FYP Section 5: The Era of Revolutions

Du Bois’ The Souls of Black Folk introduces the concept of "double consciousness."

Nietzsche’s Parable of the Madman famously declares that:

Darwin’s The Descent of Man argues that human morality and intelligence evolved separately from evolution.

In The Death of Ivan Ilyich, what realization does Ivan have at the end of his life?

Edmund Burke supported the French Revolution and saw it as a necessary step toward liberty.

In The Death of Ivan Ilyich, the protagonist finds deep spiritual meaning in his final moments

Thomas Paine’s The Rights of Man was written in response to Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France.

In The Communist Manifesto, Marx and Engels argued that the history of all society is the history of class struggle.

In The Communist Manifesto, what is the ultimate goal of communism?

In Reflections on the Revolution in France, Edmund Burke compared the French Revolution to:

The Underground Man, from Notes from Underground, believes that:

Sieyès argued that the Third Estate was the most essential part of the nation.

Which Enlightenment idea strongly influenced the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen?

Nietzsche’s The Genealogy of Morals critiques traditional morality as a tool of power.

According to Sieyès, what should the Third Estate become?

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen granted equal rights to women.

Pauline Johnson’s writings advocate for the complete assimilation of Indigenous people into European culture.

In Pauline Johnson’s A Red Girl’s Reasoning, the protagonist rejects marriage to a white man because:

The Painter of Modern Life celebrates the timeless and unchanging aspects of art rather than its modern, fleeting nature

Wollstonecraft argues that women must be educated to be better wives and mothers, but not for independent reasoning

Dostoyevsky’s Notes from Underground features a protagonist who is confident, rational, and well-adjusted to society.

Hegel’s Introduction to the Philosophy of History argues that history is driven by:

W.E.B. Du Bois’ concept of “double consciousness” describes:

Darwin’s The Descent of Man extended his theory of natural selection to explain:

Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman argues that women’s oppression is primarily caused by:

What did Thomas Paine argue in The Rights of Man?

In his speech “On the Trial of the King,” Robespierre argued that Louis XVI should be executed because:

Robespierre believed that executing the king was necessary to preserve the revolution.

Baudelaire’s The Painter of Modern Life praises artists who: