C100 WGU Objective Assessment| 113 QUESTIONS| WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

What is the relationship between the humanities and technology? CORRECT ANSWERS: 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? CORRECT ANSWERS: Individualism How do we identify themes in a literary or artistic work? CORRECT ANSWERS: Look for the unifying or main ideas. What is true of myths? CORRECT ANSWERS: 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. CORRECT ANSWERS: Dance Stems from the early Greeks, with their development of tragedy and comedy. CORRECT ANSWERS: Theater Concerned with the interplay of form and function. CORRECT ANSWERS: Architecture Can include any system of ethics, values, and beliefs. CORRECT ANSWERS: Religion Which discipline of the Humanities is primarily concerned with critical inquiry and reasoned argument? CORRECT ANSWERS: Philosophy The Bayeux Tapestry's depiction of the Norman Conquest of England fulfills which purpose of art? CORRECT ANSWERS: Art as political propaganda What are the Humanities? CORRECT ANSWERS: 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? CORRECT ANSWERS: Love and the Hero Brotherly or selfless love CORRECT ANSWERS: Agape A recurrent example or model of human behavior CORRECT ANSWERS: Archetypes