WGU C100 OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the relationship between the humanities and technology? - 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? - ANSWER-Individualism
How do we identify themes in a literary or artistic work? - ANSWER-Look for the unifying or main
ideas.
What is true of myths? - 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. -
ANSWER-Dance
Stems from the early Greeks, with their development of tragedy and comedy. - ANSWER-Theater
Concerned with the interplay of form and function. - ANSWER-Architecture
Can include any system of ethics, values, and beliefs. - ANSWER-Religion
Which discipline of the Humanities is primarily concerned with critical inquiry and reasoned argument?
- ANSWER-Philosophy
The Bayeux Tapestry's depiction of the Norman Conquest of England fulfills which purpose of art? -
ANSWER-Art as political propaganda
What are the Humanities? - 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? - ANSWER-Love and the Hero
Brotherly or selfless love - ANSWER-Agape
A recurrent example or model of human behavior - ANSWER-Archetypes
An experience of beauty that is its own justification - ANSWER-Aesthetic
Passionate or sexual love - ANSWER-Eros
A myth that is embraced by a majority of people throughout history. - ANSWER-Monomyth
, Why is E.O. Wilson's theory of consilience important to the study of the Humanities? - 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? - ANSWER-Ancient Chinese culture
embraced principles in Confucianism and Buddhism that mirrored Humanist principles.
How does studying the Humanities increase cross-cultural communication? - 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? -
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? - 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. - ANSWER-The Parthenon
Applied reason and logical thought to ideas about government and how to live a good, balanced life. -
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. - 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.
- 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. - ANSWER-Lysistrata
Sappho's lyric poem "A Lament for Adonis" represents what major theme of the Classical Period? -
ANSWER-The theme of humanism because it emphasizes human passions and emotions rather than
idealized gods.
Why is the statue The Metropolitan Kouros a notable example of Greek sculpture? - ANSWER-It
utilized vertical and horizontal symmetry in creating the human form.
Which of the following is an innovation during the Classical Period that was based on balance and
reason? - ANSWER-The development of Western philosophy and the ideas that underlie the modern
scientific method.
What is the primary difference between Greek and Roman societies? - ANSWER-The Greeks lived in
democratically-run city-states while the Romans had a larger centralized republic and eventually
empire.
How do the visual art and architecture of Greece and Rome differ? - ANSWER-a) Much of the
sculpture in Greece was focused on honoring deities and elevating the human form while Rome used
art predominantly to glorify the Roman Empire.
b) The Greeks relied on post-and-lintel construction, and the Romans developed the use of columns
and arches to design larger buildings.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the relationship between the humanities and technology? - 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? - ANSWER-Individualism
How do we identify themes in a literary or artistic work? - ANSWER-Look for the unifying or main
ideas.
What is true of myths? - 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. -
ANSWER-Dance
Stems from the early Greeks, with their development of tragedy and comedy. - ANSWER-Theater
Concerned with the interplay of form and function. - ANSWER-Architecture
Can include any system of ethics, values, and beliefs. - ANSWER-Religion
Which discipline of the Humanities is primarily concerned with critical inquiry and reasoned argument?
- ANSWER-Philosophy
The Bayeux Tapestry's depiction of the Norman Conquest of England fulfills which purpose of art? -
ANSWER-Art as political propaganda
What are the Humanities? - 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? - ANSWER-Love and the Hero
Brotherly or selfless love - ANSWER-Agape
A recurrent example or model of human behavior - ANSWER-Archetypes
An experience of beauty that is its own justification - ANSWER-Aesthetic
Passionate or sexual love - ANSWER-Eros
A myth that is embraced by a majority of people throughout history. - ANSWER-Monomyth
, Why is E.O. Wilson's theory of consilience important to the study of the Humanities? - 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? - ANSWER-Ancient Chinese culture
embraced principles in Confucianism and Buddhism that mirrored Humanist principles.
How does studying the Humanities increase cross-cultural communication? - 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? -
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? - 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. - ANSWER-The Parthenon
Applied reason and logical thought to ideas about government and how to live a good, balanced life. -
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. - 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.
- 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. - ANSWER-Lysistrata
Sappho's lyric poem "A Lament for Adonis" represents what major theme of the Classical Period? -
ANSWER-The theme of humanism because it emphasizes human passions and emotions rather than
idealized gods.
Why is the statue The Metropolitan Kouros a notable example of Greek sculpture? - ANSWER-It
utilized vertical and horizontal symmetry in creating the human form.
Which of the following is an innovation during the Classical Period that was based on balance and
reason? - ANSWER-The development of Western philosophy and the ideas that underlie the modern
scientific method.
What is the primary difference between Greek and Roman societies? - ANSWER-The Greeks lived in
democratically-run city-states while the Romans had a larger centralized republic and eventually
empire.
How do the visual art and architecture of Greece and Rome differ? - ANSWER-a) Much of the
sculpture in Greece was focused on honoring deities and elevating the human form while Rome used
art predominantly to glorify the Roman Empire.
b) The Greeks relied on post-and-lintel construction, and the Romans developed the use of columns
and arches to design larger buildings.
