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Ch. 5 - Knowledge and Power
Ch. 5 - Knowledge and Power
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FYE 1301 F - Dr. Langston Corina Castanon, Ana Diaz, Pierce Ruble
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1
Humans are the only species that have literature, music, art, math, science, and language with open-ended grammar.
False
True
2
What was Prometheus's punishment for stealing fire from the Greek Gods?
Had to push a boulder up a hill, only for it to roll back down again
Being flayed (skinned) alive
Having his liver pecked out by an eagle for all eternity
Having food and water tantalizingly close, but never being able to reach it
3
Knowledge gave humans power, that can be used for good or evil.
False
True
4
Modern biologists believe that being human relies on the use of what organ?
The Lungs
The Brain
The Bladder
The Heart
5
What are some things we do as humans that other species don't?
Make complex machines
communicate
Spend lengths of time on things that aren't essential to survive/reproduce
Fall in love
6
All bad (illness, sadness, hatred, etc.) was unleashed when Pandora unlocked the box. What was left after she shut it?
Hope
Love
Peace
Love
7
What tree did God command Adam & Eve to not eat from in the Garden of Eden?
The Tree of Life
The Tree of Knowledge
8
What poem does the phrase "ignorance is bliss" come from?
"Still I Rise"
"Song of Myself"
"The Road Not Taken"
"Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College"
9
Medical advancement has improved life expectancy substantially around the world
False
True
10
What Roman philospher believed humans are always "drawn to the pursuit of knowledge?"
Pliny the Elder
Cicero
Hypatia
Saint Augustine
11
What is philosophy?
"The study of knowledge"
The "Love of Wisdom"
"What we know"
"What we don't know"
12
Developing countries are not improving today because of knowledge being diffused faster.
True
False
13
What caused King Charles II of England to die?
A heart attack
Him being an old man
TERRIBLE HEALTHCARE (THEY LITERALLY PUT BIRD POO ON HIS FEET AND CUT HIM)
Suffering a stroke
14
Humans' punishment for Prometheus's actions was sent in the form of Pandora's box.
False
True
15
The human brain began to SHRINK as we learned to walk upright, freeing our hands to do other things.
False
True
