McqMate
These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Master of Arts in Philosophy (MA Philosophy) .
| 51. |
In "The Death of the Author," Roland Barthes argues what about |
| A. | biographical information about the author must be considered when evaluating literature. |
| B. | a text and its author text are unrelated. |
| C. | it is possible to distil meaning from a work based on the author\s politics. |
| D. | authorial intent must be considered when evaluating literature. |
| Answer» B. a text and its author text are unrelated. | |
| 52. |
who popularised the conception of an ‘epistemological break’ in Marxian thought |
| A. | l. althusser |
| B. | j. habermas |
| C. | j.c. alexander |
| D. | r. fahrendorf |
| Answer» A. l. althusser | |
| 53. |
Which among the following is not the work of Louis Althusser |
| A. | lenin and philosophy and other essays |
| B. | on the reproduction of capitalism trans |
| C. | madness and civilization |
| D. | for marx |
| Answer» C. madness and civilization | |
| 54. |
In Of Grammatology, Jacques Derrida argues what about literature? Choose one answer. |
| A. | no fixed, stable meaning is possible. |
| B. | language must be studied in conjunction with history in order to create meaning. |
| C. | there is no potential for multiple and differing meanings in a work of literature. |
| D. | literature is timeless, and thus meaning does not change. |
| Answer» A. no fixed, stable meaning is possible. | |
| 55. |
To whom, the sign, firmly speaking, must always stand ‘under erasure’, as necessary but inadequate |
| A. | louis althusser |
| B. | michel foucault |
| C. | husserl |
| D. | jacques derrida |
| Answer» D. jacques derrida | |
| 56. |
Which one of the following concepts is not given by Derrida |
| A. | cultural capital |
| B. | logocentrism |
| C. | deconstruction |
| D. | difference |
| Answer» A. cultural capital | |
| 57. |
Derrida’s Deconstruction yields a critique of |
| A. | cultural capital |
| B. | logocentrism |
| C. | deconstruction |
| D. | difference |
| Answer» B. logocentrism | |
| 58. |
The central idea of Ferdinand de Saussure's Course in General Linguistics; |
| A. | language is inseparable from its historical context. |
| B. | there are five phases of linguistic development. |
| C. | language can be analysed as a formal system of elements. |
| D. | linguistics is too complicated to be distilled to a formula. |
| Answer» C. language can be analysed as a formal system of elements. | |
| 59. |
Jacques Derrida's concept of différance challenges us to think about language as a system that: |
| A. | mirrors our physical evolution as human beings. |
| B. | prevents us from communicating through writing or speech. |
| C. | involves a constant process of deferred meaning. |
| D. | evolved exclusively as a function of our individual psyche. |
| Answer» C. involves a constant process of deferred meaning. | |
| 60. |
Lyotard's dictum 'I define postmodern as incredulity toward meta-narratives' means: |
| A. | individual stories are suspect. |
| B. | the law is static. |
| C. | universal values are meaningless. |
| D. | literature reproduces repression |
| Answer» C. universal values are meaningless. | |
| 61. |
Author of The Postmodern Condition A Report on Knowledge |
| A. | kant |
| B. | michel foucault |
| C. | jean-françois lyotard |
| D. | jacques derrida |
| Answer» C. jean-françois lyotard | |
| 62. |
For Lyotard postmodernity as an age of |
| A. | accumulation |
| B. | fragmentation |
| C. | legalizing |
| D. | demolishing |
| Answer» B. fragmentation | |
| 63. |
The Postmodern Condition A Report on Knowledge Lyotard dealing with |
| A. | metaphysics |
| B. | values |
| C. | cognition |
| D. | knowledge and power |
| Answer» D. knowledge and power | |
| 64. |
Lyotard famously defines the postmodern as |
| A. | incredulity towards metanarratives |
| B. | system of logic |
| C. | system of metaphysics |
| D. | system of idealism |
| Answer» A. incredulity towards metanarratives | |
| 65. |
Lyotard sees the subject/human as |
| A. | one element among others |
| B. | pure matter |
| C. | centre of all think |
| D. | master of knowledge |
| Answer» A. one element among others | |
| 66. |
Deconstruction is in terms of a critique of the |
| A. | binary |
| B. | actual |
| C. | nomena |
| D. | phenomena |
| Answer» A. binary | |
| 67. |
Deconstruction is |
| A. | strategy for reading texts |
| B. | understanding metaphysics |
| C. | logical investigation |
| D. | reductionism |
| Answer» A. strategy for reading texts | |
| 68. |
The opposition between speech and writing is a manifestation of the |
| A. | cultural capital |
| B. | logocentrism |
