POLI 1001 QUIZ QUESTIONS- FINAL EXAM
Bloom writes: "There is one thing a professor can be absolutely certain of: almost every
student entering the university believes, or says he believes, ..." - Answer -that truth is
relative
What does bloom tell us about strong prejudices - Answer -They are necessary, at
least at first, as visions about the way things are.
According to bloom, American students unlike European students typically come to
college without immersion in a national literature but in the past they tended at least to
know - Answer -the Bible and the declaration of independence
Bloom tells us that the crisis of liberal education is that - Answer -there is no vision of
the whole that unites higher education
What does Bloom identify as the three great divisions of knowledge within the modern
university? - Answer -natural science social science and the humanities
According to bloom political science is different from the other social sciences because -
Answer -ALL
Why does Shelby Steele start by speaking about the Clinton Lewinsky scandal? -
Answer -to show how moral authority has change in America since the 1950s
What does Shelby Steele say about what he calls "white guilt"? - Answer -all
What is the "new consciousness" Steele writes about? - Answer -a view that racism is
endemic and informs all the structures of society
How does Shelby Steele contrast (i) black achievement in entertainment and sport with
(ii) black achievement in school? - Answer -(i) won by skill development innovation
relentless practice/ (ii) dependent on white guilt
According to Steele, the underlying cause of the whole countercultural movement of the
sixties was - Answer -the collapse of moral authority and the vacuum created by white
guilt
Why According to Steele was youthful rebellion in the sixties different from most eras -
Answer -the youth won since their parents generation had lost all confidence in their
authority
When Steele talks about dissociation he means - Answer -white liberals dissociated
themselves from white racism by "helping" blacks
Bloom writes: "There is one thing a professor can be absolutely certain of: almost every
student entering the university believes, or says he believes, ..." - Answer -that truth is
relative
What does bloom tell us about strong prejudices - Answer -They are necessary, at
least at first, as visions about the way things are.
According to bloom, American students unlike European students typically come to
college without immersion in a national literature but in the past they tended at least to
know - Answer -the Bible and the declaration of independence
Bloom tells us that the crisis of liberal education is that - Answer -there is no vision of
the whole that unites higher education
What does Bloom identify as the three great divisions of knowledge within the modern
university? - Answer -natural science social science and the humanities
According to bloom political science is different from the other social sciences because -
Answer -ALL
Why does Shelby Steele start by speaking about the Clinton Lewinsky scandal? -
Answer -to show how moral authority has change in America since the 1950s
What does Shelby Steele say about what he calls "white guilt"? - Answer -all
What is the "new consciousness" Steele writes about? - Answer -a view that racism is
endemic and informs all the structures of society
How does Shelby Steele contrast (i) black achievement in entertainment and sport with
(ii) black achievement in school? - Answer -(i) won by skill development innovation
relentless practice/ (ii) dependent on white guilt
According to Steele, the underlying cause of the whole countercultural movement of the
sixties was - Answer -the collapse of moral authority and the vacuum created by white
guilt
Why According to Steele was youthful rebellion in the sixties different from most eras -
Answer -the youth won since their parents generation had lost all confidence in their
authority
When Steele talks about dissociation he means - Answer -white liberals dissociated
themselves from white racism by "helping" blacks
