Poli 1001 Quiz Questions and Answers
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
According to Steele changing the university curriculum to include ethnic studies -
ANSWER-compromised the universities devotion to excellence
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
bloom tells us that the crisis of liberal education is that - ANSWER-there is no vision of
the whole that unites higher education
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
Christina Sommers criticizes leading feminist scholars for - ANSWER-all
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
in his farewell address George Washington says the great pillars of human happiness
are - ANSWER-religion and morality
in the end, steele diagnoses the culture's modern condemnation of racist language and
indulgence of sexual misbehavior as reflecting: - ANSWER-the shift from personal
morality to social morality
president Obama says the most important office in a democracy is - ANSWER-citizen
What does Bloom identify as the three great divisions of knowledge within the modern
university? - ANSWER-natural science social science and the humanities
what does bloom tell us about strong prejudices - ANSWER-They are necessary, at
least at first, as visions about the way things are.
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
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
According to Steele changing the university curriculum to include ethnic studies -
ANSWER-compromised the universities devotion to excellence
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
bloom tells us that the crisis of liberal education is that - ANSWER-there is no vision of
the whole that unites higher education
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
Christina Sommers criticizes leading feminist scholars for - ANSWER-all
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
in his farewell address George Washington says the great pillars of human happiness
are - ANSWER-religion and morality
in the end, steele diagnoses the culture's modern condemnation of racist language and
indulgence of sexual misbehavior as reflecting: - ANSWER-the shift from personal
morality to social morality
president Obama says the most important office in a democracy is - ANSWER-citizen
What does Bloom identify as the three great divisions of knowledge within the modern
university? - ANSWER-natural science social science and the humanities
what does bloom tell us about strong prejudices - ANSWER-They are necessary, at
least at first, as visions about the way things are.
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
