C100 Self Assessment All Modules
Foundations of Humanities Correct Answer:
Which of the following are true of the relationship between the humanities and technology? (Choose
two.) Correct Answer: Technology has led to an increase in globalization by making the world smaller
and connecting people together through social networks via the internet.
Technology has increased our ability to preserve, document and share works of art, literature, and music
in a way that is unprecedented.
Which of the following themes is found in multiple historical periods? Correct Answer: Individualism
How do we identify themes in a literary or artistic work? Correct Answer: Look for the unifying or main
ideas.
Which of the following is true of myths? (Choose two.) Correct Answer: 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.
They utilize archetypes and symbols to find a deeper understanding of life.
Architecture
Religion
Dance
Theater Correct Answer: Concerned with the interplay of form and function.
Can include any system of ethics, values, and beliefs.
Part of public ceremony, ritual, or entertainment dates back to the earliest human civilizations
, Stems from the early Greeks, with their development of tragedy and comedy
Which discipline of the Humanities is primarily concerned with critical inquiry and reasoned argument?
Correct Answer: Philosophy
The Bayeux Tapestry's depiction of the Norman Conquest of England fulfills which purpose of art?
Correct Answer: Art as political propaganda.
What are the Humanities? Correct Answer: The study of the how the human race understands and
documents the human experience through creative contributions in art, music, literature, philosophy,
religion, dance, etc.
Which of the following are examples of universal themes in this Module? Correct Answer: Love and the
Hero
Aesthetic
Eros
Monomyth
Archetypes
Agape Correct Answer: An experience of beauty that is its own justification
Passionate or sexual love
A myth that is embraced by a majority of people throughout history.
A recurrent example or model of human behavior
Brotherly or selfless love.
Why is E.O. Wilson's theory of consilience important to the study of the Humanities? Correct 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 nonwestern world? Correct Answer: Ancient Chinese culture
embraced principles in Confucianism and Buddhism that mirrored Humanist principles.
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