WGU C100 QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
What is an aesthetic experience? - Accurate answers A feeling of pleasure that justifies itself
Which topic is studied by the humanities? - Accurate answers The cultures and beliefs that make
up the experience of being human
Which branch of philosophy deals with the nature and scope of knowledge? - Accurate answers
Epistemology
What is a clear example of the creation of aesthetic beauty in a humanities discipline? - Accurate
answers An artist feels inspired by nature and paints a picture of the mountain landscape.
How does technology impact the visual arts? - Accurate answers Technology allows us to archive,
reproduce, and share artwork in many ways.
Which classical theme critiqued the belief that only the gods could create models of morality? -
Accurate answers Humanism
What are three techniques used by ancient Greek playwrights Sophocles and Aristophanes? - Accurate
answers Foreshadowing, discovery, and reversal of fortune
Why is Sappho's classical poem "A Lament for Adonis" considered lyrical poetry? - Accurate answers
It expresses feelings of romantic love.
Read the following dialogue among female characters from Aristophanes's classical play Lysistrata:
LYSISTRATA: Don't you feel sad and sorry because the fathers of your children are far away from you
with the army? For I'll wager there is not one of you whose husband is not abroad at this moment.
CLEONICÉ: Mine has been the last five months in Thrace--looking after Eucrates.
MYRRHINÉ: It's seven long months since mine left me for Pylos.
LAMPITO: As for mine, if he ever does return from service, he's no sooner home than he takes down his
shield again and flies back to the wars.
LYSISTRATA: And not so much as the shadow of a lover! Since the day the Milesians betrayed us, I have
never once seen an eight-inch godemiche even, to be a leathern consolation to us poor widows.... Now
tell me, if I have discovered a means of ending the war, will you all second me?
MYRRHINÉ: Yes verily, by all the goddesses, I swear - Accurate answers The women decide to
refuse to have sex with their husbands until the war is called off, which challenges traditional ideas of
the role of wives in classical society.
, Which two characteristics of classical epic poetry are shared by Homer's Odyssey and Virgil's Aeneid? -
Accurate answers They present the hero as a model of the ideal man in Greek and Roman culture.
They explore the complex relationship between humans and the gods.
How did the development of democracy impact the classical period? - Accurate answers The
democratic republic emerged as an alternative to tyrannical forms of government.
What is the significance of the kouros in terms of cultural exchange during the classical period? -
Accurate answers It is a Greek refinement of the Egyptian figural sculpture.
How is the classical concept of the "republic" still evidenced in contemporary life? - Accurate answers
In a republic, voting citizens have supreme rule but decisions are carried out through elected officials,
which is the foundation of the American political system.
Which two beliefs are characteristic of the Renaissance? - Accurate answers Scientific inquiry will
increase human knowledge of the world.
Classical literary and philosophical works provide resources for learning and living.
What was the effect of rationalism during the Renaissance? - Accurate answers Rationalism
supplied a new perspective for people to think about science and nature instead of relying on
superstitious or religious explanations for natural phenomena.
Which statement is true of the madrigals during the Renaissance? - Accurate answers Madrigal
composers created secular songs that married the sound of the music to the written word.
How did Gutenberg's introduction of the printing press to Germany in the 1400s impact culture and
religion in Renaissance Europe? - Accurate answers The printing press allowed religious reformers
to spread their ideas to a larger audience and allowed people greater access to written materials such as
poems and novels.
How did global exploration, such as during the golden age of Spain, contribute to art and literature of
the Renaissance? - Accurate answers Artists and writers were inspired by the travels of explorers
and incorporated themes of adventure and conquest into paintings and stories.
How is the theme of Renaissance humanism present in contemporary life? - Accurate answers A
high value is placed on human rights, an individual's education, and promotion of social rights
What does classicism refer to as used in the term neoclassicism? - Accurate answers Using the
visual art and architectural motifs of ancient Greece
Which concept did the philosophy of Deism contribute to the Enlightenment period? - Accurate
answers God created the universe according to scientific laws and principles and lets it function on
its own.
