Liberal Arts Seminar
Midterm Exam
Course Introduction
The Liberal Arts Seminar provides an interdisciplinary exploration of the fundamental questions and ideas that have shaped human thought and culture. Through critical discussion and close analysis of classic texts, contemporary issues, and diverse artistic expressions, students develop essential skills in reasoning, communication, and ethical reflection. Emphasizing seminar-style participation and collaborative inquiry, the course encourages open-minded engagement with multiple perspectives and cultivates intellectual curiosity, adaptability, and creativity essential for lifelong learning.
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Discovering the Humanities 3rd Edition by Henry M. Sayre
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Chapter 1: The Prehistoric Past and the Earliest Civilizations
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Q1) Which of the following terms refers to the category of megalithic structure that includes Stonehenge?
A) dolmen
B) menhir
C) cairn
D) cromlech
Answer: D
Q2) Which of the following armies captured Jerusalem,destroyed its temple,and deported many of the Hebrews?
A) the Assyrians
B) the Persians
C) the Babylonians
D) the Hittites
Answer: C
Q3) Where was evidence of the earliest hominins found?
A) Iran
B) France
C) Spain
D) Ethiopia
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: The Greek World
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Q1) In ancient Greek architecture,which of the following orders featured scrolled capitals?
A) Corinthian
B) Doric
C) Ionic
D) Composite
Answer: C
Q2) Explain the importance of areté among the ancient Greeks.
Answer: Essay responses should include these points:
Areté was broadly interpreted to culture as well as narrowly applied to the individual.
Areté is translated as virtue and the highest endeavor.
Areté is about being the best, reaching ones fullest potential, through virtuous acts and deeds.
Areté is featured in juxtaposition to hubris, the sin of pride.
The use of these elements within epic narratives illustrates their importance within the Greek mindset.
The context of areté within the epic relates to the struggle in battle.
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Chapter 3: Empire
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Q1) Which of the following terms can be translated as "the path of truth"?
A) bodhisattva
B) dharma
C) dhammapada
D) nirvana
Answer: C
Q2) Multiple architectural orders were incorporated into the Colosseum,including
A) Corinthian and Ionic.
B) Doric and Composite.
C) Composite and Minoan.
D) Doric and Ionic.
Answer: A
Q3) Which of the following marks the historical beginning of the Roman Republic?
A) the expulsion of the Etruscan kings
B) Aeneas' battle with Turnus
C) the death of Laocoon
D) the death of Remus
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: The Flowering of Religion
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Q1) Which Jewish historian wrote Jewish War,outlining Jewish history?
A) Josephus
B) Pompey
C) Maccabean
D) Flavius Silva
Q2) In what meter were the early Christian hymns written?
A) dactylic hexameter
B) iambic pentameter
C) blank verse
D) iambic tetrameter
Q3) Where did the Umayyads establish the School of Translation,which was responsible for spreading translations of classical Greek literature and philosophy throughout the West?
A) Seville
B) Córdoba
C) Granada
D) Toledo
Q4) Discuss Rome's attitude toward the Jewish faith and practice.
Q5) Discuss the artistic results of the early Christian practice known as syncretism.
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Chapter 5: Fiefdom and Monastery, pilgrimage and Crusade
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Q1) Discuss monasticism in light of benefits and service.
Q2) Who was sent to England to convert the pagan Anglo-Saxons?
A) Augustine
B) Columba
C) Eadfrith
D) Patrick
Q3) Summarize the historical inaccuracies included in the Song of Roland.
Q4) Feudalism,a system in which a person (vassal)pledged loyalty for protection,was a well-established part of the agricultural system of the Middle Ages.How did this system relate to that of earlier hierarchies?
A) Feudalism was originally modeled after the Roman custom of patronage.
B) It compared with the established monastic culture.
C) It mirrored the code of chivalry.
D) Feudalism has its roots in early Christian monasticism.
Q5) Which Church council initiated the First Crusade?
A) Nicaea
B) Chalcedon
C) Trent
D) Clermont
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Q6) Discuss the changes that occurred as a result of pilgrimages.
