POP! QUIZ(ANSWER KEY)

Take out a piece of paper and something with which to write.

1. At the beginning of your P1 and P2 exams, you will have 5 minutes of “reading time.” During “reading time” you should:

A. Read the texts / questions.B. Go into a meditative state.C. Read the texts / questions and make annotations

on the exam.D. Read the texts / questions, mentally select a

pairing / question, and mentally beginning planning for the exam.

2. On the P1 and P2 exam, you will first read:A. The text / 6 questionsB. The directionsC. The fine printD. The insides of your eyelids

3. On the P1 exam, you will examine the following aspects of the texts first:

A. The content.B. The content and image.C. The bibliographical information, title, and imageD. The bibliographical information, title / header,

and structure

4. Orwell shot the elephant in:A. BurmaB. IndiaC. ThailandD. Vietnam

5. A proverb is:A. A quote to ignore at the beginning of a question.B. A direct quote from a religious text.C. A didactic statement reflecting the values and

ethics of a culture or society.D. A verb that is always capitalized.

6. “Nature should mimic art” is a statement made by:A. the Victorians.B. members of the Aesthetic movement.C. British Imperialists.D. existentialists.

7.

What time should you arrive for your P1 exam?

7.30am -- your exam starts at 8 am

You should sleep early the night before. You should eat a healthy breakfast. You should try to chillax in the car (don’t cram). You should wear layers.

Fill in the blanks.

According to existential philosophy, existence precedes essence. Individuals are born as blank slates (tabula rasa). Their facticities, which are formed through circumstances and societal influence, are then valued or de-valued. This process, in which life as no purpose save that purpose determined by the individual, is known as the absurd. If an individual defies his or her facticities, even as a result of social pressures, s/he risks becoming unauthentic. When faced with such choices, an individual may enter a state of existential angst, wherein s/he is frozen with panic as s/he gazes down the myriad of paths leading into the future. When the individual realizes that any choice includes the risk of destroying current identity, the individual may then enter a state of existential despair—after all, identity is purely temporal and in a constant state of flux. One’s identity could be destroyed from an unexpected look from an other. Like a mirror in a funhouse, the identity reflected back might warp (or even fracture) identity.

18.

Who was born in a handbag?

Jack Worthing

19.

Explain one extended metaphor used by Orwell.SAE – Orwell’s conflicted emotions about shooting the elephant are an extended metaphor for the evolving ethical conviction of British imperialists. Y&AB – The atomic bomb represents the fear with which governments control the people.W&L – the leviathan represents moral turmoil lurking beneath a society’s ethical code (which writers see more clearly)

20.

If an exam has 6 questions and an answer booklet has 16 pages, but the texts you are using only feature 3 characters, what color sock are you wearing?