Miscellaneous

Question 1

A fictional narrative that explains why something is the way it is. Many cultural legends and folktales are this way.

Answer 1

Pourquoi tale

Question 2

Cognitive dissonance

Answer 2

The mental conflict that occurs when beliefs or assumptions are contradicted by new information.

Question 3

1. In some sense or degree
2. Resembling in some degree

Answer 3

Quasi- (Combining form)

Question 4

What does the phrase “Your Jam mean?”

Answer 4

It generally refers to anything that seems to fit you, please you, agree with you, represent you.

Question 5

According to literary agents, what is a trope?

Answer 5

Any type of figure of speech, image, theme, character, or plot element that is used many times. Any kind of literary device or any specific example can be a trope.

Question 6

What does “primrose path” mean?

Answer 6

1. A path of ease or pleasure and especially sensual pleasure.
2. A path of least resistance.

Question 7

What does “cut the butter” mean in baking terms?

Answer 7

Cut the butter into the flour and sugar, into smaller than pea-sized pieces.

Question 8

What does “holy indifference” mean?

Answer 8

A holy indifference is a detachment to all preferences regarding what the Lord asks of us.

Question 9

What does “bestiality” mean?

Answer 9

1: sexual relations between a human being and a lower animal
2: the condition or status of a lower animal
3: Display or gratification of bestial traits or impulses

Question 10

Pieter Versloot one of our ancestors, was noted on various birth, death, and marriage certificates as:

Answer 10

arbeider, veenwerker, veenman, veehouder