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Chapter 6: The Gothic and the Rebirth of Naturalism
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Q1) In a Gothic church,which of the following was traditionally built against an exterior wall to provide support and brace it against strong winds?
A) rib vault
B) flying buttress
C) stained-glass windows
D) narthex
Q2) Which of the following was considered the "spiritual center" of the cult of the Virgin during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries?
A) Paris
B) Amiens
C) Reims
D) Chartres
Q3) Who painted the fresco known as the Allegory of Good Government?
A) Ambrogio Lorenzetti
B) Giotto di Bondone
C) Simone Martini
D) Giovanni Pisano
Q4) Discuss the spread and result of the bubonic plague.
Q5) Discuss the significance of the work Trotula.
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Chapter 7: The Renaissance
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Q1) Which of the following invading groups forced the local populations of the Po River delta to flee to the swampy lagoon islands that would later become the city of Venice?
A) the Visigoths
B) the Lombards
C) the Huns
D) the Vikings
Q2) What techniques were used by artists of the Renaissance to reflect the new attitude toward humanism?
Q3) Who was the first professional woman composer to see her own compositions in print?
A) Veronica Franco
B) Elisabetta Gonzaga
C) Madalena Casulana
D) Isabella d'Este
Q4) Discuss the idea of l'uomo universal from Castiglione's The Courtier.
Q5) Explain how the growing desire in the Renaissance to reflect nature as accurately as possible became a major motivation for the development of perspective to painting and drawing.
Q6) Discuss the Classical elements interpreted in Renaissance architecture.
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Chapter 8: Renaissance and Reformation in the North
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Q1) For which of the following was the Isenheim Altarpiece commissioned?
A) a city's cathedral
B) an abbey's hospital
C) a city's council hall
D) a bishop's office
Q2) What oil-painting technique did Jan van Eyck use in Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife
Giovanna Cenami that is particular to Northern Renaissance painting?
A) a smooth surface that does not show brushstrokes
B) subject matter that was relevant to the commercial interest of the region
C) the inclusion of the wealth of the couple
D) the presence of symbolic images connected to the current state of the Church
Q3) Which of the following theaters was most closely associated with Lord Chamberlain's players and with William Shakespeare?
A) the Rose
B) the Swan
C) the Globe
D) the Garden
Q4) What is innovative about Shakespeare's Hamlet?
Q5) Discuss Johannes Gutenberg's role in the Reformation.
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Chapter 9: Encounter and Confrontation
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Q1) Which of the following refers to a Japanese form of poetry consisting of thirty-one syllables in five lines on a theme drawn from nature and the changing of seasons?
A) waka
B) hiragana
C) zuihitsu
D) haiku
Q2) Discuss the purpose and prominent features of the Taj Mahal.
Q3) Why were explorers fascinated by artifacts from the New World?
A) The Europeans wanted to "Christianize" indigenous cultures and artifacts would help them communicate with those cultures.
B) Treasure hunters were encouraged by stories they heard of a mythical city of gold called El Dorado.
C) Archeology was a new field, and those studying it were interested in excavating El Dorado, which was rumored to be like the hanging gardens of Babylon.
D) The artifacts were clues to advanced medicinal practices, promising cures for fatal illnesses.
Q4) Discuss the role of landscape in Song painting.
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Chapter 10: The Counter-Reformation and the Baroque
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Q1) What event caused Versailles to become the unofficial capital of France?
A) King Louis XIV permanently moved his court and government offices there.
B) His residence in Paris was in danger of siege from riotous crowds.
C) Louis's health required a bucolic setting.
D) Louis wished to establish his power and authority as king outside of Paris.
Q2) In Caravaggio's The Calling of Saint Matthew,what technique adds to the drama of the scene?
A) tenebrism
B) atmospheric perspective
C) chiaroscuro
D) foreshortening
Q3) Which work was investigated by the Roman Inquisition on grounds of possible heresy?
A) The Rape of Europa
B) Jupiter and Io
C) Last Judgment
D) Last Supper
Q4) Discuss the consequences of England's Glorious Revolution.
Q5) Discuss the presence of tenebrism in Caravaggio's art.
Q6) Contrast Bernini's David to Michelangelo's David.
