C100 WGU 2024 OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT
COMPPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
GRADED A+
What is the relationship between the humanities and technology? - (correct answer)
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 answer) Individualism
How do we identify themes in a literary or artistic work? - (correct answer) Look for
the unifying or main ideas.
What is true of myths? - (correct answer) 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 answer) Dance
Stems from the early Greeks, with their development of tragedy and comedy. -
(correct answer) Theater
Concerned with the interplay of form and function. - (correct answer) Architecture
Can include any system of ethics, values, and beliefs. - (correct answer) Religion
Which discipline of the Humanities is primarily concerned with critical inquiry and
reasoned argument? - (correct answer) Philosophy
The Bayeux Tapestry's depiction of the Norman Conquest of England fulfills which
purpose of art? - (correct answer) Art as political propaganda
What are the Humanities? - (correct answer) 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 answer) Love and the Hero
Brotherly or selfless love - (correct answer) Agape
A recurrent example or model of human behavior - (correct answer) Archetypes
, An experience of beauty that is its own justification - (correct answer) Aesthetic
Passionate or sexual love - (correct answer) Eros
A myth that is embraced by a majority of people throughout history. - (correct answer)
Monomyth
Why is E.O. Wilson's theory of consilience important to the study of the Humanities? -
(correct answer) 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 answer) Ancient
Chinese culture embraced principles in Confucianism and Buddhism that mirrored
Humanist principles.
How does studying the Humanities increase cross-cultural communication? - (correct
answer) 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 answer) 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 answer) 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 answer) The Parthenon
Applied reason and logical thought to ideas about government and how to live a good,
balanced life. - (correct answer) 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 answer) 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 answer) 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 answer) Lysistrata
COMPPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
GRADED A+
What is the relationship between the humanities and technology? - (correct answer)
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 answer) Individualism
How do we identify themes in a literary or artistic work? - (correct answer) Look for
the unifying or main ideas.
What is true of myths? - (correct answer) 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 answer) Dance
Stems from the early Greeks, with their development of tragedy and comedy. -
(correct answer) Theater
Concerned with the interplay of form and function. - (correct answer) Architecture
Can include any system of ethics, values, and beliefs. - (correct answer) Religion
Which discipline of the Humanities is primarily concerned with critical inquiry and
reasoned argument? - (correct answer) Philosophy
The Bayeux Tapestry's depiction of the Norman Conquest of England fulfills which
purpose of art? - (correct answer) Art as political propaganda
What are the Humanities? - (correct answer) 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 answer) Love and the Hero
Brotherly or selfless love - (correct answer) Agape
A recurrent example or model of human behavior - (correct answer) Archetypes
, An experience of beauty that is its own justification - (correct answer) Aesthetic
Passionate or sexual love - (correct answer) Eros
A myth that is embraced by a majority of people throughout history. - (correct answer)
Monomyth
Why is E.O. Wilson's theory of consilience important to the study of the Humanities? -
(correct answer) 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 answer) Ancient
Chinese culture embraced principles in Confucianism and Buddhism that mirrored
Humanist principles.
How does studying the Humanities increase cross-cultural communication? - (correct
answer) 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 answer) 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 answer) 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 answer) The Parthenon
Applied reason and logical thought to ideas about government and how to live a good,
balanced life. - (correct answer) 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 answer) 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 answer) 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 answer) Lysistrata
