WGU C100 Humanities
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1. Epistemology - Correct Answer: The study of thinking. Renaissance
Period.
2. Individualism & Self-fashioning - Correct Answer: This became
important during the Renaissance as artists sought public recognition and
reputation. Artists and nobles represented their identity with choices in
dress and behavior, a process known as self-fashioning.
3. Reformation - Correct Answer: Took place in the form of Protestantism,
sparked by Martin Luther's outspoken disagreement with many Church
practices he believed were corrupt. Changing the Roman Catholic Church
was a very significant movement in the Renaissance that separated it from
the Middle Ages.
4. Renaissance Period - Correct Answer: Witnessed the revival of classical
art, literature, philosophy, architecture, and learning, spawned renewed
study of the great works of ancient Greco-Roman civilizations, and
produced among the finest artistic and intellectual achievements in the
history of Western Humanities.
,5. Renaissance Man - Correct Answer: Individual with broad knowledge
and versatile talents spanning many intellectual and artistic disciplines.
Renaissance Period.
6. Renaissance Period - Correct Answer: One of the most significant ideas
to emerge from this period is the value of education, particularly in the
Humanities. The catalyst for the classical revival was the belief that one
could realize his or her full humanity only through classical education. This
rebirth reasserted the superiority of ancient Greco-Roman creative and
intellectual contributions
7. Age of Exploration - Correct Answer: Europeans sailed around the globe
and transferred foods, plants, goods and slaves. Renaissance Period.
8. Heresy - Correct Answer: a challenge or rejection of the orthodox
doctrines of the religion or church. Renaissance Period.
9. The Protestant Reformation - Correct Answer: This challenged the
doctrine of papal infallibility and rejected the Catholic Church as a
necessary intermediary between the faithful and God. However,
disagreements among Protestants caused multiple sects to form.
Renaissance Period.
10.Renaissance Humanism - Correct Answer: emphasized not only
scholarly achievement but also moral and athletic development.
, encouraged the individual to engage with the world ("The whole glory of
man lies in activity").
rejected much of medieval thinking as irrelevant to a changing world.
general responsibilities of citizenship and respect for public duty.
11.Niccolò Machiavelli - Correct Answer: The Prince: defended the
principle that "the ends justify the means" . It is one of the best-known
political treatises. His treatise advanced the abandonment of conventional
morality for the sake of power and authority. The Prince is considered to
represent the darker side of the Renaissance's belief in human possibility
and potential.
12.Renaissance Literature - Correct Answer: authors found themselves
combining Christian and classical learning into Christian humanism in order
to reconcile the many conflicts between the two.
13.Baldassare Castiglione - Correct Answer: The Courtier explores the
process of fashioning one's individual sense of self according to a set of
socially acceptable standards. Renaissance Literature.
14.William Shakespeare - author - Correct Answer: most famous writer in
English by writing plays and poems that examine such human emotions as
loyalty, ambition, love, hate, greed, and self-sacrifice. Renaissance
Literature.
15.Renaissance Theater - Correct Answer: People of the arts allowed
troupes to settle into a city, build a playhouse, and take up theater as a
, profession. As a result, works became longer, more complex, and critically
discussed period themes.
16.soliloquy - Correct Answer: speech expressing your inner most
thoughts. Heard by the audience but not by any other characters.
Renaissance
17.allegory - Correct Answer: represents abstract quality or idea, often
religious or political. Renaissance
18.dialect - Correct Answer: language of a certain group or people.
Rensaissance
19.blank verse - Correct Answer: verse written in iambic pentameter with
no rhyme. Renaissance
20.prose - Correct Answer: language that flows naturally rather than to a
beat. Renaissance.
21.William Shakespeare - theater - Correct Answer: credited with writing
38 plays and 154 sonnets. The inevitability of fate and the power of
miscommunication are particularly common themes in his plays.
Because women were forbidden to act during his time, the female roles in
his plays were performed by young men.
The first 126 sonnets are addressed to an unnamed young man, while the
rest of the sonnets are addressed to a mysterious "dark lady." Renaissance
Theater
Comprehensive Resource To Help You Ace 2026-2027
Exams Includes Frequently Tested Questions With
ELABORATED 100% Correct COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Guaranteed Pass First Attempt!! Current Update!!
