The Archaeology of Knowledge Quizzes

The Archaeology of Knowledge Quiz #1

1 When was Archaeology of Knowledge published?
1959

1945

1976

1969
2 In what language was the book first published?
English

Italian

German

French
3 Which of the following had Foucault written before Archaeology of Knowledge?
The Order of Things

The Age of Neoliberalism

Critique of Pure Reason

The History of Sexuality
4 Which of the following had Foucault written before Archaeology of Knowledge?
History of Liberalism

Madness and Civilization

The History of Sexuality

Critiques of Governmentality
5 Which of the following did Foucault write after Archaeology of Knowledge?
The Birth of the Clinic

Madness and Civilization

The Order of Things

History of Sexuality
6 What is a term for a method of doing history?
Historiography

Autohistory

Biography

Autobiography
7 Which philosopher does Foucault credit with de-emphasizing the role of individuals in history?
Aristotle

John Locke

Socrates

Karl Marx
8 What branch of philosophy deals with the study of knowledge?
Metaphysics

Political theology

Epistemology

Historiography
9 Which of the following is an example of the non-discursive domain?
Memorabilia

Institutions

Books

Speeches
10 Which of the following is an example of the non-discursive domain?
Publishing

Letter writing

Political events

Speech-writing
11 What is the word for an author’s collected works?
Miscellany

Historiography

Oeuvre

Biography
12 What is the word Foucault prefers to something “new,” like an invention?
Irruption

Regular

Standard

Original
13 What is the word Foucault prefers to the “old” or the seemingly non-inventive?
Regular

Original

Non-iterative

Miscellany
14 What word means the object that a word represents?
Objective

Referent

Symbol

Sign
15 What is another word for two non-compatible objects?
Referents

Signs

Partners

Inadequation
16 Complete the quote: “In our time, history is that which transforms documents into ________.”
Speech

Flesh

Monuments

Words
17 Which of the following corresponds with archaeology?
Documents

Speech

Hieroglyphs

Monuments
18 What might be contrasted with the “document”?
The written record

The situation

The words recorded

The event
19 What is Foucault’s word for a chain of related things?
Document

Monument

Series

Tradition
20 What is the major challenge facing contemporary historians?
Discontinuity

Lack of funding

The abudance of written records

Stability
21 What is another word Foucault uses to positively assess discontinuity?
Identity

Documentation

Dispersion

Simulacrum
22 What is the opposite of a “total” history?
A speculative history

General history

Complete history

A future history
23 What does general history study?
Egypt

Marx

Totality

Dispersion
24 Which term is associated with a discourse becoming a science?
Scientism

Marxism

Epistemologization

Critique
25 What did Marx study instead of individual people?
Mythology

Ancient orders

Modes of production

Religious practices