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What is the central idea or message of the poem "How Things Work"?
What is MONEY IS GREAT AND CAN BE USED IN MANY WAYS TO HELP THE COMMUNITY?
What is one positive thing and one negative thing about the philosophy of "Keeping up with the Joneses"?
POSITIVE = people can now enter a higher social class,
NEGATIVE = society can become preoccupied with accumulating wealth and status; there are winners and losers; some people feel dissatisfied or inferior
What is THE SHRINE IS KNOCKED DOWN IN A TYPHOON, AND A MYSTERIOUS HOLE APPEARS, WHICH EFFECTS THE VILLAGERS BY CAUSING GREAT CONFUSION?
What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
What is CLOCK?
Why does the author compare "money" to "rain" in this poem?
What is BOTH MONEY AND THE RAIN HELP PEOPLE IN NEED, AND TRICKLE DOWN THROUGH THINGS TO HELP ALL LIFE?
What is TRUE?
In the story, the scientist wants the villagers to fill in the hole. He says "Safer to get rid of something one didn't understand." What does this quote reveal about the village?
What is THEY WERE VERY NEAR-SIGHTED AND FOOLISH, AND DID NOT CONSIDER THE POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES TO THEIR ACTIONS?
What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
What is SHORT?
Why do game developers track their customers clicks and likes?
1. To figure out how to make them play longer
2. To make the game more fun
3. To figure out how to make people buy something
Name 2 terrible objects that were were thrown into the whole, and what deeper meaning they reveal about the village?
NUCLEAR WASTE - village doesn't care about environmental protection or cleanliness
DEAD ANIMAL BODIES - village doesn't care about animal rights or proper care of animals
VAGRANT CORPSES - village doesn't care about the homeless or poor
CRIMINAL EVIDENCE - village doesn't care about justice for wrongdoings
What word begins and ends with an ‘e’ but only has one letter?
What is ENVELOPE?
What were some of the benefits of the start of a consumer economy in the 1920s?
1. Less chores for house-wives to perform
2. Chores could be complete quicker and more effeciently
3. Store bought food was cheaper and more delicious
4. Lower income families could reach higher levels with consumer debt
What is ironic about the following quote "The hole cleansed the city of its filth; the sea and sky seemed to have become a bit clearer than before"?
What is ALL THE GARBAGE DUMPED INTO THE WHOLE SEEMED TO CLEANSE THE CITY, BUT IT EVENTUALLY WILL FALL BACK DOWN ONTO THE CITY FROM THE SKY?
What begins with T, ends with T and has T in it?
What is A TEAPOT?
What were some of the disadvantages of the start of a consumer economy in the 1920s?
1. Higher consumer debt
2. More aggressive advertising towards consumers
3. The development of the never ending desire for more
4. Less high quality content on radios because of increased advertisements.
1. What goes around comes around.
2. You cannot hide your greatest problems.
3. Complex problems cannot be solved so simply.
4. Be cautious before taking rash actions.
Why can’t a man living in New York be buried in Chicago?
What is BECAUSE HE IS STILL LIVING?