Question 1

Baudrillard's simulacra means

Accepted Answer

A)  something unique and individual
B)  the sign that creates the perception of reality than reality itself
C)  truth
D)  a lie B

Question 2

Systematic study of meaning

Accepted Answer

A)  semantics
B)  logic
C)  signs
D)  epigraphy A

Question 3

Louis Althusser consider State institutions as

Accepted Answer

A)  apparats
B)  institutions for good life
C)  ideological apparatus
D)  social welfare institutions A

Question 4

Who has measured 'modernity as an unfinished project'

Accepted Answer

A)  jean baudrillard
B)  john the baptist
C)  jean-françois lyotard
D)  habermas

Question 5

Langue and parole are the concept of

Accepted Answer

A)  jean baudrillard
B)  john the baptist
C)  ferdinand de saussure
D)  jean jacques rousseau

Question 6

According to Saussure two axis of language are

Accepted Answer

A)  compound and simple
B)  diachronic and synchronic
C)  rigid and flexible
D)  noumena and phenomena

Question 7

For Vico human essence is

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A)  pre-existent one
B)  no pre-existent
C)  inherited
D)  irrational

Question 8

Which Post-Structuralist philosopher started in philosophy by studying "pataphysics"

Accepted Answer

A)  gilles deleuze
B)  jean baudrillard
C)  michel foucault
D)  jacques derrida

Question 9

For Vico Language, is a kind of

Accepted Answer

A)  knowledge
B)  power
C)  dominance
D)  collective intelligence

Question 10

Which Post-Structuralist philosopher stated, "Academics' lives are seldom interesting":

Accepted Answer

A)  michel foucault
B)  jacques derrida
C)  jean baudrillard
D)  gilles deleuze

Question 11

Author of Capitalism and Schizophrenia:

Accepted Answer

A)  michel foucault
B)  jean baudrillard
C)  ferdinand de saussure
D)  gilles deleuze

Question 12

According to Vico the structure is

Accepted Answer

A)  static
B)  transformable
C)  idle
D)  idea

Question 13

According to Saussure a language is a system of

Accepted Answer

A)  signs
B)  logic
C)  symbols
D)  numbers

Question 14

Postmodernism rejects which of the following metanarratives;

Accepted Answer

A)  science/ secularism
B)  christian
C)  muslim
D)  all metanarratives are rejected

Question 15

Which Post-Structuralist philosopher was interested in the "power-knowledge relationship":

Accepted Answer

A)  gilles deleuze
B)  jacques derrida
C)  michel foucault
D)  ferdinand de saussure

Question 16

Althusser considered the mode of production contains complex articulation of:

Accepted Answer

A)  only economic practice
B)  only political practices
C)  economic, political and ideological practices
D)  economic and political practices

Question 17

Author of, On humanistic education

Accepted Answer

A)  jean baudrillard
B)  giambattista vico
C)  jean-françois lyotard
D)  jean jacques rousseau

Question 18

Which French Philosopher argued that there were no meta or grand narratives, only micro narratives?

Accepted Answer

A)  jean baudrillard
B)  john the baptist
C)  jean-françois lyotard
D)  jean jacques rousseau

Question 19

the reproduction of labour-power complete with

Accepted Answer

A)  ruling ideology
B)  economics progress
C)  economic reproduction
D)  social enriching

Question 20

Linguistic system, consists of

Accepted Answer

A)  structures
B)  prejudice
C)  symbols
D)  numbers

Exam 2: Philosophy and Linguistics: A Compilation of Post-Structuralist and Humanistic Ideas