Chapter 5 Quiz 1

What is a narrative?

• a story

• a person who tells a story

• a part of a story where someone speaks

• an account of related events told to listeners or readers

Stories are important because stories...

• offer good advice for living

• shape us and how we see the world

• keep us entertained

• show us how to create art

Choose all the questions metanarratives seek to answer. There are three correct answers here, but this is not an exhaustive list of the questions that metanarratives seek to answer.

• Who am I?

• Why did that happen to me?

• Where did I come from?

• What is my purpose in life?

• Where do I fit in socially?

What do postmodernists say about metanarratives?

• Metanarratives give meaning to our lives.

• Metanarratives are true for some people

• Metanarratives cannot be trusted.

• Metanarratives help us make good stories.

A worldview is a pattern of ideas and beliefs that...

• should make us feel comfortable with life.

• help us improve our relationships.

• are largely unimportant to how we live our lives.

• guide our decisions and actions.

Which worldview is characterized by placing its faith in human ability and progress to improve the world?

• Islam

• Christianity

• Marxism

• Secularism

What are historical narratives?

• fictional stories told like histories

• a type of writing found only in the Bible

• historical accounts told in story form

• poems that retell history lyrically

How much of the Bible is written as a historical narrative

• two-thirds

• one-fourth

• three-fourths

• one half

United States history is an example of a/an....

• metaphor

• allegory

• metanarrative

• onomatopoeia

Though the Bible was written over 1,500 years by multiple authors, it is consistent throughout. This points to....

• coincidence

• human effort

• divine inspiration

• absolute luck