INTRODUCTION TO IT ACTUAL EXAM QUESTION AND
DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS || GRADED A+
What is the relationship between the humanities and technology? -CORRECT 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? -CORRECT ANSWER- Individualism
How do we identify themes in a literary or artistic work? -CORRECT ANSWER- Look for the
unifying or main ideas.
What is true of myths? -CORRECT 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. -
CORRECT ANSWER- Dance
Stems from the early Greeks, with their development of tragedy and comedy. -CORRECT
ANSWER- Theater
Concerned with the interplay of form and function. -CORRECT ANSWER- Architecture
Can include any system of ethics, values, and beliefs. -CORRECT ANSWER- Religion
, Which discipline of the Humanities is primarily concerned with critical inquiry and reasoned
argument? -CORRECT ANSWER- Philosophy
The Bayeux Tapestry's depiction of the Norman Conquest of England fulfills which purpose of
art? -CORRECT ANSWER- Art as political propaganda
What are the Humanities? -CORRECT 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? -CORRECT ANSWER- Love and the Hero
Brotherly or selfless love -CORRECT ANSWER- Agape
A recurrent example or model of human behavior -CORRECT ANSWER- Archetypes
An experience of beauty that is its own justification -CORRECT ANSWER- Aesthetic
Passionate or sexual love -CORRECT ANSWER- Eros
A myth that is embraced by a majority of people throughout history. -CORRECT ANSWER-
Monomyth
Why is E.O. Wilson's theory of consilience important to the study of the Humanities? -
CORRECT ANSWER- It reinforces interdisciplinary study and facilitates the exchange of
information necessary to create a more holistic understanding of who we are.