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REL 4035 Unit 1 Assessment
Q U E S T I O N 1
1. Dan McAdams’s research is referred to as the narrative study of lives, which emphasizes what dynamic
about human life?
2H. uman lives are sociological texts that are solely interpreted in communities.
Human lives are cultural texts that can be interpreted as stories.
Human lives are psychological texts that can be interpreted as mental events.
Human lives are metaphysical texts that are interpreted in terms of philosophy.
Q U E S T I O N 2
1. According to Parker Palmer, what do people call the core of our humanity in popular parlance?
Soul
Mind
God
Body
Q U E S T I O N 3
1. Bateson metaphorically compares composing a life to , which is “an art in which you create
something that happens over time that goes through various transitions.”
2v. isual arts
music
film direction
writing a story
Q U E S T I O N 4
1. Instead of seeing people with “too much sense of self” in this country, Parker Palmer says that he sees most
people with what kind of a self?
2D. ivine self
Malleable self
Nervous self
Empty self
Q U E S T I O N 5
1. Parker Palmer identifies two powers that contribute to our inattention to the state of our own souls—
secularism and .
2i.dleness
moralism
paganism
religiosity
Q U E S T I O N 6
1. When Alice Walker set out to write about authentic black witchcraft, what was her primary obstacle?
2There were no black writers and experts on the subject.
There were no sources on the subject whatsoever.
Her sources, including Zora Neale Hurston, did not write in English.
During the Depression, she did not have enough money to write.