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Chapter 11: Enlightenment and Rococo
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Q1) Which of the following artists served as an official portraitist for Marie-Antoinette?
A) Jean-Honoré Fragonard
B) Jean-Antoine Watteau
C) Marie-Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun
D) Jacques-Louis David
Q2) Which member of the Lunar Society is considered the inventor of gas lighting?
A) James Watt
B) Benjamin Franklin
C) William Murdock
D) Josiah Wedgwood
Q3) Which of the following artists suggested the subject matter for The Swing?
A) Marie-Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun
B) Jean-Antoine Watteau
C) Gabriel-François Doyen
D) François Boucher
Q4) Summarize the position presented by Thomas Hobbes in Leviathan.
Q5) Explain how the Great Fire of London can be viewed as both a curse and a blessing.
Q6) Discuss the characteristics of a typical English garden.
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Chapter 12: The Age of Revolution
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Q1) How was David's The Oath of the Horatii relevant to his day?
A) The story is a parable of loyal devotion to the state.
B) The subject only demonstrates the strength of the male figures.
C) The central figures are wealthy young men, pledging allegiance to the Protestant uprising.
D) The work is rebellious political progaganda, paid for secretly by a few nobles.
Q2) The Stamp Act of 1765 imposed tax on many common items,including calendars,playing cards,and A) newspapers.
B) wagon wheels.
C) excess grain per growing season.
D) textiles, especially linen.
Q3) Who is the silversmith that engraved The Bloody Massacre?
A) Thomas Paine
B) George Mason
C) Crispus Attucks
D) Paul Revere
Q4) Discuss the significance and meaning of The Oath of the Horatii by Jacques-Louis David.
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Chapter 13: The Working Class and the Bourgeoisie
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Q1) Remember that Édouard Manet considered himself a flâneur.Knowing that about him,what do you think were his intentions in presenting Le Déjuner sur l'herbe to the jury for the Salon of 1863?
Q2) Discuss several ways in which Henry David Thoreau proved himself a nonconformist.
Q3) Who is the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
A) Harriet Beecher Stowe
B) Frederick Douglass
C) Sojourner Truth
D) Mark Twain
Q4) The structure of Renoir's Luncheon of the Boating Party is intended to
A) showcase Renoir's skill in color-field technique.
B) serve as a forerunner to the subsequent work of Paul Cézanne.
C) establish visual relationships that match conversational relationships within the painting.
D) capture the "human" element of the middle class.
Q5) Discuss European involvement in Egypt.
Q6) Discuss the Jockey Club's powerful influence over French opera.
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Chapter 14: The Modernist World
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Q1) Discuss the roles of the id,the ego,and the superego in the human psyche,according to Sigmund Freud.
Q2) Lev Kuleshov,a founder of the Film School in Moscow,is given credit for developing a theory of
A) montage.
B) collage.
C) foreshortening.
D) time-lapse process.
Q3) Who directed the Ballet Russes during the premiere of the ballet The Rite of Spring?
A) Wassily Kandinsky
B) Vaslav Nijinsky
C) Sergei Diaghilev
D) Igor Stravinsky
Q4) Which of Der Blaue Reiter artists created The Large Blue Horses?
A) Auguste Macke
B) Gabriele Münter
C) Franz Marc
D) Wassily Kandinsky
Q5) Summarize the significant elements of Alain Leroy Locke's The New Negro.
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Chapter 15: Decades of Change
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Q1) What of the following phrases describes Waiting for Godot and characterizes it as Theater of the Absurd?
A) the promise of action and the realization of no action
B) the promise and articulation of life's theoretical meaning
C) a diatribe of political aggrandizement
D) a promise of social consciousness for equality
Q2) What might have been the original appeal of the Theater of the Absurd as presented in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot?
Q3) Which of the following literary pieces includes a scene in which "a valet greets Monsieur Garcin as he enters the room that will be his eternal hell"?
A) Being and Nothingness
B) No Exit
C) The Second Sex
D) The Stranger
Q4) Which phrase was the basic premise of John-Paul Sartre's existentialism?
A) The real is the rational and the rational is the real.
B) If there is no God, then everything is permitted.
C) Existence precedes essence.
D) In the beginning was the deed.
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