Humanities Survey
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Course Introduction
The Humanities Survey course offers an interdisciplinary exploration of the major themes, ideas, and cultural achievements that have shaped human experience throughout history. Students engage with significant works of literature, philosophy, art, music, religion, and history from a variety of global traditions. Emphasizing critical thinking and analytical skills, the course encourages students to examine diverse perspectives, draw connections between historical periods, and understand how the humanities contribute to contemporary society. Through readings, discussions, and projects, participants gain a deeper appreciation for the richness and complexity of human expression across time and cultures.
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Arts and Culture An Introduction to the Humanities Combined Volume 4th Edition by Janetta Benton
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Chapter 1: The Renaissance and Mannerism
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Q1) Donatello created all of the following sculptures except __________.
A) David
B) The Creation of Adam
C) Mary Magdalene
D) Feast of Herod
E) both A and D
Answer: B
Q2) __________ founded the Platonic Academy of Philosophy in Florence.
A) Pico della Mirandola
B) Lorenzo the Magnificent
C) Savonarola
D) Marsilio Ficino
E) Cosimo de' Medici
Answer: E
Q3) Properzia de' Rossi was from Cremona.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: The Renaissance in Northern Europe
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Q1) In Shakespeare's Hamlet, Hamlet often speaks _________, or private reflections spoken aloud toward the audience but not toward the other characters.
A) arias
B) cantatas
C) soliloquies
D) dialogues
E) monologues
Answer: C
Q2) The humanist scholar Desiderius Erasmus was born in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and is best known for his rejection of all elements of classical civilization.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) A madrigal is a vocal composition for a small group of singers, usually without accompaniment.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: The Baroque Age
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Q1) In the seventeenth century, a distinctly secular brand of Baroque painting emerged in __________.
A) Spain
B) Holland
C) Germany
D) Portugal
E) Greece
Answer: B
Q2) In the Calling of St.Matthew , Caravaggio creates a religious atmosphere by his dramatic use of light, known as __________.
A) tenebrism
B) pointillism
C) verisimilitude
D) chiaroscuro
E) sfumato
Answer: A
Q3) Francesco Borromini was the chief rival of Gianlorenzo Bernini.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: The Eighteenth Century
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Q1) What is "rational humanism"? Select a work of art, a piece of music, and a text and delineate how each relates to this concept.
Q2) __________ occurred during the Enlightenment.
A) Newton's discovery of the laws of gravity
B) Leeuwenhoek's development of the microscope
C) Galileo's invention of the telescope
D) Kepler's description of the functioning of the eye
E) all of the above
Q3) Rococo is to frivolity as Neoclassical art is to __________.
A) moral virtue
B) violence
C) emotion
D) mythology
E) genre
Q4) Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock set the standard for serious poetry.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What are the elements of Enlightenment thought and how did they manifest themselves in artistic, musical, and literary works?
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Chapter 5: Romanticism and Realism
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Q1) The American painter __________, who was greatly influenced by photography, was dedicated to the accurate presentation of the human body in motion.
A) Edward Hopper
B) Thomas Eakins
C) Winslow Homer
D) Thomas Cole
E) Alfred Stieglitz
Q2) __________wrote Walden in 1854 because he believed that living close to nature was humankind's strength.
A) Thoreau
B) Emerson
C) Wollstonecraft
D) Rousseau
E) Wordsworth
Q3) Summarize the primary ideas expressed by Jean-Jacques Rousseau in his Confessions.
Q4) Select a text by either Ralph Waldo Emerson or Henry David Thoreau to explain the Transcendentalist view of nature.
Q5) Trace the role of photography in the development of Realism.
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Chapter 6: Impressionism
and Post-Impressionism
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Q1) The human psyche, according to Sigmund Freud, is divided into: __________.
A) body and soul
B) id, ego, and superego
C) a million little pieces
D) libido and aggressive impulses
E) conscious and unconscious
Q2) What were the chief scientific and technological developments of the late nineteenth-century?
Q3) The name "Impressionism" was derived from a painting by __________.
A) Édouard Manet
B) Claude Monet
C) Mary Cassatt
D) Pierre-Auguste Renoir
E) Berthe Morisot
Q4) Victor Horta's architectural works were built in the Neoclassical style.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Compare and contrast Louis Sullivan's Wainwright Building to Antoní Gaudí's Casa Mila in terms not only of style, but also of underlying cultural values.
