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Camus - Algerian author who wrote The Stranger, "The Rebel," and The Plague. 
 
Chaucer - Author who wrote The Book of the Duchess, Canterbury Tales, and House of Fame. 
 
Paradise Lost - Name this epic poem by John Milton that ends with with the first humans being exiled from the Garden of Eden. 
 
Milton - This author was an English poet who wrote Paradise Lost and Areopagitica. 
 
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What play was written by the Greek dramatist Sophocles? - correct answer Oedipus Rex 
 
What Poet wrote Iliad? - correct answer Homer 
 
Greek Architecture was based on what structure? - correct answer Post and Lintel 
 
The Greek building most reveared for its use of Ratio and Perspective is? - correct answer The Parthenon 
 
Geek plays generally shown in a ? - correct answer Ampitheater 
 
Roman Engineering allowed the ______________ to have the largest single span dome for Centeries. - correc...
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WGU C100 Introduction to Humanities Questions and Answers with complete solution
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The Classical Period 500 BCE- 500 CE - Themes: balance, truth/reason, democracy/republic, 
polytheism, humanism 
Great thinkers: Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle—engaged in pursuit of truth through logic and reason. 
Poetry: 
The Odyssey-Homer 
A Lament for Adonis-Sappho 
Theater: 
Oedipus Rex- Sophocles 
Aristophanes- Lysistrata 
Music: 
"First Delphic Hymn to Apollo" is the earliest surviving fragment of notated music from anywhere in the 
Western world. 
The Middle Ages - religion, deferenc...
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Themes of Renaissance period 
rebirth of classicism, humanism, rationalism, scientific expansion, university system, individualism, self-fashioning 
 
 
 
rebirth of classicism 
During the Renaissance, there was a rebirth of classical ideals, mainly humanism, rationalism, and balance, 
 
 
 
Humanism (Renaissance) 
an optimistic attitude that praises human abilities to be successful in their endeavors 
 
 
 
Rationalism 
emphasis on reason over senses in gain knowledge 
 
 
 
Individualism 
what...
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What play was written by the Greek dramatist Sophocles? - -Oedipus Rex 
What Poet wrote Iliad? - -Homer 
Greek Architecture was based on what structure? - -Post and Lintel 
The Greek building most reveared for its use of Ratio and Perspective is? - -The Parthenon 
Geek plays generally shown in a ? - -Ampitheater 
Roman Engineering allowed the ______________ to have the largest single span dome for Centeries. - 
-The Patheon 
Plato's Allgery in the Cave, what do the shadows represent? - -Every D...
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NAQT Literature UPDATED Exam 
Questions and CORRECT Answers 
Hamlet - CORRECT ANSWER- A drama written by William Shakespeare, this play revolves 
around a royal family in Denmark, where the lead character's father, who shares his name, is 
killed by his uncle. The drama is based on the lead character's quest for revenge. 
Oedipus Rex - CORRECT ANSWER- A drama written by Sophocles, this play revolves around 
an Ancient Greek hero who has gained the kingship of Thebes, and his growing horror...
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What instrument's music accompanied most of the lines in a Roman play? - Answer-Flute 
Because of the three actor rule, the actor playing Oedipus also played which of the following parts? - 
Answer-None of the above (Jocasta, The Shepherd, Creon) 
Like the Greek theatre which influenced it, the Roman theatre used a chorus to perform songs 
between the episodes. - Answer-False 
During the Middle Ages, the movement from Liturgical to Vernacular religious drama saw 
performances of drama move outs...
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Homer - Odyssy and Iliad 
Blind, his works were compiled after is death 
Iliad - story of Ilium or Troy 
Odyssey - Story of Ulysses/Odysseus 
The Argonauts - Story of Jason and the Argus trying to get the golden fleece 
Pericles - important founder of democracy 
Greek Historians - Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon 
Greek Playwrights - Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides 
Aeschylus - Father of tragedy 
Prometheus Bound 
Sophocles - Greek writer of tragedies; author of Oedipus Rex, Antigone 
Euriped...
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(ACE FOR 2024/2025 EXAM REVIEW) WGU C100 Humanities Final Study Guide. Questions and answers, 100% Accurate. VERIFIED.
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What play was written by the Greek dramatist Sophocles? - -Oedipus Rex 
What Poet wrote Iliad? - -Homer 
Greek Architecture was based on what structure? - -Post and Lintel 
The Greek building most reveared for its use of Ratio and Perspective is? - -The Parthenon 
Geek plays generally shown in a ? - -Ampitheater 
Roman Engineering allowed the ______________ to have the largest single span dome for Centeri...
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Oedipus Rex Test Review Exam Questions And Answers 100% Solved 
True or False: The previous ruler of Thebes before Oedipus was Laius. 
True 
 
 
True or False: Oedipus takes his duties as King very seriously 
True 
 
 
Who had Oedipus sent to the Oracle of Apollo? 
Creon 
 
 
Who does Creon say was responsible for the death of Laius? 
robbers 
 
 
Literary device in which the audience knows more than the characters on stage do. Sophocles uses this throughout the play. 
dramatic irony 
 
 
What/w...
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