Amusing Ourselves to Death
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Why is writing closer to the truth than speaking, according to Postman?
A. spoken work never disappears
B. Written communication has less errors than oral communication
C. writing never disappears
D. He doesn't believe this
2.Postman quotes Galileo who says that the language of _____________ is written in __________________.
A. nature is written in mathematics
B.nature is written in science
C. Economics is written in mathematics
D.science is written in mathmatics
3.According to Postman, in an oral culture the human brain must be a mobile ____________.
A. None of these
B. warehouse
C. map
D. filing system
E.library
4.True or false? Postman thinks that "television" people are less intelligent than "writing" people.
5.What does Postman believe that our society had reached in 1985 in regards to our use of electronic media?
A. the apocolypse
B. media bias
C. a breaking point
D. rational discourse
E. Critical Mass
6.Which word finishes Postman's quote?The influence of the printed word in every arena of public discourse was insistent and powerful not merely because of the quantity of the printed matter but because of its _______________.
A. monopoly
B. ignorance
C. metaphors
D. quality
E. subject matter
7.What autobiography does Postman mention in chapter three?
A. Life of a slave by Frederick Douglas
B. Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
C. None of these
D. Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
E. George Orwell's Autobiography