Question 1
The so-called Americanization of the world refers to the
a. spread of U.S. movies and other popular culture globally.
b. power of the U.S. military.
c. global might of the U.S. economy.
d. expansion of the U.S. educational system abroad.
e. the bleak world-view of absurdist drama and literature.
Question 2
Existentialists believed that
a. there was a transcendent being who gave meaning to life.
b. God was the Prime Mover and First Cause, and not merely a Christian, Jewish, or Islamic God.
c. humankind had a preordained destiny.
d. the world was without meaning.
e. Marxist socialism was preferable to democratic capitalism.