WGU C100 INTRODUCTION TO HUMANITIES TEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Kouros: ANSWER This kind of statue shows a life-sized naked man standing
with his left foot in front of his right.
Muses are ANSWER goddesses who inspire science, literature, and the arts.
ANSWER Doric order The most basic of the traditional Greek architectural
forms, having simple columns that lack a base.
Lintel and post: ANSWER A crossbeam known as a lintel is supported by two
upright posts in this classical Greek architectural style.
Frieze: ANSWER a wide horizontal band of painted or sculpted ornamentation,
typically found on a wall close to the ceiling.
Entablature: Response the building's horizontal material strata that are held up
by walls or columns.
Pediment: Response The triangular upper portion of a classical building's
façade.
Capital: ANSWER the upper portion of a column that is situated between the
entablature and the column shaft.
ANSWER: Catharsis One of Aristotle's ideas is the purification of a spectator's
intense emotions through tragedy.
Hubris is the Greek word for excessive arrogance, pride, or conceit, originally
directed towards the gods.
Epic's response Any narrative work (novel, drama, film) that deals with epic
themes, or a lengthy poem that tells the story of a legendary hero's actions in an
elevated form.
Canon: ANSWER Polykleitos, a Greek artist, created a set of guidelines for
achieving ideal proportionality in human figures.
, Definition-Response Word choice can be categorised as denotative or
connotative, formal or casual.
Hellenic: ANSWER Greek is a synonym.
Scepticism: A Response a way of thinking that says that human knowledge
cannot be certain and that people should always be trying to find the truth.
Allegory of the Cave: ANSWER Plato's lengthy metaphor in The Republic that
draws a distinction between Plato's conception of the true nature of reality and
how most people view it.
The Forms: ANSWER Plato's thesis that things or objects have ideal essences,
or the Forms.
King of Philosophy: ANSWER A fictitious leader of Plato's ideal city state,
known as the Guardian.
Aristotle used the term "golden mean" to describe the ideal middle ground
between excess and deficiency.
Lyre's response a string instrument that the classical Greeks were known to
utilise, such as a U-shaped harp.
Humanism: A REPLY the investigation of all human societies' creative and
intellectual output.
Polytheism: A Response The religion based on more than one god is known as
the belief in several gods.
Classicism: A Response Ancient Greek and Roman literature, art, and
architecture all exhibited aesthetic attitudes and values.
Democracy: A REPLY The Greeks created the system of direct popular
government.
Republic: ANSWER government in which representatives chosen directly or
indirectly hold the ultimate power, which is held by the body of citizens with
the right to vote.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Kouros: ANSWER This kind of statue shows a life-sized naked man standing
with his left foot in front of his right.
Muses are ANSWER goddesses who inspire science, literature, and the arts.
ANSWER Doric order The most basic of the traditional Greek architectural
forms, having simple columns that lack a base.
Lintel and post: ANSWER A crossbeam known as a lintel is supported by two
upright posts in this classical Greek architectural style.
Frieze: ANSWER a wide horizontal band of painted or sculpted ornamentation,
typically found on a wall close to the ceiling.
Entablature: Response the building's horizontal material strata that are held up
by walls or columns.
Pediment: Response The triangular upper portion of a classical building's
façade.
Capital: ANSWER the upper portion of a column that is situated between the
entablature and the column shaft.
ANSWER: Catharsis One of Aristotle's ideas is the purification of a spectator's
intense emotions through tragedy.
Hubris is the Greek word for excessive arrogance, pride, or conceit, originally
directed towards the gods.
Epic's response Any narrative work (novel, drama, film) that deals with epic
themes, or a lengthy poem that tells the story of a legendary hero's actions in an
elevated form.
Canon: ANSWER Polykleitos, a Greek artist, created a set of guidelines for
achieving ideal proportionality in human figures.
, Definition-Response Word choice can be categorised as denotative or
connotative, formal or casual.
Hellenic: ANSWER Greek is a synonym.
Scepticism: A Response a way of thinking that says that human knowledge
cannot be certain and that people should always be trying to find the truth.
Allegory of the Cave: ANSWER Plato's lengthy metaphor in The Republic that
draws a distinction between Plato's conception of the true nature of reality and
how most people view it.
The Forms: ANSWER Plato's thesis that things or objects have ideal essences,
or the Forms.
King of Philosophy: ANSWER A fictitious leader of Plato's ideal city state,
known as the Guardian.
Aristotle used the term "golden mean" to describe the ideal middle ground
between excess and deficiency.
Lyre's response a string instrument that the classical Greeks were known to
utilise, such as a U-shaped harp.
Humanism: A REPLY the investigation of all human societies' creative and
intellectual output.
Polytheism: A Response The religion based on more than one god is known as
the belief in several gods.
Classicism: A Response Ancient Greek and Roman literature, art, and
architecture all exhibited aesthetic attitudes and values.
Democracy: A REPLY The Greeks created the system of direct popular
government.
Republic: ANSWER government in which representatives chosen directly or
indirectly hold the ultimate power, which is held by the body of citizens with
the right to vote.
