Practice for Midterm

Which of the following is not one of what Anderson describes as the three fundamental paradoxes of nationalism?

• Nations have political power, but their tenets are incomplete/contradictory
• Nations are a modern concept but are often portrayed as ancient.
• Generally conceived as universal, but each nation see itself differently
• Nationalism has always existed, but we haven't had the descriptive vocab

Anderson argues that the ‘cultural roots of nationalism’ are partly responsible for...

• the development of global trade networks
• the weakening of traditional ‘nuclear family’ values
• a shared sense of comradery that has been exploited with bad consequences
• connecting billions of people across the globe despite national borders

If a concept is a ‘cultural artefact’ of a specific time, it remains unchanged over different time periods

• True
• False

Why does Anderson describe the nation as an imagined community?

• Nationalism can exist without communities
• We won't meet most of our fellow citizens, but we believe we're in a community with them
• Concepts we imagined have no concrete impact on real life
• Nations have not existed for more than a few centuries

According to Anderson, communities should be distinguished according to...

• how many citizens they contain
• how they create and conceptualize themselves
• how genuine/false they are
• how many resources they control

When did concepts like "nationality" and "nationalism" develop spontaneously?

• The late 1800s
• The early 1900s
• The late 19th century
• The late 18th century

According to Anderson, the concept of the nation as a sovereign state came into being at a time when...

• revolutions had reestablished monarchies ruling by divine right
• communism was threatening the established order during the Cold War
• Enlightenment philosophy and sociopolitical upheaval had weakened belief in existing social hierarchies
• the expansion of European colonial empires had subjugated and subordinated many peoples

The Brothers Grimm were strongly opposed to the French occuption of German-speaking Europe...

• therefore, Jacob refused to work as King Jérôme's private librarian
• and Napoleon's defeat ushered in an era of peace for Germany
• but they were also opposed to the restoration of oppressive German princes
• and joined the Young Germany movement as advocates for German democracy

The Brothers Grimm mostly collected folklore by...

• conducting archival work in ancient monasteries and castle libraries
• riding around the German countryside and collecting peasants' tales
• inviting storytellers to their home and taking notes while they spoke
• translating stories into German from Scandinavian lanuages, French, and Latin

According to Zipes, the Grimms were idealists and believed...

• edited fairytales could convince Catholics to convert to Protestantism
• their collections of folklore could unite Germany into a powerful empire
• fairytales are the best examples for pedagogy and early childhood education
• knowledge about culture increased self-awareness and social enlightenment

While Jacob and Wilhelm became famous from their lifework and scholarship, the remaining four Grimm siblings...

• became accomplished painters and illustrators
• did much of the behind-the-scenes work collecting the fairy tales
• largely struggled to establish careers for themselves
• experienced far greater financial success than their more studious brothers

Although they are most famous for their collections of fairy tales, the Brothers Grimm also published...

• collections of German myths and legends
• scholarly works on Germanic languages and literatures
• several volumes of the first comprehensive German dictionary
• All of the above

Which is untrue? Although the Brothers Grimm were born into a middle-class family and received a classical education...

• they did not learn Latin or Roman history
• they needed to apply for special dispensations to study law at university
• the unexpected death of their father caused socioeconomic turmoil
• some of their teachers treated them as social inferiors in high school

The Brothers Grimm were inspired to study ancient German literature and folklore because…

• their father had been a literature professor
• they were interested in historical precedents for overthrowing the French monarchy
• they wanted to found a new academic discipline: Germanistik
• a professor believed in the relationship between language, customs, context, & the law

Which of the following does Zipes not include in his list of the foremost critics of the Grimms’ fairytales?

• educators
• folklorists
• literary critics
• politicians

Jorgensen’s study finds that the bodies of male characters in fairytales are subjected to all of the following except…

• deformity
• violence
• visibility
• transformation

According to Jorgensen, the study of masculinity in fairytales in folklore scholarship has…

• long characterized the formalist approach to folkloristics
• lagged behind the study of femininity
• sought to hinder the critical study of femininity
• always taken precedence over the study of femininity

What tropes of the animal-bride story most closely align with warnings about "the dangers of exogamy"?

• stories about the victims of seduction or abduction
• stories about liberation and emancipation
• stories about perceived differences and disadvantages
• stories about one’s superiority over competition

Jorgensen argues that being able to observe rather than be observed is…

• an inherently feminine quality in most fairytales
• an aspiration for many male characters in fairytales
• an intrinsic quality for storytellers
• an expression of power

According to Tatar, one unique aspect of the “Beauty and the Beast” story is that…

• it has a double trajectory, with transformations for both Beauty and Beast
• it has almost exclusively been interpreted as a story of romantic love
• it has not yet received sufficient attention from scholars
• it is really difficult to retell through media like theater or film

Jorgensen describes “idealized masculinity” in her study as…

• something many male characters die trying to achieve
• rarely defining the narrative arc of a fairytale
• often rendered invisible or undetectable in the story
• often determined by the specific vocabulary chosen by literary translators

How does the concept of transculturality differ from the concept of hybridity?

• Hybridity implies a ‘hyphenated’ identity between two stable culturalreferants
• According to Benessaieh, they are actually interchangeable
• Transculturality implies a ‘hyphenated’ identity between two stable cultural referants
• Hybridity provides a model where cultural ascriptions can be negotiated

Which of the following is not one major point of criticism for the term “multiculturalism”?

• it encourages communities to cultivate difference
• it can lead to the ghettoization of cultural communities
• It posits diversity as a collection of intrinsically distinct communities
• it questions the idea that cultures are different from one another

Which of the following is not a meaning commonly used in association with “transculturality” in scholarly discourse?

• identity continuum
• cross-cultural competence
• plural sense of self
• diversity, equity, and inclusion

How does “The Story of Grandmother” differ significantly from the Grimms’ version of the “Little Red Cap” fairytale?

• The French version is more explicitly sexual
• In the French version, the girl is resourceful and frees herself
• All possible answers are correct
• The German version contains two wolves

What “split” occurs in Europe and the Americas in the storytelling tradition around “Little Red Riding Hood"?

• Little Red Riding Hood becomes less clever as a trickster figure
• Little Red Riding Hood becomes increasingly sexualized in most versions
• Two distinctive versions develop: one for children and one for adults
• Two distinctive versions develop: one for TV & film and one for literature

“The Tale of the Tiger Woman” shares which of the following story elements with the French & Italian versions of LRRH?

• The little girl escapes by pretending to go to the bathroom
• The little girl hides in a tree
• The little girl’s brother gets eaten
• The little girl is rescued with the help of a new character at the end

For Tatar, the Disney version of the “Snow White” story…

• presents a nuanced range of feminine figures
• redefines Snow White’s role into that of a strong female protagonist
• radically polarizes two stark representations of femininity
• depicts the harsh socioeconomic realities of labor

Which of the following is not one of the possible interpretations of the mirror in the story as suggested by Tatar?

• a reflection of latent sexual desire
• a trope of vanity
• a reminder of mortality
• a reminder of temporality
• the voice of [external] judgment

Gilbert and Gubar present the figure of the wicked queen as a possible archetype for:

• passive resistance
• unrequited love
• oppressive power
• artistic creativity

According to Tatar, which of the following is not a constant in the cycle of Snow White-related tales?

• child abandonment and sexual rivalry
• cannibalism and necrophilia
• nature and industrialization
• beauty and monstrosity