A. The culture industry is classified by ruthless uniformity of all ideas.
B. The culture industry is the chief method by which technology brings true democracy to all.
C. The culture industry is a fundamental way to promote individuality.
D. The culture industry is chiefly intended to offer consumers the opportunity to classify wants and desires as well as corresponding production.
Related Mcqs:
- Theodor Adorno’s “Culture Industry Reconsidered” further examines the notion of the “culture industry” and suggests which of the following about the “culture industry ?”
A. It destroys notions of high and low culture and replaces it with mass culture.
B. It is an industry in the sense that its aim is to standardize aesthetic taste and value.
C. It is a radical rethinking of mass culture in that it promotes the values of high culture and attempts to eradicate more popular forms of expression.
D. Both A and B - What is generally considered to be Theodor W. Adorno’s primary concern as a theorist ?
A. The effect of literature in enlightening the human mind
B. The effect of modern society on human suffering
C. The effect of the economy on women’s concerns
D. All of the above answers are correct. - What is generally considered to be Theodor W. Adorno’s primary concern as a theorist ?
A. The effect of literature in enlightening the human mind
B. The effect of modern society on human suffering
C. The effect of the economy on women’s concerns
D. The effect of the unconscious mind on the conscious self - According to Max Simon Nordau in his work “Degeneration,” which of the following best describes the term “Fin de Siècle” ?
A. “The impotent despair of a sick man, who feels himself dying by inches in the midst of an eternally living nature blooming insolently forever”
B. A term that means nothing except for the signification given to it by the user
C. “A confession and a complaint”
D. All of the above - Which of the following is NOT a feature of the Enlightenment ?
A. Reason
B. Deism
C. Political
D. Skepticism - Complete the following sentence. Unlike many Enlightenment thinkers, Adam Smith and Rousseau_____________?
A. traveled to America.
B. believed in God.
C. emphasized the importance of human emotions as guiding behavior.
D. rejected Newton’s view of the universe. - Which of the following statements best characterizes Romanticism’s relationship to the Enlightenment ?
A. Romanticism continued the Enlightenment’s focus on a universal order best apprehended through reason.
B. Romanticism challenged the Enlightenment’s emphasis on objectivity as the basis of truth.
C. Romanticism largely abandoned the
Enlightenment’s hope in progressive political change.
D. Unlike the Enlightenment, Romanticism deemed the natural world unimportant - Complete the following sentence. Neoclassicism most paralleled Enlightenment thought in its_______________?
A. rejection of Renaissance optimism.
B. rejection of traditional models.
C. emphasis on order, logic, and universal truths.
D. emphasis on the corrupt nature of the aristocracy. - Which of the following political ideas is least related to the Enlightenment ?
A. Checks and balances
B. Social contract
C. Enlightened monarchy
D. Socialism - All of the following are ways in which “The Castle of Otranto” reflects the values of Enlightenment England EXCEPT_________________?
A. The concern for the sanctity of legal inheritance
B. The interest in the lessons and values of the Middle Ages for England in the 18th century
C. The support for the British class system
D. The belief in British superiority to foreign countries
