Ethics
What is the name of the moral quandary in which you can choose to not intervene and let 5 people get hit and die on a track OR you can intervene and choose to kill 1 person to save the other 5?
The Trolley Problem
Name a central idea of aestheticism.
Art for art's sake, art is amoral, life imitates art
What religion is Pi?
Hindu, Christian, and Muslim
What are the first teachings of the Buddha about suffering and transformation called? The Four ____ Truths.
Noble
What movement did Oscar Wilde champion?
Aestheticism
What is the name of the ethical framework that prioritizes an action's inherent rightness or wrongness and does not consider the results of the action?
Duty-Based Ethics
The preface of PoDG says "All art is quite ____"
Useless
How does Jim Vane die?
Getting shot by accident at a shooting range
What specifically are Islam, Judaism, and Christianity collectively called?
Abrahamic Religions
What political/economic framework did Wilde subscribe to?
Anarcho-socialism or socialism
What is the ethical framework in which the results of an action are considered?
Consequentialist Ethics
What era in history/literature was aestheticism most popular?
The Victorian Era
What are zoos an allusion to?
Religion
What are the three parts of the Holy Trinity in Christianity?
The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit
What country did Oscar Wilde live in exile and eventually die?
France
What is the name of the framework that states that the most moral choice is the one that results in the greatest good for the greatest number of people?
Utilitarianism
What is the term/movement in aestheticism that is used to describe decay, excess, indulgence
Decadence
What is the name of the piece of music Dorian is playing at the piano?
Forest Scenes by Schumann (Waldszenen)
What are the oldest sacred texts of Hinduism, comprised of four collections, including the Rigveda?
The Vedas
Who was Oscar Wilde's lover?
Lord Alfred Douglas
What is the *specific* framework that says in cases where objective proof is impossible (like religion or trauma) we have a right to choose the belief that is most productive for our lives and mental health?
The Will to Believe Framework (a subset of pragmatism)
What was the Victorian social/political movement that included topics like women's right to divorce and decriminalizing homosexuality?
Sexual Liberty
What is either: the name of the tree in Hinduism OR the name of the epoch in time in Hinduism that Pi discovers on the island?
The Asvattha Tree OR The Time of Brahma
Name two of the 5 pillars of Islam.
Profession of faith (Shahada), prayer (Salah), almsgiving/charity (Zakat), fasting in the month of Ramadan (Sawm), and pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj).
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
Name 3 flowers that are associated with Oscar Wilde. (Opportunity for 3 points!)
Sunflower, Lily (symbol of decadence & aestheticism), and Green Carnation (what he always wore in his lapel and the name of a mocking satirical book about him)