WGU C100 Introduction to Humanities Pre-Assessment latest update //GRADE A+

WGU C100 Introduction to Humanities

Pre-Assessment


1. What is an aesthetic experience?

ANS A feeling of pleasure that justifies itself

2. Which topic is studied by the humanities?

ANS The cultures and beliefs that make up the experience of being

human

3. Which branch of philosophy deals with the nature and scope of

knowl- edge?

ANS Epistemology

4. What is a clear example of the creation of aesthetic beauty in a

humanities discipline?

ANS An artist feels inspired by nature and paints a picture of the

mountain landscape

5. Eros

ANS Passionate love favored by Greek poets

6. Platonic
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, ANS Non-sexual love emphasized by ancient Greeks

7. Courtly

ANS A romantic love emphasized in the medieval period

8.How does technology impact the visual arts?

ANS Technology allows us to archive, reproduce, and share artwork in

many ways

9. Which classical theme critiqued the belief that only the gods could

create models of morality?

ANS Humanism

10.What are three techniques used by ancient Greek playwrights

Sophocles and Aristophanes?

ANS Foreshadowing, discovery, and reversal of fortune

11.Why is Sappho's classical poem "A Lament for Adonis" considered

lyrical poetry?

ANS It expresses feelings of romantic love

12. Read the following dialogue among female characters from

Aristophanes's classical play Lysistrata

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