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Chapter 7: Chinese Civilization after the Thirteenth Century
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Q1) Why was calligraphy so revered in Chinese culture?
Q2) The Chinese ruler's palace was usually situated at the __________.
A) east end, looking west
B) west end, looking east
C) southeastern end, looking northwest
D) south end, looking north
E) north end, looking south
Q3) __________ best describes the "literati."
A) Mongol invaders during the Yuan rule
B) Poet-artists who used brushwork to express their understanding of humankind and nature
C) Designers of the present-day Beijing
D) Composers of Chinese theater music
E) Communist officials
Q4) What is the painter Shitao known for?
Q5) Explain what is meant by "the patriarchal nature" of Confucian society.
Q6) China ceded Hong Kong to Great Britain after their defeat in the Opium War; the city has now reverted back to the control of the Chinese.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Japanese Civilization after the Fifteenth Century
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Q1) Using a work of art, examine the forms and ideas behind landscape painting during the Muromachi period.
Q2) The Himeji Castle was built during the __________ period.
A) Muromachi
B) Nara
C) Edo
D) modern
E) Momoyama
Q3) Basho Matsuo is known for his __________.
A) woodblock prints
B) Noh theater
C) musical compositions
D) landscape painting
E) haiku poetry
Q4) The establishment of classes during Edo period was influenced by Confucianism.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Summarize the Japanese approach to architecture during the Muromachi and Momoyama periods.
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Chapter 9: Modern Africa and Latin America
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Q1) The "red rubber scandal" was exposed by Brazilians in the 1950s.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Proxylin is a lacquer developed as an automobile paint that was used by David Alfaro Siqueiros.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Select several works to explore how "African sculpture reflects both the preservation of local sculptural traditions and the introduction of styles and techniques from outside the continent."
Q4) The message, for the Mexican people, of Sigueiros' large-scale mural, Cuauhtémoc Against the Myth was that __________.
A) Mexicans need to control their population
B) indigenous people could regain power
C) cultures can co-exist in one nation
D) colonialism was not damaging
E) religious faith will be rewarded
Q5) With what are the most prevalent forms of popular music in Latin America associated?
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Chapter 10: Early Twentieth Century
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Q1) James Joyce use a stream of consciousness technique to get readers into the character's minds.
A)True
B)False
Q2) How does Surrealism differ from Dada? Present one Surrealist and one Dada work that to support a thesis.
Q3) Duke Ellington is associated with __________.
A) scat singing
B) ragtime
C) swing music
D) hip-hop
E) classical arias
Q4) The goal of such Russian artists as Kasimir Malevich and El Lissitzky was to bring art to the masses; thus, these artists saw their art as a political tool.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Benton and DiYanni assert that abstraction takes three forms.What are they?
Q6) What were the root causes of the Russian Revolution?
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Chapter 11: Mid-Twentieth Century and Later
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Q1) Sol LeWitt is classified as a Pop art sculptor.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In Learning from Las Vegas, the architect Robert Venturi suggests that the eclectic rearrangement of a variety of styles, signs, and symbols composes a new kind of unity.
A)True
B)False
Q3) __________ designed "Prairie Houses" early in his career, but his Guggenheim Museum is a model of clean, International style lines and materials.
A) I.M. Pei
B) Mark Rothko
C) Frank Lloyd Wright
D) Henry Moore
E) Sanford White
Q4) Who were the Gutai artists and what influenced their art production?
Q5) Mark Rothko was an Abstract Expressionist artist.
A)True
B)False
Q6) What was the most significant effect of World War II and why?
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Chapter 12: Diversity in Contemporary Life
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Q1) What is meant by the term "Cyborg Surrealism," what artist do Benton and DiYanni associate the term with, and why?
Q2) Arguably, __________ has had the greatest impact on the public's opinion of women in the arts.
A) Marisol
B) Eleanor Antin
C) Betye Saar
D) Cindy Sherman
E) Judy Chicago
Q3) In Charles the First Jean-Michel Basquiat pays homage to __________.
A) Charlie Parker
B) Charles DeGaulle
C) Prince Charles
D) Charles I of England
E) Charles Kuralt
Q4) Define "Deconstruction" and give an example of its use.
Q5) List the key differences between western and non-western art as delineated by Benton and DiYanni.
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Q6) What are the four identities that Andreas Huyssen demarcated?
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