M. Kagan PHL 201 Study Questions for Final Exam Fall 1997

Study Questions for Final Exam
Break up into small groups (of 3-5). Then discuss the following.Delegate one or more members of your group to prepare an oraland written summary of your group's discussion. The written summaryis for the members of your group.

Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower

1. What do you think the narrator thinks is the relationshipbetween the human and the divine? What do you think of her opinionin light of the entire novel?

Karen Horney's "Feminine Psychology"

2. What evidence does Karen Horney's give for herconclusion in the reading "Feminine Psychology"? [Brieflyoutline her argumentation and evidence.]

Anima and Animus

3. Do you think Jung has useful insights here abouthow women and men experience one another? Why or why not?

Trebilcot, Wollstonecraft, de Beauvoir

4. What is the argument from nature that Trebilcotresponds to? What do you think of this response? Why?

5. If you read the Wollstonecraft selections youmay answer any one of the reading questions about that reading.

6. Based on the reading from The Second Sex,how do you think Simone de Beauvoir's existentialism is relatedto her feminism?

General

1. What are the four basic types of people and theirappropriate Yogas according to Smith's interpretation of Vedanta?Classify four of our authors, as best you can, into these types,briefly stating one reason why for each of the four authors.
2. How could you apply an insight from Simone deBeauvoir or Trebilcot in your own life or work?
3. Of all the authors assigned, in this course,which two were the most important to you? Why?

PHL 201-05 (meets at 11:30 AM Tues.) scheduled for 9-11 AM onTues. the 16^th in GH 417
PHL 201-50 (meets at 5:30 PM Tues.) scheduled for 6:30-8:30 PMon Tues. the 16^th in RH 340