WGU C168 EXAMINATION REVIEW 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ 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
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ 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
