Directions: While you watch the video on utopia, you will be looking for important ideas and details

through out the viewing. Below, fill in the

blank with from the information provided in the video.
1.

Which philosopher posed the Experience Machine thought experiment?

A. Plato

2.

B. Thomas Hobbes

D. John Locke

According to hedonism, what is the ultimate good in life?

A. Pleasure

3.

C. Robert Nozick

B. Knowledge

C. Friendship

D. Altruism

In the example of Betsy, Xander and Angelica, hedonists would say that Besty should do what?
A. Learn the truth and stay with Xander

B. Learn the truth and leave Xander

C. Not learn the truth and leave Xander

D. Not learn the truth and stay with Xander

4.

Plugging into the Experience Machine would provide users with:

A. Immortality

5.

B. Powers of Invisibility

C. Ultimate Pleasure

D. Omniscience

Life inside the Experience Machine would feel like:

A. Real Life

B. A video game

C. A dream

D. A nightmare

Directions: After watching the video on Utopia, answer the following questions in a couple sentences. Use the information you learned from the
video in your answers. You must write in complete sentences to receive full credit.

1. After considering Robert Nozicks Experience Machine thought experiment, what do you find problematic with the hedonist world view?

2.

What are some potential flaws in the design of Nozicks though experiment? How do they affect the strength of his argu
ment?

3.

Provide your own real-life example of a situation in which a person might not choose to maximize their net pleasure.

Directions: While you watch the video on dystopia, you will be looking for important ideas and details through out the viewing. Below, fill in the
blank with from the information provided in the video.
1.

What does the word dystopia literally mean?

A. Distant Place

2.

B. Not-good place

Of these dystopian works, which was written earliest?

A. The Iron Heel

3.

B. Brave New World

C. Gullivers Travels

Which of these events was NOT a major influence on dystopian fiction?

A. The Protestant Reformation

4.

C. Non-existent place

B. The Industrial Revolution

What was disturbing about the future world of The Time Machine?
A. A nuclear apocalypse rendering the world barely habitable
C. Time travel destroying the fabric of the universe.

5.

C. World War II

B. Economic inequality resulting in separate species of humans

What was Orwell trying to critique in his novel 1984?

A. Communism

B. Capitalism

C. Propaganda

Directions: After watching the video on Utopia, answer the following questions in a couple sentences. Use the information you learned from the
video in your answers. You must write in complete sentences to receive full credit.

1. What was the basic formula for dystopia established by Jonathan Swift in Gullivers Travel?

2.

What was a major difference between dystopian fiction of the 19th century and the 20th?

3.

What is the relationship between science fiction and dystopia?