Instant Download Pdf
1. Epistemology - Correct Answer: The study of thinking. Renaissance
Period.
2. Individualism & Self-fashioning - Correct Answer: This became
important during the Renaissance as artists sought public recognition and
reputation. Artists and nobles represented their identity with choices in
dress and behavior, a process known as self-fashioning.
3. Reformation - Correct Answer: Took place in the form of Protestantism,
sparked by Martin Luther's outspoken disagreement with many Church
practices he believed were corrupt. Changing the Roman Catholic Church
was a very significant movement in the Renaissance that separated it from
the Middle Ages.
4. Renaissance Period - Correct Answer: Witnessed the revival of classical
art, literature, philosophy, architecture, and learning, spawned renewed
study of the great works of ancient Greco-Roman civilizations, and
produced among the finest artistic and intellectual achievements in the
history of Western Humanities.
,5. Renaissance Man - Correct Answer: Individual with broad knowledge
and versatile talents spanning many intellectual and artistic disciplines.
Renaissance Period.
6. Renaissance Period - Correct Answer: One of the most significant ideas
to emerge from this period is the value of education, particularly in the
Humanities. The catalyst for the classical revival was the belief that one
could realize his or her full humanity only through classical education. This
rebirth reasserted the superiority of ancient Greco-Roman creative and
intellectual contributions
7. Age of Exploration - Correct Answer: Europeans sailed around the globe
and transferred foods, plants, goods and slaves. Renaissance Period.
8. Heresy - Correct Answer: a challenge or rejection of the orthodox
doctrines of the religion or church. Renaissance Period.
9. The Protestant Reformation - Correct Answer: This challenged the
doctrine of papal infallibility and rejected the Catholic Church as a
necessary intermediary between the faithful and God. However,
disagreements among Protestants caused multiple sects to form.
Renaissance Period.
10.Renaissance Humanism - Correct Answer: emphasized not only
scholarly achievement but also moral and athletic development.
, encouraged the individual to engage with the world ("The whole glory of
man lies in activity").
rejected much of medieval thinking as irrelevant to a changing world.
general responsibilities of citizenship and respect for public duty.
11.Niccolò Machiavelli - Correct Answer: The Prince: defended the
principle that "the ends justify the means" . It is one of the best-known
political treatises. His treatise advanced the abandonment of conventional
morality for the sake of power and authority. The Prince is considered to
represent the darker side of the Renaissance's belief in human possibility
and potential.
12.Renaissance Literature - Correct Answer: authors found themselves
combining Christian and classical learning into Christian humanism in order
to reconcile the many conflicts between the two.
13.Baldassare Castiglione - Correct Answer: The Courtier explores the
process of fashioning one's individual sense of self according to a set of
socially acceptable standards. Renaissance Literature.
14.William Shakespeare - author - Correct Answer: most famous writer in
English by writing plays and poems that examine such human emotions as
loyalty, ambition, love, hate, greed, and self-sacrifice. Renaissance
Literature.
15.Renaissance Theater - Correct Answer: People of the arts allowed
troupes to settle into a city, build a playhouse, and take up theater as a
, profession. As a result, works became longer, more complex, and critically
discussed period themes.
16.soliloquy - Correct Answer: speech expressing your inner most
thoughts. Heard by the audience but not by any other characters.
Renaissance
17.allegory - Correct Answer: represents abstract quality or idea, often
religious or political. Renaissance
18.dialect - Correct Answer: language of a certain group or people.
Rensaissance
19.blank verse - Correct Answer: verse written in iambic pentameter with
no rhyme. Renaissance
20.prose - Correct Answer: language that flows naturally rather than to a
beat. Renaissance.
21.William Shakespeare - theater - Correct Answer: credited with writing
38 plays and 154 sonnets. The inevitability of fate and the power of
miscommunication are particularly common themes in his plays.
Because women were forbidden to act during his time, the female roles in
his plays were performed by young men.
The first 126 sonnets are addressed to an unnamed young man, while the
rest of the sonnets are addressed to a mysterious "dark lady." Renaissance
Theater
