Humanities Test Study Questions (C100) With
Correct Answers
What is an aesthetic experience? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a feeling of pleasure
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that justifies itself.
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Which topic is studied by the humanities? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The culture
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and beliefs that make up the experience of being human.
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Which branch of philosophy deals with the nature and scope of knowledge? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Epistemology |
What is a clear example of the create of aesthetic beauty in a humanities
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discipline? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Being inspired by nature and paints picture of
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mountain side landscape
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Why is Doryphorus a notable example of Greek sculpture? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-It offered a life like posture of a man balanced on 1 foot, known as
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contrapposto
How do the seems of Greece and Rome differ? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Greeks
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developed democracy and focused on honoring deities. Rome formed republic
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and glorified the Roman empire
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Courtly - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Non-sexual love emphasized by ancient medeival
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, Platonic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Non-sexual love emphasized by ancient Greeks
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Eros - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Erotic love emphasized by ancient Greeks
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How does technology impact the visual arts? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-allows us
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to archive, reproduce, and share artwork in many ways.
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Which classical theme critiqued the belief that only the gods could create models
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of morality? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Humanism
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What are three techniques used by ancient Greet playwrights Sophocles and
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Aristophanes. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Foreshadowing, discovery, and reversal of
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fortune.
Why is Sappho's classical poem "A lament for Adonis" considered lyrical poetry? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-It expresses feeling of romantic love.
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The dialogue among female characters from Aristophane's classical play
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Lysistrata: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the women decide to refuse to have sex with
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their husbands until the war is called off which challenges traditional ideas of the
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role of wives in classical society.
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Which two characteristics of classical epic poetry are shared by homer's Odyssey
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and Virgil's Aeneid? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-They explore the complex
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relationship between humans and the gods. | | | | |
Correct Answers
What is an aesthetic experience? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a feeling of pleasure
| | | | | | | | | | |
that justifies itself.
| |
Which topic is studied by the humanities? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The culture
| | | | | | | | | | |
and beliefs that make up the experience of being human.
| | | | | | | | |
Which branch of philosophy deals with the nature and scope of knowledge? -
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Epistemology |
What is a clear example of the create of aesthetic beauty in a humanities
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
discipline? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Being inspired by nature and paints picture of
| | | | | | | | | |
mountain side landscape
| | |
Why is Doryphorus a notable example of Greek sculpture? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-It offered a life like posture of a man balanced on 1 foot, known as
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
contrapposto
How do the seems of Greece and Rome differ? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Greeks
| | | | | | | | | | | |
developed democracy and focused on honoring deities. Rome formed republic
| | | | | | | | | |
and glorified the Roman empire
| | | |
Courtly - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Non-sexual love emphasized by ancient medeival
| | | | | | | |
, Platonic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Non-sexual love emphasized by ancient Greeks
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Eros - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Erotic love emphasized by ancient Greeks
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How does technology impact the visual arts? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-allows us
| | | | | | | | | | |
to archive, reproduce, and share artwork in many ways.
| | | | | | | |
Which classical theme critiqued the belief that only the gods could create models
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
of morality? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Humanism
| | | |
What are three techniques used by ancient Greet playwrights Sophocles and
| | | | | | | | | | |
Aristophanes. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Foreshadowing, discovery, and reversal of
| | | | | | | |
fortune.
Why is Sappho's classical poem "A lament for Adonis" considered lyrical poetry? -
| | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-It expresses feeling of romantic love.
| | | | | | |
The dialogue among female characters from Aristophane's classical play
| | | | | | | | |
Lysistrata: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the women decide to refuse to have sex with
| | | | | | | | | | | |
their husbands until the war is called off which challenges traditional ideas of the
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
role of wives in classical society.
| | | | |
Which two characteristics of classical epic poetry are shared by homer's Odyssey
| | | | | | | | | | | |
and Virgil's Aeneid? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-They explore the complex
| | | | | | | | |
relationship between humans and the gods. | | | | |
