WGU C100 Humanities-Classical Period Exam Questions & Answers

When was the classical period? - 500 BCE to 500 CE Major Themes of the Classical period - Balance Truth/Reason Democracy/Republic Polytheism Humanism In ancient Greece, the first democracy was founded in the city-state of? - Athens The Greeks and Romans developed the ideas that underlie modern scientific method by using? - Observation of the natural world and reason to formulate hypotheses about the natural world. Polytheism - A belief in multiple gods The Torah - The first 5 books of the Hebrew Bible; the most sacred document of the Jewish faith. What grew to become the world's largest religion? - Christianity As a result of the ______ ______, other religions from the East came into contact with the Western world. - Silk Road What 4 notable religions gained popularity in the East? - 1. Buddhism 2. Manichaeism 3. Daoism 4. Hinduism Roman polytheism adopted the _______ from the Greeks and blended it with native traditions - Pantheon Early Greek philosophers dealt with ideas of ___________, _________, _______, and ______. - Existence, mathematics, change, and atoms. Socrates' way of questioning other Athenians became known as the ________ - Socratic Method Who wrote the Nicomachean Ethics? - Aristotle The Nicomachean Ethics was significant in that it addressed__________________________ - How humans should best live. 3 Philosophers known during the classical period that pushed philosophy and thinking forward. - Socrates Plato Aristotle Which philosopher questioned existence? - Thales Which philosopher addressed change (mind and matter)? - Anaxagoras Which 2 philosophers said that objects change but particles remain the same? - Democrites and Leucippus Who was known as the laughing philosopher? - Democrites Classical poets addressed what 4 themes? - 1. heroism 2. reason 3. love 4. fate Two of the most celebrated works of classical Greek epic poetry are? - The Iliad and The Odyssey Around the 6th century BCE, Greek epic poetry gave way to Greek ______ poetry - Lyric What kind of poetry explored everyday objects using more intimate language? - Lyric Poetry Classical theater addressed themes such as ________, ____, ______, and the essence of life. - Humanism, truth, balance A literary device in which clues are given about the events to come. - Foreshadowing A literary device in which a word or phrase can be understood two ways. - Double entendre A literary device in which the character's situation dramatically shifts to the contrary (for example, a rich man might suddenly find himself very poor) - Reversal of fortune A literary device in which the character has an epiphanal moment of realization and finally sees the truth - Discovery A group of 12-15 men that acted as messengers by singing, commentating between scenes, or giving the characters advice and warnings. This is one of the most notable features of classical theater. - Chorus Name 3 common play genres - 1. tragedy 2. comedy 3. tragicomedy A style of comedy that focused on mythological heroes and legends and depicted the grittier aspects of society, such as drunkenness and sexuality. - Satyr plays A technique in which the audience and a select few characters knew the outcome of events before the main characters. - Tragic irony Name 2 notable playwrites - Sophocles and Aristophanes Who wrote the Theban Plays and Oedipus Rex - Sophocles Which playwrite commonly explored gender in society? - Aristophanes Which play discusses a person's need to know the truth, using foreshadowing and irony? - Oedipus Rex Which play discusses the ties a person has to the Gods, family, and state; it demonstrated reversal of fortune - Antigone