Final Exam Questions

Question 1

In All Quiet on the Western Front, who disappoints the soldiers when they meet?

Answer 1

Kaiser

Question 2

In World War II, which nations comprised the Axis Powers?

Answer 2

Japan, Germany, Italy

Question 3

What was the line of fortifications on the German western border called?

Answer 3

The Siegfried Line

Question 4

In One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, what prized possession does Shukhov keep in his boot?

Answer 4

A spoon

Question 5

What legend served as the framework for T.S. Eliot’s master work, The Waste Land?

Answer 5

The Holy Grail

Question 6

What event is the author of Lamentations mourning?

Answer 6

The destruction of Jerusalem

Question 7

What type of poem is the book of Lamentations?

Answer 7

Acrostic

Question 8

What was the significance of the angelic chariots in Ezekiel going out from the temple?

Answer 8

God going to His people in exile

Question 9

What did God prohibit Ezekiel from doing after He told the prophet he would lose “the delight of [his] eyes”?

Answer 9

Mourning his wife’s death

Question 10

In All Quiet on the Western Front, what object of Kemmerich’s is passed among the group?

Answer 10

A pair of boots

Question 11

In All Quiet on the Western Front, who does Paul carry away from the front, only to discover him dead at the medical tent?

Answer 11

Katczkinsky

Question 12

In World War II, which nations comprised the Allied Powers?

Answer 12

Russia, France, United Kingdom, United States

Question 13

In One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, why is Shukhov in prison, according to the government?

Answer 13

He was a spy

Question 14

What object nearly sends Shukhov to solitary confinement, but is not discovered?

Answer 14

A rusty blade

Question 15

What did Eliot do in 1927 that shocked his Avant Garde friends?

Answer 15

He was baptized

Question 16

What is unexpected about the tone of Lamentations’ ending?

Answer 16

It doubts God’s restoration

Question 17

What proverb did God command Israel not to sing, as they downplayed their own wickedness?

Answer 17

“The parents ate sour grapes and the children’s teeth are set on edge”

Question 18

In All Quiet on the Western Front, how did the young men “square accounts” with Corporal Himmelstoss for the ways he had treated them during training?

Answer 18

They assaulted him

Question 19

What region factored heavily in both the German blitzkrieg in 1939 and the Battle of the Bulge in the winter of 1944?

Answer 19

Ardennes Forest

Question 20

What does Ambrose refer to as the oldest tactical and engineering problem in warfare?

Answer 20

Overcoming a fortified position

Question 21

In One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, what object does Shukhov routinely hide for future use?

Answer 21

A trowel

Question 22

In One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, what does the gang steal from a neighboring site during their workday?

Answer 22

Tar paper

Question 23

What was the motto of the modernist movement?

Answer 23

“Make it new”

Question 24

What gives Jeremiah hope in Lamentations 3, when he is at his lowest point?

Answer 24

God’s faithfulness

Question 25

What will be the name of the new city described in Ezekiel 40-48?

Answer 25

The Lord is There

Question 26

Who are the dry bones God shows Ezekiel in chapter 37?

Answer 26

The house of Israel

Question 27

According to The American and French Revolutions Compared, why was it not rebellion when America defied Parliament?

Answer 27

Parliament had no jurisdiction

Question 28

In Brave New World, what does Bernared suggest he and Lenina are missing, being "infants where feeling and desire are concerned?"

Answer 28

Purpose

Question 29

What keeps citizens of the World state from aging in Brave New World?

Answer 29

Young blood

Question 30

The central structure of Deuteronomy is built around expository application of what document?

Answer 30

The ten commandments

Question 31

When Israelite crops came in, what were they commanded to do with a tenth of their produce?

Answer 31

Celebratory sacrifice

Question 32

According to Tocqueville, what was the name for the first public education laws in New England?

Answer 32

'That Old Deluder Satan'

Question 33

What does Tocqueville mean when he says that America has "no government?"

Answer 33

So many participate that government is not 'other'

Question 34

According to Tocqueville, how do men trick themselves into believing they are free once government has become their shepherd?

Answer 34

They still vote

Question 35

What becomes of Mr. Hyde after the Carew murder?

Answer 35

He disappears for a time

Question 36

In Ecclesiastes, what does Solomon say that "much wisdom" and increased "knowledge" produces and increases?

Answer 36

Suffering

Question 37

Why does Solomon say that he hates all his labor under the sun?

Answer 37

he doesn't know what the result will be

Question 38

In Emma, why is Emma so annoyed when Mrs. Elton refers to Mr. Knightley as Knightley?

Answer 38

It's too informal

Question 39

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 39

Thomas Jefferson

Question 40

Who in the US Government interprets the Constitution?

Answer 40

The Supreme Court

Question 41

Where is the "separation of church and state" in the Constitution?

Answer 41

It's not there

Question 42

In Hamlet, how long after King Hamlet's death did Claudius wait before marrying his "Sometime sister, now our queen?"

Answer 42

2 months

Question 43

How does Huckleberry Finn resolve the issue of his guilt over tricking Jim?

Answer 43

He humbles himself

Question 44

In Leviathan, Hobbes lists the three types of commonwealth. What are they?

Answer 44

Monarchy, Democracy, and Aristocracy

Question 45

In the Gospel of Matthew, when Herod is killing Israelite baby boys, he reminds us of what Old Testament person?

Answer 45

Pharaoh

Question 46

What adorns the walls on either side of the pulpit in the Whaleman's Chapel in Moby-Dick?

Answer 46

Memorial tablets to dead sailors

Question 47

After two days' chase, Starbuck pleads with Ahab to let Moby Dick go. Ahab replies, "I act under orders." Whose orders does Ahab claim?

Answer 47

The fates

Question 48

In Out of the Silent Planet, Ransom see what he takes for the moon outside the window of the spaceship. What is the object actually?

Answer 48

The earth

Question 49

What is it about Dorian Gray that fascinates and obsesses the artist Basil Hallward?

Answer 49

His beauty

Question 50

How are the pastoral epistles different from Paul's other letters?

Answer 50

they are more personal

Question 51

How are the pastoral epistles similar to Paul's other letters?

Answer 51

their doctrine

Question 52

In book IX of Paradise Lost, Satan tells us his ultimate motivation. What is it?

Answer 52

Desire for destruction

Question 53

In Paradise Lost, what circumstances lead to Eve being found alone by Satan?

Answer 53

She wanted to test her strength

Question 54

In The Red Badge of Courage, what allows Henry to overcome his sense of shame?

Answer 54

He realizes that others fear death

Question 55

As a young man, what does Robinson Crusoe want to do with his life?

Answer 55

To go to sea

Question 56

What is the first thing Crusoe does after arriving on his island?

Answer 56

Praises God

Question 57

What does Robinson Crusoe build on the island?

Answer 57

a fortress

Question 58

What River is Sleepy Hollow near?

Answer 58

Hudson River

Question 59

In That Hideous Strength, according to Mark, "the real thing" that makes the N.I.C.E. so important is getting "science applied to social problems and backed…" by what?

Answer 59

the full force of the state

Question 60

What is the "Invisible hand" that Adam Smith makes reference to?

Answer 60

free exchange of goods and services