Question 1

Chaos theory has been applied to medical research in

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A)  the manufacture of antibiotics 
B)  understanding DNA sequences 
C)  predicting the spread of viruses 
D)  decreasing infant mortality

Question 2

Benoit Mandelbrot disdained traditional Euclidian geometry for its

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A)  inability to account for variations in starting points. 
B)  Inability to describe irregularly shaped forms. 
C)  lack of inclusion of color as a component of order. 
D)  great focus on finite patterns.

Question 3

What is one of the primary theoretical principles of postmodern thought?

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A)  Works contain a plurality of meanings. 
B)  Meaning resides in the creator's intent. 
C)  Meaning takes a backseat to creation. 
D)  Meaning is relative to context.

Question 4

In Eleanor Antin's video Minetta Lane-A Ghost Story,the ghost represents

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A)  fears of growing older and dying. 
B)  the tragedy of unfulfilled possibilities. 
C)  repressed sexuality and lost love. 
D)  the destructive force present in everyone.

Question 5

Prague's Dancing House is designed to evoke

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A)  Renaissance palaces. 
B)  the city's totalitarian past. 
C)  a distorted mirror image of its neighbor. 
D)  the work of Robert Venturi.

Question 6

Deconstruction is typical of postmodernism in its

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A)  determination of a reader's response to a work. 
B)  analysis of individual words. 
C)  inherently cross-cultural approach to criticism. 
D)  exposure of the possibilities of meaning.

Question 7

A hallmark of postmodern architecture is the

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A)  utilization of all available space. 
B)  incorporation of elements of technology. 
C)  harmony with a site's natural elements. 
D)  use of many different elements of design.

Question 8

Identify and explain how two video presentations discussed in the chapter fit with the characteristics of postmodernism.

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Question 9

The real subject of David P.Bradley's painting Indian Country Today is the

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A)  defacement of Native American lands. 
B)  assimilation of Native American and white peoples. 
C)  commercialization of Native American tradition. 
D)  revitalization of Native American lands.

Question 10

In literature,the postmodern hero differ from his or her predecessors by

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A)  having been rejected by society for not conforming. 
B)  embracing his or her ordinariness and lack of purpose. 
C)  having no definable goal and merely wandering through life. 
D)  accepting that the search for meaning is never-ending.

Question 11

In his graffiti-inspired Charles the First,Jean-Michel Basquiat includes a crown to

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A)  symbolize his African ancestors. 
B)  parody the U.S. government. 
C)  honor African-American heroes. 
D)  evoke the evils of Caribbean colonialism.

Question 12

In his poem "If We Get It," David Antin leaves meaning open to interpretation by

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A)  using indeterminate words. 
B)  making contradictory statements. 
C)  omitting all punctuation. 
D)  using irregular meter and rhyme

Question 13

Frank Gehry used industrial materials such as corrugated metal and concrete blocks to surround his house to

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A)  keep his neighbors away. 
B)  create a sense of unease in its viewers. 
C)  provide contrast with the house's frame construction. 
D)  inexpensively expand the house's living space.

Question 14

Olafur Eliason's installation The Weather Project was initially criticized as being "mere" entertainment for

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A)  using rather ordindary materials. 
B)  attracting so many visitors to view it. 
C)  for disturbing visitors with its melancholy 
D)  for showing visitors the construction elements

Question 15

Zhang Huan invited 40 Chinese peasants to be photographed standing in a pond in an effort to

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A)  make it into the Guinness Book of World Records. 
B)  show how Western culture was drowning the Chinese. 
C)  raise Beijing officials' consciousness about the poor. 
D)  show how the Chinese class system caused loss of self.

Question 16

Referencing one poem and one novel discussed in the chapter,explain the "open interpretation" that characterizes postmodern literature.

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Question 17

Define Robert Venturi's point that postmodern architecture should represent a "difficult whole," and identify and describe two examples from the book of how this "difficult whole" is presented.

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Exam 40: Without Boundaries: Multiple Meanings in a Postmodern World