Part One: Overview Quiz

1. According to Howse, what change in strategy did the Frankfurt School represent? *

A. A move from cultural revolution to armed revolution

B. A retreat from politics into private philosophy

C. A move from armed revolution to a gradual disintegration of the culture from within

D. A rejection of Karl Marx entirely

2. Which two institutions did the Frankfurt School target above all others? *

A. The military and the courts

B. Banking and industry

C. Agriculture and labor unions

D. Education and media

3. What is the chain of change Howse describes? *

A. Change the worldview, then the values, then the conduct

B. Change the economy, then the government, then the church

C. Change the laws, then the schools, then the family

D. Change the leaders, then the parties, then the voters

4. What did Marcuse argue for in his 1965 essay Repressive Tolerance? *

A. Equal tolerance extended to all viewpoints

B. Withdrawing tolerance from the right while extending it to the left

C. The abolition of all speech restrictions

D. Complete political neutrality in universities

5. Which verse does Howse cite to argue there is only one race, the human race? *

A. Genesis 1:27

B. Galatians 3:28

C. Acts 17:26, that God made all nations of one blood

D. Revelation 7:9

6. What did the 1983 report A Nation at Risk famously say about American education? *

A. That it was the finest system in the world

B. That reform was unnecessary

C. That the problem was purely a matter of funding

D. That if a hostile foreign power had imposed it, it might have been seen as an act of war

7. What is the three-step pattern of the Hegelian dialectic? *

A. Question, answer, and application

B. Thesis, antithesis, and synthesis

C. Cause, effect, and remedy

D. Law, gospel, and grace

8. In Acts 16, what makes the slave girl's announcement about Paul so significant to Howse's argument? *

A. Her words were true, but the source was a demonic spirit

B. Her words were entirely false

C. She was a member of the early church

D. Paul immediately accepted her endorsement

9. How does Howse contrast the social gospel with biblical Christianity? *

A. It emphasizes individual repentance over social concern

B. It rejects the idea of salvation entirely

C. It seeks collective salvation through social transformation rather than individual conversion

D. It teaches that only clergy can be saved

10. What does Howse say is the real reason most people eventually accept the synthesis? *

A. Because they have carefully weighed the evidence

B. Because Scripture requires compromise

C. Because the arguments are genuinely persuasive

D. Because they grow tired of the conflict and want to belong