Question 1

The most famous thinkers associated with …………. include the linguist Roman Jakobson, the anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss, the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan, the philosopher and historian Michel Foucault, the Marxist philosopher Louis Althusser, and the literary critic Roland Barthes.

A)post-structuralism
B)structuralism
C)relativism
D)nihilism

structuralism

Accepted Answer

These thinkers are most closely associated with structuralism, a theoretical paradigm that emphasizes the underlying structures inherent in cultural products and human behaviors. Structuralism seeks to uncover the structures that underlie all the things that humans do, think, perceive, and feel. Roman Jakobson's work on the structures of language, Claude Lévi-Strauss's analyses of the underlying patterns in cultural practices, and Roland Barthes's exploration of the structures in literature and media are key examples of structuralist thought.

Question 2

The term..........itself appeared in the works of French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss, and gave rise, in France, to the "structuralist movement", which spurred the work of such thinkers as Louis Althusser, the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan, as well as the structural Marxism of Nicos Poulantzas.

A)structuralism
B)post-structuralism
C)anti-humanism
D)relativism

structuralism

Accepted Answer

The term "structuralism" appeared in the works of Claude Lévi-Strauss and led to the structuralist movement in France, influencing thinkers like Louis Althusser, Jacques Lacan, and Nicos Poulantzas.

Question 3

The Elementary Structures of Kinship was the work of &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..&#10;A)claude l&#233;vi-strauss&#10;B)jean-pierre bardet&#10;C)georges freche&#10;D)jean-claude perrot

Accepted Answer

"The Elementary Structures of Kinship" is a seminal work by Claude Lévi-Strauss, a French anthropologist known for his contributions to structural anthropology and his studies on kinship and social structures.

Question 4

Who defined structuralism as &#34;a method and not a doctrine&#34;?&#10;A)jacques derrida&#10;B)jean piaget&#10;C)michel foucaul&#10;D)gilles deleuze.

Accepted Answer

Jean Piaget defined structuralism as "a method and not a doctrine," emphasizing its application as a way of understanding the structures that underlie all the things that humans do, think, perceive, and feel.

Question 5

&#8230;...........'s book is The Order of Things.&#10;A)michel foucault&#10;B)leonard bloomfield&#10;C)louis hjelmslev&#10;D)alf sommerfelt

Accepted Answer

Michel Foucault is the author of "The Order of Things," which explores the history of systems of thought and the changes in the fundamental codes of culture.

Question 6

Rodney Needham and Edmund Leach were highly influenced by &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..&#10;A)deconstruction&#10;B)structuralism&#10;C)post-structuralis&#10;D)anti-humanism

Accepted Answer

Rodney Needham and Edmund Leach were highly influenced by structuralism, a theoretical paradigm in anthropology and sociology that emphasizes the elements of human culture, beliefs, and practices as interconnected within a larger, overarching system or structure.

Question 7

Maurice Godelier and Emmanuel Terray combined &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.with structural anthropology in France.&#10;A)marxism&#10;B)post-structuralism&#10;C)anti-humanism&#10;D)nihilism

Accepted Answer

Maurice Godelier and Emmanuel Terray are known for combining Marxism with structural anthropology in France, integrating Marxist theories with the structuralist approach to understand social structures and cultural phenomena.

Question 8

&#8230;........is a label formulated by American academics to denote the heterogeneous works of a series of French intellectuals who came to international prominence in the 1960s and '70s.&#10;A)post-structuralism&#10;B)relativism&#10;C)nihilism&#10;D)extremism

Accepted Answer

Post-structuralism is the correct label, as it refers to the body of work by French intellectuals in the 1960s and '70s that critiqued structuralism and emphasized the instability of meaning and the complexity of societal structures.

Question 9

In 1968, &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. published &#34;The Death of the Author&#34;&#10;A)foucault&#10;B)roland barthes&#10;C)edmund husserl&#10;D)martin heidegger

Accepted Answer

Roland Barthes published "The Death of the Author" in 1968, which argues against traditional literary criticism's practice of incorporating the intentions and biographical context of an author in the interpretation of a text.

