CSTU 101 (CSTU)

Course CSTU 101 Test Quiz 8 Status Completed Attempt Score 80 out of 80 points  Question 1 3 out of 3 points He stressed the absurdity of human existence and the inability of our reason to understand the world. A passionate individualist, he proclaimed the will to power as the only value in a meaningless world. Lived from 1844-1900. Selected Answer: Nietzsche  Question 2 3 out of 3 points Which is these is not an American author? Selected Answer: Shelley  Question 3 3 out...

* From the Essay, “The Future of Western Culture.” In the American Western culture, our coins describe three of the values that provide the foundation that holds American culture together, as well as unites us. You can think of these like a three-legged stool. If you remove any leg the stool will fall. Which of these is not one of the three? * In philosophical terms, Karl Marx most closely matches up with whom? * For him, the way people made a living, their “means of production,” ...

*By establishing order and stability in his lands, Charlemagne prepared the basis for a ninth-century flowering of cultural activity often termed the____________. *In philosophy, the synthesis of the High Ages was made by_________ in the 13th century, who merged Christian and Aristotelian thought. *Which century was marked by famine and plague in western Europe? *Who initiated the Crusades? *Who wrote Don Quizote? *What were two classical values that inspired the Renaissance human...

One of Rome’s most famous narrative art monuments is _____________. - who proclaimed himself to be the first emperor of Rome? - The Punic Wars involved which two countries? - Which document did Jefferson write? - Who is credited with introducing the Neo-classical architecture to America’s buildings? - This is the oldest continuously used religious building in the West, having started as a pagan temple and then converted to a Catholic church. - The greatest Roman poet of the Republic. Whic...

Who was the author of “The City of God”? - Who wrote the Apostles Creed? - Early Christian art was more _________ and less materialistic, than Roman art because it was hard to depict topics like the Trinity or Salvation. - What would be a chief mark describing the Roman Empire, even after Constantine - One event not depicted in the catacombs was - According to your textbook, what was the basic strength of the Jews? It gave them a will to resist and to survive. - The first ecumenical or world...