WGU C100 INTRODUCTION TO HUMANITIES
PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT (PA)LATEST 2022/2023
(LATEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS)
What is the relationship between the humanities and technology? (correct answers)a) Technology has
led to an increase in globalization by making the world smaller and connecting people together through
social networks via the internet.
b) Technology has increased our ability to preserve, document and share works of art, literature, and
music in a way that is unprecedented.
What theme is found in multiple historical periods? (correct answers)Individualism
How do we identify themes in a literary or artistic work? (correct answers)Look for the unifying or main
ideas.
What is true of myths? (correct answers)a) They are traditional stories of a people or culture that are
told to explain natural phenomena and to record values and belief systems from generation to
generation.
b) They utilize archetypes and symbols to find a deeper understand of life.
Part of public ceremony, ritual, or entertainment dates back to the earliest human civilizations. (correct
answers)Dance
Stems from the early Greeks, with their development of tragedy and comedy. (correct answers)Theater
Concerned with the interplay of form and function. (correct answers)Architecture
Can include any system of ethics, values, and beliefs. (correct answers)Religion
Which discipline of the Humanities is primarily concerned with critical inquiry and reasoned argument?
(correct answers)Philosophy
The Bayeux Tapestry's depiction of the Norman Conquest of England fulfills which purpose of art?
(correct answers)Art as political propaganda
What are the Humanities? (correct answers)The study of how the human race understands and
documents the human experience through creative contributions in art, music, literature, philosophy,
religion, dance, etc.
What are examples of universal themes? (correct answers)Love and the Hero
Brotherly or selfless love (correct answers)Agape
, A recurrent example or model of human behavior (correct answers)Archetypes
An experience of beauty that is its own justification (correct answers)Aesthetic
Passionate or sexual love (correct answers)Eros
A myth that is embraced by a majority of people throughout history. (correct answers)Monomyth
Why is E.O. Wilson's theory of consilience important to the study of the Humanities? (correct answers)It
reinforces interdisciplinary study and facilitates the exchange of information necessary to create a more
holistic understanding of who we are.
How was Humanism reflected in the non-western world? (correct answers)Ancient Chinese culture
embraced principles in Confucianism and Buddhism that mirrored Humanist principles.
How does studying the Humanities increase cross-cultural communication? (correct answers)It helps us
to interact with and understand a variety of people from different times and different places through
their creative contributions.
How does studying the portrayal of love over time enhance one's understanding of humanity? (correct
answers)The study of love in all its form (eros, agape, and platonic love) illustrates a distinction in types
of love that has captured the attention of artists.
What is the difference between a myth and a monomyth? (correct answers)Myths can include a wide
variety of narratives and archetypes. The monomyth focuses on the hero's journey.
Emphasized the themes of order and balance in its construction as a temple to the goddess Athena,
patron of Athens. (correct answers)The Parthenon
Applied reason and logical thought to ideas about government and how to live a good, balanced life.
(correct answers)The Republic
An epic poem narrating the story of an ideal Greek hero who combined all the greatest virtues of Greek
culture, as well as showing his interaction with the Greek pantheon of gods. (correct answers)The
Odyssey
A story of a man who lives his life not knowing the truth of his parentage and whose pride ultimately
causes him to ignore his flawed humanity, resulting in the ultimate punishment of blindness and exile.
(correct answers)Oedipus Rex
A play about heroic women who withhold sex from their husbands in order to end the Peloponnesian
war and force a more democratic, egalitarian political climate. (correct answers)Lysistrata
Sappho's lyric poem "A Lament for Adonis" represents what major theme of the Classical Period?
(correct answers)The theme of humanism because it emphasizes human passions and emotions rather
than idealized gods.
PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT (PA)LATEST 2022/2023
(LATEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS)
What is the relationship between the humanities and technology? (correct answers)a) Technology has
led to an increase in globalization by making the world smaller and connecting people together through
social networks via the internet.
b) Technology has increased our ability to preserve, document and share works of art, literature, and
music in a way that is unprecedented.
What theme is found in multiple historical periods? (correct answers)Individualism
How do we identify themes in a literary or artistic work? (correct answers)Look for the unifying or main
ideas.
What is true of myths? (correct answers)a) They are traditional stories of a people or culture that are
told to explain natural phenomena and to record values and belief systems from generation to
generation.
b) They utilize archetypes and symbols to find a deeper understand of life.
Part of public ceremony, ritual, or entertainment dates back to the earliest human civilizations. (correct
answers)Dance
Stems from the early Greeks, with their development of tragedy and comedy. (correct answers)Theater
Concerned with the interplay of form and function. (correct answers)Architecture
Can include any system of ethics, values, and beliefs. (correct answers)Religion
Which discipline of the Humanities is primarily concerned with critical inquiry and reasoned argument?
(correct answers)Philosophy
The Bayeux Tapestry's depiction of the Norman Conquest of England fulfills which purpose of art?
(correct answers)Art as political propaganda
What are the Humanities? (correct answers)The study of how the human race understands and
documents the human experience through creative contributions in art, music, literature, philosophy,
religion, dance, etc.
What are examples of universal themes? (correct answers)Love and the Hero
Brotherly or selfless love (correct answers)Agape
, A recurrent example or model of human behavior (correct answers)Archetypes
An experience of beauty that is its own justification (correct answers)Aesthetic
Passionate or sexual love (correct answers)Eros
A myth that is embraced by a majority of people throughout history. (correct answers)Monomyth
Why is E.O. Wilson's theory of consilience important to the study of the Humanities? (correct answers)It
reinforces interdisciplinary study and facilitates the exchange of information necessary to create a more
holistic understanding of who we are.
How was Humanism reflected in the non-western world? (correct answers)Ancient Chinese culture
embraced principles in Confucianism and Buddhism that mirrored Humanist principles.
How does studying the Humanities increase cross-cultural communication? (correct answers)It helps us
to interact with and understand a variety of people from different times and different places through
their creative contributions.
How does studying the portrayal of love over time enhance one's understanding of humanity? (correct
answers)The study of love in all its form (eros, agape, and platonic love) illustrates a distinction in types
of love that has captured the attention of artists.
What is the difference between a myth and a monomyth? (correct answers)Myths can include a wide
variety of narratives and archetypes. The monomyth focuses on the hero's journey.
Emphasized the themes of order and balance in its construction as a temple to the goddess Athena,
patron of Athens. (correct answers)The Parthenon
Applied reason and logical thought to ideas about government and how to live a good, balanced life.
(correct answers)The Republic
An epic poem narrating the story of an ideal Greek hero who combined all the greatest virtues of Greek
culture, as well as showing his interaction with the Greek pantheon of gods. (correct answers)The
Odyssey
A story of a man who lives his life not knowing the truth of his parentage and whose pride ultimately
causes him to ignore his flawed humanity, resulting in the ultimate punishment of blindness and exile.
(correct answers)Oedipus Rex
A play about heroic women who withhold sex from their husbands in order to end the Peloponnesian
war and force a more democratic, egalitarian political climate. (correct answers)Lysistrata
Sappho's lyric poem "A Lament for Adonis" represents what major theme of the Classical Period?
(correct answers)The theme of humanism because it emphasizes human passions and emotions rather
than idealized gods.
