You have the option of taking this as a written or oral exam. (Please contact me by April 2 to schedule orals.) You can take this quiz alone or as part of a group (please keep group number at four or less). If you do this as a group, please turn in one exam with every member's name on it, making sure every member of your group has a copy. Typed take-homes and group reports are due the last class meeting of next week (the 1st week of April, 1996). Solo exams should be under 750 words in length; group efforts should be no more than twice that.

1. What problem is bothering Confucius, according to Smith? What is Confucius' response to this problem?

2. What problem is bothering Becker in Birth and Death of Meaning? What is Becker's response to this problem?

3. Briefly give what you take to be the best arguments offered for either Confucius' or Becker's responses.

4. Do either of these thinkers offer important insights into the human situation? If not, where did they go wrong? If so, how could someone apply those insights? If you [or any member of your group if you are doing this as a group exercise] have done so (or tried to do so) already, please explain how it went.

CITE ALL SOURCES FULLY INCLUDING PAGE (FOR BOOKS, FULL NAMES OF PERSONS FOR FELLOW STUDENTS AND OTHER SOURCES.) YOU CAN TURN YOUR QUIZ IN WHEN WE MEET FOR CLASS OR EMAIL IT TO ME BY APRIL 5. If you opt for email please send it to:

email: KAGAN@maple.lemoyne.edu