Question 10

&#8230;.........is an approach to literary criticism and literary theory based on the premise that a literary work should be considered a product of the time, place, and circumstances of its composition rather than as an isolated creation.&#10;A)structuralism&#10;B)new historicism&#10;C)orientalism&#10;D)marxism

Accepted Answer

New Historicism is the correct answer because it emphasizes the importance of understanding a literary work within the historical context of its creation, considering the cultural, social, and political circumstances that influenced its author.

Question 11

..........may refer to a range of perceptions and attitudes evinced by the western scholarship towards the Indian civilisation in the 18th and early 19th centuries and since then to a wider intellectual exercise at global level to study and interpret the East in relation to the West.

A)orientalism
B)new historicism
C)structuralism
D)modernism

Accepted Answer

The answer of ..........may refer to a range of perceptions...

Question 12

The father of orientalism was &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#10;A)j.h harington&#10;B)william carey&#10;C)sir william jones&#10;D)h.h wilson

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The answer of The father of orientalism was &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#10;A)j.h harington&#10;B)william...

Question 13

The Asiatic society was founded in &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#10;A)1784&#10;B)1788&#10;C)1789&#10;D)1794

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The answer of The Asiatic society was founded in &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#10;A)1784&#10;B)1788&#10;C)1789&#10;D)1794...

Question 14

The Asiatic society was founded in 1784 at &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.&#10;A)madras&#10;B)bombay&#10;C)calcutta&#10;D)bihar

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The answer of The Asiatic society was founded in 1784...

Question 15

Who was the founder of the Asiatic society ?&#10;A)hold mackenzie&#10;B)wb bayley&#10;C)william jones&#10;D)wh macnaughten

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The answer of Who was the founder of the Asiatic...

Question 16

Who wrote the book what is History?&#10;A)e. h. carr&#10;B)r. g. collingwood&#10;C)g. m. trevelyan&#10;D)friedrich meinecke

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The answer of Who wrote the book what is History?&#10;A)e....

Question 17

E.H. Carr was born in &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#10;A)holland&#10;B)germany&#10;C)london&#10;D)calcutta

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The answer of E.H. Carr was born in &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#10;A)holland&#10;B)germany&#10;C)london&#10;D)calcutta...

Question 18

The book 'The Twenty Years' Crisis' was written by &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..&#10;A)r. g. collingwood&#10;B)g. m. trevelyan&#10;C)e.h. carr&#10;D)friedrich meinecke

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The answer of The book 'The Twenty Years' Crisis' was...

Question 19

Who stated that:&#34;Study the historian before you begin to study the facts&#34;?&#10;A)e.h. carr&#10;B)r. g. collingwood&#10;C)hugh trevor-roper&#10;D)g.r.elton

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The answer of Who stated that:&#34;Study the historian before you...

Question 20

&#34;The facts are really not at all like fish on the fishmonger's slab. They are like fish swimming about in a vast and sometimes inaccessible ocean; and what the historian catches will depend partly on chance, but mainly on what part of the ocean he chooses to fish in and what tackle he chooses to use - these two factors being, of course, determined by the kind of fish he wants to catch. By and large, the historian will get the kind of facts he wants&#34;.who said&#10;A)e.h. carr&#10;B)friedrich meinecke&#10;C)r. g. collingwood&#10;D)hugh trevor-roper

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Question 21

Who was the author of the book 'The Tudor Revolution in Government?'&#10;A)joan scott&#10;B)michel foucault&#10;C)hayden white&#10;D)g.r.elton

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The answer of Who was the author of the book...

Question 22

Who wrote the book 'The Practice of History'?&#10;A)joan scott&#10;B)hayden white&#10;C)michel foucault&#10;D)g.r.elton

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Question 23

Keith Jenkins is a &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.historiographer.&#10;A)africa&#10;B)india&#10;C)america&#10;D)british

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The answer of Keith Jenkins is a &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.historiographer.&#10;A)africa&#10;B)india&#10;C)america&#10;D)british...

Question 24

Who was the author of 'Why History'?&#10;A)keith jenkins&#10;B)michel foucault&#10;C)joan scott&#10;D)earl babbie

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The answer of Who was the author of 'Why History'?&#10;A)keith...

Question 25

&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.is a methodology in the social sciences for studying the content of communication.&#10;A)structuralism&#10;B)indology&#10;C)sinology&#10;D)textual analysis

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The answer of &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.is a methodology in the social sciences...

Deck 3: Thinkers and Movements in Structuralism, Orientalism, and Historiography