Question 1

Moksha is the concept of the afterlife in

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A)   the Hindu tradition.
B)   the Muslim tradition.
C)   the Christian tradition.
D)   poetry.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 2

Choose a popular feature of modern life. Explain whether you believe this experience is life-affirming or life-denying.
I. Identify a popular feature of living today.
II. Explain why this feature is life-affirming or life-denying.

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Question 3

Choose a work of art (film, play, novel, song, etc.) that you consider to be life-affirming and, using the definition from the chapter, give examples from the work that support your stance.
I. Identify a work of art that is life-affirming.
II. Defend stance using the definition from the chapter and details from the chosen piece.

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Question 4

A figure whose death embodies selflessness is

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A)   Socrates.
B)   Dorian Gray.
C)   Sylvia Plath.
D)   John Donne.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 5

Disaster films are popular because

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A)   the audience knows the events could not happen.
B)   they are based somewhat in reality.
C)   they show that death can be overcome.
D)   they show that death comes to both good and bad.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 6

An example of a long symphonic poem that tells a story through sound is

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A)   Donne's "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning."
B)   Strauss's Death and Transfiguration.
C)   Milton's Samson Agonistes.
D)   Agee's A Death in the Family.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 7

A work that links death to the rebirth of life in spring is

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A)   Keats's "After Dark Vapours."
B)   Donne's "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning".
C)   Milton's Samson Agonistes.
D)   Owen's "Dulce et Decorum Est."E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 8

The idea that the events of life are predetermined is known as

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A)   life-affirmation.
B)   a humorous response to death.
C)   an instance of depression.
D)   fatalism.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 9

Choose a work of art (film, play, novel, song, etc.) that deals directly with death. Explain how death is imagined or celebrated in the work.
I. Identify an artwork dealing with death.
II. Explain how the work imagines or celebrates death using examples from it.

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Question 10

A god who descends into the underworld, then rises again renewed is an example of

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A)   the phoenix model.
B)   the belief that death can be overcome.
C)   the glorification of the undead.
D)   a human's limited concept of the afterlife.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

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