BYU-I HUMANITIES 110 FINAL ACTUAL EXAM
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• Why was Nicholas Fouquet imprisoned? - Answer-Embezzlement
• What was the Fronde? - Answer-A rebellion where some members of the
French aristocracy sought to overthrow Louis XIV
• What was the Palace of Versailles before Louis XIV had it remodeled? - Answer-
An old hunting lodge
• What did Louis XIV call himself? - Answer-The Sun King
• What did the word barocco originally refer to? - Answer-A large, irregular
shaped pearl
• What does the word affection mean? - Answer-Emotion with a direct physical
cause
• What are the humors? - Answer-Bodily fluids that influenced emotions
• Which philosopher saw the world as a perfectly ordered and mathematically
inspired creation? - Answer-Rene Descartes
• Which country saw the most destruction in the Thirty Years War? - Answer-
Germany
• Which country was wracked by a Civil War between 1642-1649? - Answer-
England
• What was another name for the rum-sugar-slave trade in 17th and 18th
centuries? - Answer-The triangle trade
, BYU-I HUMANITIES 110 FINAL ACTUAL EXAM
Questions and correct detailed answers (verified
answers) |already graded a+ |latest update
• Who used his telescope to prove the heliocentric nature of the solar system? -
Answer-Galileo
• What was the belief that music had the ability and purpose of moving the
emotions? - Answer-Doctrine of Affections
• What was the name of the style where the bass and harmonies played
continuously regardless of what instruments or voices were carrying the melody?
- Answer-Basso continuo
• What do we call it when performers improvise notes not written on the page? -
Answer-Ornamented
• What do we call it when the chords and melodic figures clearly outline a strong
sense of home key? - Answer-Tonal
• The birth of what art form marks the beginning of the Baroque era? - Answer-
Opera
• What kind of singing features music where the words are clearly enunciated in a
speech-like manner with simple accompaniment? - Answer-Recitative
• What is the name of singing where the music becomes more important than the
words and seeks to explore a single emotion of the character? - Answer-Aria
• Where did Handel settle and write most of his oratorios? - Answer-England
• What do we call many notes on a single syllable of text? - Answer-Melismas
Questions and correct detailed answers (verified
answers) |already graded a+ |latest update
• Why was Nicholas Fouquet imprisoned? - Answer-Embezzlement
• What was the Fronde? - Answer-A rebellion where some members of the
French aristocracy sought to overthrow Louis XIV
• What was the Palace of Versailles before Louis XIV had it remodeled? - Answer-
An old hunting lodge
• What did Louis XIV call himself? - Answer-The Sun King
• What did the word barocco originally refer to? - Answer-A large, irregular
shaped pearl
• What does the word affection mean? - Answer-Emotion with a direct physical
cause
• What are the humors? - Answer-Bodily fluids that influenced emotions
• Which philosopher saw the world as a perfectly ordered and mathematically
inspired creation? - Answer-Rene Descartes
• Which country saw the most destruction in the Thirty Years War? - Answer-
Germany
• Which country was wracked by a Civil War between 1642-1649? - Answer-
England
• What was another name for the rum-sugar-slave trade in 17th and 18th
centuries? - Answer-The triangle trade
, BYU-I HUMANITIES 110 FINAL ACTUAL EXAM
Questions and correct detailed answers (verified
answers) |already graded a+ |latest update
• Who used his telescope to prove the heliocentric nature of the solar system? -
Answer-Galileo
• What was the belief that music had the ability and purpose of moving the
emotions? - Answer-Doctrine of Affections
• What was the name of the style where the bass and harmonies played
continuously regardless of what instruments or voices were carrying the melody?
- Answer-Basso continuo
• What do we call it when performers improvise notes not written on the page? -
Answer-Ornamented
• What do we call it when the chords and melodic figures clearly outline a strong
sense of home key? - Answer-Tonal
• The birth of what art form marks the beginning of the Baroque era? - Answer-
Opera
• What kind of singing features music where the words are clearly enunciated in a
speech-like manner with simple accompaniment? - Answer-Recitative
• What is the name of singing where the music becomes more important than the
words and seeks to explore a single emotion of the character? - Answer-Aria
• Where did Handel settle and write most of his oratorios? - Answer-England
• What do we call many notes on a single syllable of text? - Answer-Melismas
