WGU C100 OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT 2026
COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT SCRIPT
SOLVED QUESTIONS ANSWERS UPDATED
REVIEW SET
◉ 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 difference between a myth and a monomyth?
Answer: Myths can include a wide variety of narratives and
archetypes. The monomyth focuses on the hero's journey.
◉ Emphasized the themes of order and balance in its construction
as a temple to the goddess Athena, patron of Athens.
,Answer: The Parthenon
◉ Applied reason and logical thought to ideas about government
and how to live a good, balanced life.
Answer: The Republic
◉ An epic poem narrating the story of an ideal Greek hero who
combined all the greatest virtues of Greek culture, as well as
showing his interaction with the Greek pantheon of gods.
Answer: The Odyssey
◉ A story of a man who lives his life not knowing the truth of his
parentage and whose pride ultimately causes him to ignore his
flawed humanity, resulting in the ultimate punishment of blindness
and exile.
Answer: Oedipus Rex
◉ A play about heroic women who withhold sex from their
husbands in order to end the Peloponnesian war and force a more
democratic, egalitarian political climate.
Answer: Lysistrata
◉ Sappho's lyric poem "A Lament for Adonis" represents what major
theme of the Classical Period?
, Answer: The theme of humanism because it emphasizes human
passions and emotions rather than idealized gods.
◉ Why is the statue The Metropolitan Kouros a notable example of
Greek sculpture?
Answer: It utilized vertical and horizontal symmetry in creating the
human form.
◉ Which of the following is an innovation during the Classical Period
that was based on balance and reason?
Answer: The development of Western philosophy and the ideas that
underlie the modern scientific method.
◉ What is the primary difference between Greek and Roman
societies?
Answer: The Greeks lived in democratically-run city-states while the
Romans had a larger centralized republic and eventually empire.
◉ How do the visual art and architecture of Greece and Rome differ?
Answer: a) Much of the sculpture in Greece was focused on honoring
deities and elevating the human form while Rome used art
predominantly to glorify the Roman Empire.
COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT SCRIPT
SOLVED QUESTIONS ANSWERS UPDATED
REVIEW SET
◉ 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 difference between a myth and a monomyth?
Answer: Myths can include a wide variety of narratives and
archetypes. The monomyth focuses on the hero's journey.
◉ Emphasized the themes of order and balance in its construction
as a temple to the goddess Athena, patron of Athens.
,Answer: The Parthenon
◉ Applied reason and logical thought to ideas about government
and how to live a good, balanced life.
Answer: The Republic
◉ An epic poem narrating the story of an ideal Greek hero who
combined all the greatest virtues of Greek culture, as well as
showing his interaction with the Greek pantheon of gods.
Answer: The Odyssey
◉ A story of a man who lives his life not knowing the truth of his
parentage and whose pride ultimately causes him to ignore his
flawed humanity, resulting in the ultimate punishment of blindness
and exile.
Answer: Oedipus Rex
◉ A play about heroic women who withhold sex from their
husbands in order to end the Peloponnesian war and force a more
democratic, egalitarian political climate.
Answer: Lysistrata
◉ Sappho's lyric poem "A Lament for Adonis" represents what major
theme of the Classical Period?
, Answer: The theme of humanism because it emphasizes human
passions and emotions rather than idealized gods.
◉ Why is the statue The Metropolitan Kouros a notable example of
Greek sculpture?
Answer: It utilized vertical and horizontal symmetry in creating the
human form.
◉ Which of the following is an innovation during the Classical Period
that was based on balance and reason?
Answer: The development of Western philosophy and the ideas that
underlie the modern scientific method.
◉ What is the primary difference between Greek and Roman
societies?
Answer: The Greeks lived in democratically-run city-states while the
Romans had a larger centralized republic and eventually empire.
◉ How do the visual art and architecture of Greece and Rome differ?
Answer: a) Much of the sculpture in Greece was focused on honoring
deities and elevating the human form while Rome used art
predominantly to glorify the Roman Empire.
