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1 To which realm does the bourgeois public sphere belong?
Economic

Familial

Feudal

Private
2 Who critiqued the public sphere’s appearance of universalism?
Marx

Aristotle

Kant

Rousseau
3 In which century did Immanuel Kant write?
20th

18th

21st

19th
4 In which century did Karl Marx write?
19th

18th

20th

17th
5 Which philosopher is associated with the categorical imperative?
Hegel

Rousseau

Kant

Marx
6 What is another term for a community of citizens?
Congress

Forum

Executive Branch

Civil society
7 Neomercantalism is associated with which economic policy?
Expansionism

Hawkism

Protectionism

Dovism
8 Another name for the family is _______.
The intimate sphere

The market

The civil society

The executive branch
9 What is another term for the literature and literary criticism?
Missives

Orders

Letters

Mercantalism
10 Occasional music would most likely be played for what kind of event?
A religious holiday

The birth of a firstborn

A son's christening

A father's birthday
11 What is the Greek term associated with the private sphere?
Polis

Catharsis

Xenos

Oikos
12 What is the Greek term associated with the public sphere?
Xenos

Oikos

Catharsis

Polis
13 Representative publicness is associated with what period?
Postmodernism

Renaissance

Modernism

Civil Society
14 What is one factor that motivated refeudalization?
Renaissance imagery

Authoritarianism

Democracy

Economic depression
15 What comes after liberalism in Habermas’s account?
Social welfare

Postmodernism

The Renaissance

Modernism
16 What institution is important for the development of the bourgeois public sphere?
The army

The monarchy

The Church

The coffee house
17 Which nation achieved a political public sphere first?
Germany

Spain

Great Britain

France
18 What is the form that this political public sphere takes?
The Church of England

The Crown

Congress

Parliament
19 What is the opposite of displayed publicity?
Motivated

Critical

Mercenary

Repressed
20 Displayed publicity is associated with what time period?
20th century

18th century

19th century

The Renaissance
21 Bureaucracy is associated with what attribute?
Publicity

Mobility

Secrecy

Criticality
22 When did the phrase “public sphere” emerge in Germany?
18th century

19th century

20th century

17th century
23 All of the following are associated with representative publicness EXCEPT
Insignia

Dress

Symbols

Printing presses
24 The bourgeois public sphere is made up of what kind of people?
Public mercenaries

Private people

The clergy

The royalty
25 What is the “medium” of the bourgeois public sphere?
Symbols

Radio

Reason

Air

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