C100 – HUMANITIES EXAM 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
The Renaissance - ANS The historical revival of Classical culture
Chinese humanism - ANS elevated intellectual life over religious faith
The hero's journey - ANS a monomyth or a world myth
Inductive reasoning - ANS proceeds from particular facts to a general conclusion (or from
effect to cause).
Architecture - ANS is considered art because it is concerned with the aesthetic effect of
structures in their surrounding environment.
Age of Enlightenment - ANS The ideas of the Renaissance are most commonly seen as paving
the way for
Donatello - ANS was a Renaissance sculptor
Aristotle - ANS This philosopher is best known for his argument that a life guided by reason
and virtue would lead to happiness.
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,trompe l'oeil - ANS An art technique that uses realistic imagery to create the illusion of three
dimensions
a metaphor - ANS In the Iliad, the poet Homer uses the phrase "the wine-dark sea." This is an
example of an author using:
Jean-Honoré Fragonard, The Captured Kiss - ANS
Eros Statue in Piccadilly Circus London - ANS
Odysseus Overcome (Ulysses at the court of Alcinous by Francesco Hayez, circa 1815 - ANS
celebration of the individual - ANS Renaissance artists signing their work reflects
caused a decline during the Renaissance of the power and authority of the Roman Catholic
Church - ANS I. The Protestant Reformation
II. The Great Schism
III. Popular heretical movements
"The whole glory of man lies in activity." - ANS illustrates Renaissance humanism's stress on
engagement with the world
Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, the Renaissance
c. 1503-1519 - ANS
Gattamelata by Donatello, 1450 Sculpture during the Renaissance - ANS
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, Don Quixote de la Mancha and Sancho Panza (1863) by Gustave Doré, Literature during the
Renaissance - ANS
Humanism - ANS the study of the creative and intellectual contributions of human cultures
Symbolism - ANS use of a symbol, object, or image to represent something else (that is, a
concept or idea
Movement - ANS a change of position, location, or timeframe; sense of motion, action, or
time created in a work of art; distinct compositional units of a symphony; broad thematic social
and artistic concerns of a given time period as expressed in its works of art
Epistemology - ANS the branch of formal philosophy concerned with the nature and limits of
human knowledge
Setting - ANS the environment and context in which a creative work is set or takes place
Monomyth - ANS the hero's journey archetype that appears in all cultures
Architecture - ANS the science and art of designing buildings and other structures
The Eightfold Path - ANS the Buddhist guide to a life of peace and harmony including eight
directives for living a "right" life
Aesthetics - ANS a conception of what is artistically valid or beautiful in art, culture, or nature
Rhythm - ANS variation of the length and accentuation of a series of sounds or movements
over time; in poetry, the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed
elements
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
The Renaissance - ANS The historical revival of Classical culture
Chinese humanism - ANS elevated intellectual life over religious faith
The hero's journey - ANS a monomyth or a world myth
Inductive reasoning - ANS proceeds from particular facts to a general conclusion (or from
effect to cause).
Architecture - ANS is considered art because it is concerned with the aesthetic effect of
structures in their surrounding environment.
Age of Enlightenment - ANS The ideas of the Renaissance are most commonly seen as paving
the way for
Donatello - ANS was a Renaissance sculptor
Aristotle - ANS This philosopher is best known for his argument that a life guided by reason
and virtue would lead to happiness.
pg. 1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED
,trompe l'oeil - ANS An art technique that uses realistic imagery to create the illusion of three
dimensions
a metaphor - ANS In the Iliad, the poet Homer uses the phrase "the wine-dark sea." This is an
example of an author using:
Jean-Honoré Fragonard, The Captured Kiss - ANS
Eros Statue in Piccadilly Circus London - ANS
Odysseus Overcome (Ulysses at the court of Alcinous by Francesco Hayez, circa 1815 - ANS
celebration of the individual - ANS Renaissance artists signing their work reflects
caused a decline during the Renaissance of the power and authority of the Roman Catholic
Church - ANS I. The Protestant Reformation
II. The Great Schism
III. Popular heretical movements
"The whole glory of man lies in activity." - ANS illustrates Renaissance humanism's stress on
engagement with the world
Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, the Renaissance
c. 1503-1519 - ANS
Gattamelata by Donatello, 1450 Sculpture during the Renaissance - ANS
pg. 2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED
, Don Quixote de la Mancha and Sancho Panza (1863) by Gustave Doré, Literature during the
Renaissance - ANS
Humanism - ANS the study of the creative and intellectual contributions of human cultures
Symbolism - ANS use of a symbol, object, or image to represent something else (that is, a
concept or idea
Movement - ANS a change of position, location, or timeframe; sense of motion, action, or
time created in a work of art; distinct compositional units of a symphony; broad thematic social
and artistic concerns of a given time period as expressed in its works of art
Epistemology - ANS the branch of formal philosophy concerned with the nature and limits of
human knowledge
Setting - ANS the environment and context in which a creative work is set or takes place
Monomyth - ANS the hero's journey archetype that appears in all cultures
Architecture - ANS the science and art of designing buildings and other structures
The Eightfold Path - ANS the Buddhist guide to a life of peace and harmony including eight
directives for living a "right" life
Aesthetics - ANS a conception of what is artistically valid or beautiful in art, culture, or nature
Rhythm - ANS variation of the length and accentuation of a series of sounds or movements
over time; in poetry, the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed
elements
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