| C. | deconstruction |
| D. | difference |
| Answer» B. logocentrism | |
| 69. |
Derrida notes the tendency in western philosophy and semiotics to value the signifier as opposed to the thing it signifies in |
| A. | cultural capital |
| B. | logocentrism |
| C. | deconstruction |
| D. | metaphysics of presence. |
| Answer» D. metaphysics of presence. | |
| 70. |
Postmodernism put forward the notion of |
| A. | death of the subject |
| B. | reclaiming the subject |
| C. | domination of subject |
| D. | power of the subject |
| Answer» A. death of the subject | |
| 71. |
Author of Elements of Semiology |
| A. | ferdinand de saussure |
| B. | jean-françois lyotard |
| C. | jean jacques rousseau |
| D. | roland barthes |
| Answer» D. roland barthes | |
| 72. |
As Baudrillard, there is only |
| A. | real |
| B. | nothingness |
| C. | cultural |
| D. | hyperreal |
| Answer» D. hyperreal | |
| 73. |
Hyperreal depicts |
| A. | production |
| B. | reproduction |
| C. | distribution |
| D. | meticulous reduplication |
| Answer» D. meticulous reduplication | |
| 74. |
Baudrillard is trying to end the philosophy of |
| A. | theological |
| B. | subjectivity |
| C. | narrative |
| D. | normative |
| Answer» B. subjectivity | |
| 75. |
According to Baudrillard the elimination of reality itself, |
| A. | crime |
| B. | perfect crime |
| C. | method |
| D. | practice |
| Answer» B. perfect crime | |
| 76. |
The term Hyperreality characterizes the inability of |
| A. | knowledge |
| B. | power |
| C. | capability |
| D. | consciousness to distinguish reality from fantasy |
| Answer» D. consciousness to distinguish reality from fantasy | |
| 77. |
A copy or image without reference to an original |
| A. | simulacrum |
| B. | perfect |
| C. | ideal |
| D. | illusive |
| Answer» A. simulacrum | |
| 78. |
What are the ideological State apparatuses |
| A. | the army |
| B. | the police |
| C. | the courts |
| D. | the family |
| Answer» D. the family | |
| 79. |
The State Apparatus |
| A. | the religion |
| B. | family |
| C. | the courts |
| D. | communications |
| Answer» C. the courts | |
| 80. |
The tendency in western civilization to privilege the linguistic signifier over the signified |
| A. | deconstruction |
| B. | logocentrism |
| C. | materialism |
| D. | rationalism |
| Answer» B. logocentrism | |
| 81. |
Author of Writing Degree Zero |
| A. | roland barthes |
| B. | michel foucault |
| C. | husserl |
| D. | jacques derrida |
| Answer» A. roland barthes | |
| 82. |
In ‘Rhetoric of the Image’ Barthes asserting |
| A. | demythologizing reading of the image |
| B. | breakdown |
| C. | interference |
| D. | regularisation |
| Answer» A. demythologizing reading of the image | |
| 83. |
The underlying syntactic structure of a sentence termed |
| A. | deep structure |
| B. | structure |
| C. | form |
| D. | matter |
| Answer» A. deep structure | |
| 84. |
Barth described ‘message without a code’ to |
| A. | movies |
| B. | documents |
| C. | photograph’s |
| D. | music |
| Answer» C. photograph’s | |
| 85. |
The structure open to observation and description termed |
| A. | deep structure |
| B. | structure |
| C. | surface structure |
| D. | matter |
| Answer» C. surface structure | |
| 86. |
The distinction between langue and parole was first made by |
| A. | roland barthes |
| B. | michel foucault |
| C. | ferdinand de saussure |
| D. | jacques derrida |
| Answer» C. ferdinand de saussure | |
| 87. |
The rules of sign system known as |
| A. | concept |
| B. | langue |
| C. | form |
| D. | parole |
| Answer» B. langue | |
| 88. |
The articulation of signs |
| A. | concept |
| B. | langue |
| C. | form |
| D. | parole |
| Answer» D. parole | |
| 89. |
Author of - Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays |
| A. | louis althusser |
| B. | michel foucault |
| C. | ferdinand de saussure |
| D. | jacques derrida |
| Answer» A. louis althusser | |
| 90. |
Author of Writing and Difference |
| A. | louis althusser |
| B. | michel foucault |
| C. | ferdinand de saussure |
| D. | jacques derrida |
| Answer» D. jacques derrida | |
| 91. |
author of The Illusions of Postmodernism |
| A. | louis althusser |
| B. | michel foucault |
| C. | ferdinand de saussure |
| D. | terry eagleton |
| Answer» D. terry eagleton | |
| 92. |
For Marx superstructure is |
| A. | ideology |
| B. | labour |
| C. | infrastructure |
| D. | revolutionary |
| Answer» A. ideology | |
| 93. |
“There is nothing outside the text” articulated by |
| A. | ferdinand de saussure |
| B. | jean-françois lyotard |
| C. | jean jacques rousseau |
| D. | jacques derrida |
| Answer» D. jacques derrida | |
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