom
All of the above
In King's "Letter," he argues that to be just, laws must...
A. Apply to everyone equally
B. Be made using the input of people potentially affected
C. not degrade human dignity
D. All of the above