What is an aesthetic experience? - Accurate answers A feeling of pleasure that justifies itself
Which topic is studied by the humanities? - Accurate answers The cultures and beliefs that make
up the experience of being human
Which branch of philosophy deals with the nature and scope of knowledge? - Accurate answers
Epistemology
What is a clear example of the creation of aesthetic beauty in a humanities discipline? - Accurate
answers An artist feels inspired by nature and paints a picture of the mountain landscape.
How does technology impact the visual arts? - Accurate answers Technology allows us to archive,
reproduce, and share artwork in many ways.
Which classical theme critiqued the belief that only the gods could create models of morality? -
Accurate answers Humanism
What are three techniques used by ancient Greek playwrights Sophocles and Aristophanes? - Accurate
answers Foreshadowing, discovery, and reversal of fortune
Why is Sappho's classical poem "A Lament for Adonis" considered lyrical poetry? - Accurate answers
It expresses feelings of romantic love.
Read the following dialogue among female characters from Aristophanes's classical play Lysistrata:
LYSISTRATA: Don't you feel sad and sorry because the fathers of your children are far away from you
with the army? For I'll wager there is not one of you whose husband is not abroad at this moment.
CLEONICÉ: Mine has been the last five months in Thrace--looking after Eucrates.
MYRRHINÉ: It's seven long months since mine left me for Pylos.
LAMPITO: As for mine, if he ever does return from service, he's no sooner home than he takes down his
shield again and flies back to the wars.
LYSISTRATA: And not so much as the shadow of a lover! Since the day the Milesians betrayed us, I have
never once seen an eight-inch godemiche even, to be a leathern consolation to us poor widows.... Now
tell me, if I have discovered a means of ending the war, will you all second me?
MYRRHINÉ: Yes verily, by all the goddesses, I swear - Accurate answers The women decide to
refuse to have sex with their husbands until the war is called off, which challenges traditional ideas of
the role of wives in classical society.
, Which two characteristics of classical epic poetry are shared by Homer's Odyssey and Virgil's Aeneid? -
Accurate answers They present the hero as a model of the ideal man in Greek and Roman culture.
They explore the complex relationship between humans and the gods.
How did the development of democracy impact the classical period? - Accurate answers The
democratic republic emerged as an alternative to tyrannical forms of government.
What is the significance of the kouros in terms of cultural exchange during the classical period? -
Accurate answers It is a Greek refinement of the Egyptian figural sculpture.
How is the classical concept of the "republic" still evidenced in contemporary life? - Accurate answers
In a republic, voting citizens have supreme rule but decisions are carried out through elected officials,
which is the foundation of the American political system.
Which two beliefs are characteristic of the Renaissance? - Accurate answers Scientific inquiry will
increase human knowledge of the world.
Classical literary and philosophical works provide resources for learning and living.
What was the effect of rationalism during the Renaissance? - Accurate answers Rationalism
supplied a new perspective for people to think about science and nature instead of relying on
superstitious or religious explanations for natural phenomena.
Which statement is true of the madrigals during the Renaissance? - Accurate answers Madrigal
composers created secular songs that married the sound of the music to the written word.
How did Gutenberg's introduction of the printing press to Germany in the 1400s impact culture and
religion in Renaissance Europe? - Accurate answers The printing press allowed religious reformers
to spread their ideas to a larger audience and allowed people greater access to written materials such as
poems and novels.
How did global exploration, such as during the golden age of Spain, contribute to art and literature of
the Renaissance? - Accurate answers Artists and writers were inspired by the travels of explorers
and incorporated themes of adventure and conquest into paintings and stories.
How is the theme of Renaissance humanism present in contemporary life? - Accurate answers A
high value is placed on human rights, an individual's education, and promotion of social rights
What does classicism refer to as used in the term neoclassicism? - Accurate answers Using the
visual art and architectural motifs of ancient Greece
Which concept did the philosophy of Deism contribute to the Enlightenment period? - Accurate
answers God created the universe according to scientific laws and principles and lets it function on
its own.
