Quiz 3

Question 1

Split infinitive

Answer 1

An infinitive but with an adverb between the “to” and the verb

Question 2

Absolutism

Answer 2

The idea that there are absolute rights or wrongs

Question 3

Sanguine

Answer 3

Optimistic and positive, especially in tough situations

Question 4

Sophism

Answer 4

A fallacious argument purposefully meant to deceive

Question 5

Chagrin

Answer 5

Distress or embarrassment at having failed or been humiliated (shy grin)

Question 6

Precis

Answer 6

A summary

Question 7

New Criticism

Answer 7

Practice of reading literature without considering the broader context within which it was written (author’s biography, social context, or political context)

Question 8

A Priori

Answer 8

Reasoning based on theoretical deduction (ex: math)

Question 9

A Posteriori

Answer 9

Reasoning deduced from empirical data

Question 10

Disinterested

Answer 10

Unbiased or uninfluenced by personal gain

Question 11

Uninterested

Answer 11

Not interested in something

Question 12

Pique

Answer 12

Anger caused by damaged pride or feelings

Question 13

Picaresque

Answer 13

First person narrative with low born main character venturing through corrupt society (Great Expectations)

Question 14

Platonic

Answer 14

Relating to Plato

Question 15

platonic

Answer 15

Unromantic affection or friendship

Question 16

Abstruse

Answer 16

Difficult to understand

Question 17

Grotesque

Answer 17

Repulsively ugly or distorted

Question 18

Reader Response Theory

Answer 18

Taking into account one’s personal feelings and perspectives in analyzing literature

Question 19

Literary Naturalism

Answer 19

Fiction that explores how people are affected by nature or nurture (Frankenstein)

Question 20

Transcendentalism

Answer 20

Movement that valued individualism and one’s personal relationship to God (Self Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Question 21

Load Diction

Answer 21

Language that elicits a strong emotional reaction from the reader

Question 22

Epistrophe

Answer 22

The repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses

Question 23

Epistemology

Answer 23

The philosophical theory of knowledge (the difference between truth and belief)

Question 24

Fatalism

Answer 24

The idea that all things have been predecided by fate

Question 25

Volubility

Answer 25

Speaking with fluidity and ease

Question 26

Ad Hoc

Answer 26

Completing a task for a specific reason (committee)

Question 27

Decorous

Answer 27

Marked by good taste and politeness

Question 28

Metaphysics

Answer 28

Branch of philosophy that studies abstract, immaterial or intangible concepts

Question 29

Reductio ad absurdum

Answer 29

Proving falsity of an idea by proving it's consequence as being illogical

Question 30

Relativism

Answer 30

"Truth" or morality is based on social constructs, not true objectivity

Question 31

Nonpareil

Answer 31

Unparalleled (or unmatched)

Question 32

Romanticism

Answer 32

A movement that emphasizes nature and emotion

Question 33

Esoteric

Answer 33

Known by a small number or specialized people

Question 34

Conditional Statements

Answer 34

Statements expressed through conditions - think "if" "then"

Question 35

Amplification

Answer 35

Using devices to emphasize or exaggerate a point