WGU C100 Objective Assessment 2025/2026
What is the relationship between the humanities and technology? - 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? - 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 (eros, agape,
and platonic love) illustrates a distinction in types of love that has captured the
attention of artists.
What is the relationship between the humanities and technology? - 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? - 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 (eros, agape,
and platonic love) illustrates a distinction in types of love that has captured the
attention of artists.
