Gautama said that the way to avoid suffering was to end desire by
a. permanently isolating oneself from the rest of humanity.
b. practicing excessive asceticism.
c. following the "Middle Path."
d. practicing karma exercises.
e. avoiding agricultural projects.
c
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Many of Henri Bergson's followers were made hopeful by his writings because he argued that
a. truth is not what is real but is whatever serves a particular purpose. b. we should accept our existence as the only unchangeable thing. c. we retain the freedom to make a future different from the one predicted by scientists. d. God does not exist, and everything is permissible.
Situation-comedy television shows of the 1950s portrayed American families as __________
A) unimportant in American culture B) white, polite, and happy C) including two parents who worked in the professions D) troubled and full of conflict
Filibuster efforts of the mid-nineteenth century
A. used local militias to block American expansion into foreign countries. B. attempted to pushed legislation through Congress using procedural loopholes. C. used delay tactics in Congress to block legislation. D. employed private armies to invade foreign countries.
Which sentence from the address is Roosevelt's strongest argument in favor of helping the drought-stricken states?
A "I shall never forget the fields of wheat so blasted by heat that they cannot be harvested." B "Beginning in 1934, when we also had a serious drought condition, the state and federal governments cooperated in planning a large number of projects, many of them directly aimed at the alleviation of future drought conditions." C "People on the farms will drift into nearby cities; the cities will have no farm trade and the workers in the city factories and stores will have no jobs." D "In a physical and a property sense, as well as in a spiritual sense, we are members one of another."