Elements/Discussion
Standards
Summary
Fill in the Blank
People
100

What was Pat Robertson vs. Reverend Terry ?

What is an Assumption?

100

"the first is that on television, religion, like everything else, is presented, quite simply and without apology, as an entertainment,"

What is Clearness?

100

Who is one woman that cannot stand the Miracle Spring Water commercial?

Who is Kyla Cloud?

100

_____ favors moods of conciliation and is at its best when substance of any kind is muted. (pg 116)

What is television?

100

Name the pastor who has a more comedic style of preaching. 

What is Reverend Terry? 

200

What did Billy Graham say was the most powerful tool of communication? 

What is Television?

200

"it is true enough that some of these men are uneducated, provincial, and even bigoted."

What is Accuracy?


200

How many pages are in this chapter? 

How many is 10?

200

To achieve this goal, the most modern methods of ____ and _____ are abundantly used, such as offering free pamphlets, Bibles and gifts, and in Jerry Falwell's case, two free "Jesus First" pins. (pg 121)

What is marketing?

What is promotion?

200

Who is the writer of this book?

Who is Neil Postman?

300

How Many SCHOOL days left are there of the semester?

How many is 20?

300

"there are two [conclusions], that are fairly to be drawn."

What is Breadth?

300

How many televisions stations are owned and operated by religious organizations? 

How many is 35?

300

"You can get your ____ of the ____ only by offering people something they want" (pg 121)

What is share?

What is the Audience?

300

What was the name of the pastor with a more sophisticated approach?

Who is Reverend Pat Robertson?

400

Which was not a concept ? Preach, Connect, Trial, or Truth?

What is Trial?

400

"what is televised is transformed from what is was to something else, which may or may not preserve its former essence."

What is Precision?

400

How many hours did Postman spend watching religious programs?

What is 42 hours?

400

I believe I am not mistaken in saying that ____ is a demanding and serious ____. (pg 121)

What is Christianity? 

What is religion?

400

Who did Postman asked this question: 

"Are the Jews practicing blasphemy?"

Who is Jimmy Swaggart?

500

What x-rated TV show was the Question @ Issue compared to?

What is Family Guy?

500

"there are several characteristics of television and its surrounded that converge to make authentic religious experience impossible...there is no way to consecrate the space...the television screen has a strong bias towards a psychology of secularism."

What is Sufficiency?

500

What religion, besides Christianity, did Postman mention in this chapter? 

What is Judaism?

500

If we substitute the word "_____" for Hamlet, and the phrase "___________" for the "great authors of the past'" (pg 124)

What is Religion?

What is "great religion traditions" ?

500

______ is the name of the pastor in the Miracle Spring Water Commercial

Who is Peter Popoff