C100 WGU Objective Assessment EXAM
QUESTIONS (113 TERMS) WITH VERIFIED
DEFINITIONS UPDATED 2024
1). What is the relationship between the humanities and technology?
Ans: 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.
2). What theme is found in multiple historical periods?
Ans: Individualism
3). How do we identify themes in a literary or artistic work?
Ans: Look for the unifying or main ideas.
4). What is true of myths?
Ans: 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.
5). Part of public ceremony, ritual, or entertainment dates back to the earliest human
civilizations.
Ans: Dance
6). Stems from the early greeks, with their development of tragedy and comedy.
Ans: Theater
7). Concerned with the interplay of form and function.
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, Ans: Architecture
8). Can include any system of ethics, values, and beliefs.
Ans: Religion
9). Which discipline of the humanities is primarily concerned with critical inquiry and
reasoned argument?
Ans: Philosophy
10). The bayeux tapestry's depiction of the norman conquest of england fulfills which purpose
of art?
Ans: Art as political propaganda
11). What are the humanities?
Ans: The study of how the human race understands and documents the human
experience through creative contributions in art, music, literature, philosophy, religion,
dance, etc.
12). What are examples of universal themes?
Ans: Love and the Hero
13). Brotherly or selfless love
Ans: Agape
14). A recurrent example or model of human behavior
Ans: Archetypes
15). An experience of beauty that is its own justification
Ans: Aesthetic
16). Passionate or sexual love
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, Ans: Eros
17). A myth that is embraced by a majority of people throughout history.
Ans: Monomyth
18). Why is e.o. wilson's theory of consilience important to the study of the humanities?
Ans: It reinforces interdisciplinary study and facilitates the exchange of information
necessary to create a more holistic understanding of who we are.
19). How was humanism reflected in the non-western world?
Ans: Ancient Chinese culture embraced principles in Confucianism and Buddhism
that mirrored Humanist principles.
20). How does studying the humanities increase cross-cultural communication?
Ans: It helps us to interact with and understand a variety of people from different
times and different places through their creative contributions.
21). How does studying the portrayal of love over time enhance one's understanding of
humanity?
Ans: 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.
22). What is the difference between a myth and a monomyth?
Ans: Myths can include a wide variety of narratives and archetypes. The monomyth
focuses on the hero's journey.
23). Emphasized the themes of order and balance in its construction as a temple to the
goddess athena, patron of athens.
Ans: The Parthenon
24). Applied reason and logical thought to ideas about government and how to live a good,
balanced life.
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QUESTIONS (113 TERMS) WITH VERIFIED
DEFINITIONS UPDATED 2024
1). What is the relationship between the humanities and technology?
Ans: 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.
2). What theme is found in multiple historical periods?
Ans: Individualism
3). How do we identify themes in a literary or artistic work?
Ans: Look for the unifying or main ideas.
4). What is true of myths?
Ans: 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.
5). Part of public ceremony, ritual, or entertainment dates back to the earliest human
civilizations.
Ans: Dance
6). Stems from the early greeks, with their development of tragedy and comedy.
Ans: Theater
7). Concerned with the interplay of form and function.
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, Ans: Architecture
8). Can include any system of ethics, values, and beliefs.
Ans: Religion
9). Which discipline of the humanities is primarily concerned with critical inquiry and
reasoned argument?
Ans: Philosophy
10). The bayeux tapestry's depiction of the norman conquest of england fulfills which purpose
of art?
Ans: Art as political propaganda
11). What are the humanities?
Ans: The study of how the human race understands and documents the human
experience through creative contributions in art, music, literature, philosophy, religion,
dance, etc.
12). What are examples of universal themes?
Ans: Love and the Hero
13). Brotherly or selfless love
Ans: Agape
14). A recurrent example or model of human behavior
Ans: Archetypes
15). An experience of beauty that is its own justification
Ans: Aesthetic
16). Passionate or sexual love
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, Ans: Eros
17). A myth that is embraced by a majority of people throughout history.
Ans: Monomyth
18). Why is e.o. wilson's theory of consilience important to the study of the humanities?
Ans: It reinforces interdisciplinary study and facilitates the exchange of information
necessary to create a more holistic understanding of who we are.
19). How was humanism reflected in the non-western world?
Ans: Ancient Chinese culture embraced principles in Confucianism and Buddhism
that mirrored Humanist principles.
20). How does studying the humanities increase cross-cultural communication?
Ans: It helps us to interact with and understand a variety of people from different
times and different places through their creative contributions.
21). How does studying the portrayal of love over time enhance one's understanding of
humanity?
Ans: 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.
22). What is the difference between a myth and a monomyth?
Ans: Myths can include a wide variety of narratives and archetypes. The monomyth
focuses on the hero's journey.
23). Emphasized the themes of order and balance in its construction as a temple to the
goddess athena, patron of athens.
Ans: The Parthenon
24). Applied reason and logical thought to ideas about government and how to live a good,
balanced life.
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