Introduction to the Humanities Test Bank
Course Introduction
Introduction to the Humanities provides an interdisciplinary exploration of human culture, examining literature, philosophy, history, art, and music from a variety of global perspectives. Through critical analysis and discussion, students gain insight into how individuals and societies express values, address ethical dilemmas, and navigate identity across time and place. The course encourages appreciation for diverse artistic traditions and fosters skills in critical thinking, interpretation, and effective communication.
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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) The Saltcellar of Francis I and the Perseus reflect the Mannerist style of the artist
A) Giambologna
B) Pietro Francavilla
C) Bartolommeo Bandinelli
D) Benvenuto Cellini
E) none of the above
Answer: D
Q2) Sfumato, which means "smoky," is a technique developed by Tintoretto.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) "Lorenzo the Magnificent" was a member of the Medici family of Florence.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) 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) Pieter Bruegel was most concerned with __________.
A) the peasant class
B) landscapes
C) the ruling class
D) self-portraits
E) flowers
Answer: A
Q2) The __________ is a woodcut by Albrecht Dürer.
A) Adam and Eve
B) Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
C) A Young Hare
D) Self-Portrait
E) both A and B
Answer: B
Q3) Iconoclasm is the systematic celebration of religious icons.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: The Baroque Age
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Q1) __________ is the most celebrated painting of Diego Velázquez in part because of the intriguing fact that it crosses the genres of portrait and genre painting.
A) Boy Playing a Flute
B) John Wilkins DD
C) Jolly Toper
D) Portrait of Charles I at the Hunt
E) Las Meninas
Answer: E
Q2) Bernini's David is depicted __________.
A) in an unspecified moment before David's conflict with Goliath B) as a young boy
C) looking at Goliath after the giant's death
D) the split-second before David released the stone that kills Goliath
E) as an old man reflecting
Answer: D
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) Jane Austen's novels are classified as __________.
A) social comedies
B) satiric comedies
C) histories
D) revenge tragedies
E) mysteries
Q2) The Salon de la Princesse, Hôtel de Soubise, Paris is an example of architecture in the __________ style.
A) Romantic
B) Rococo
C) Neoclassical
D) Baroque
E) Renaissance
Q3) Trace the development of the novel during the eighteenth century.
Q4) The George Washington by Jean-Antoine Houdon stands in the contrapposto pose derived from antiquity.
A)True
B)False
Q5) How was the Neoclassical style used to promote the ideals of the French Revolution?
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Chapter 5: Romanticism and Realism
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Q1) Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels were two proponents of the factory system.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The British Houses of Parliament in London are a model of the __________ style.
A) Gothic Revival
B) Realistic
C) Neoclassical
D) Romantic
E) Renaissance
Q3) The novel __________ by Robert Louis Stevenson embodies the conflict between the classical mind and the new Romantic mind.
A) Walden
B) Moby Dick
C) Treasure Island
D) The Scarlet Letter
E) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Q4) Trace the role of photography in the development of Realism.
Q5) How are Ingres' Odalisque and Eakins' The Swimming Hole models of Romanticism and Realism in visual art respectively?
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Q6) How do Francisco Goya and Théodore Géricault compare as Romantic artists?
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Chapter 6: Impressionism
and Post-Impressionism
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Q1) What were the chief scientific and technological developments of the late nineteenth-century?
Q2) __________ washed his brush between strokes so that each color would be distinct, referring to his brushstrokes as "little planes."
A) Claude Monet
B) Paul Cézanne
C) Georges Seurat
D) Vincent van Gogh
E) none of the above
Q3) 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
Q4) Who were the two key figures in philosophy at the turn of the century and what are the principal theories each espoused?
Q5) List the three principal aims of Baron Haussmann's rebuilding of the city of Paris.
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Chapter 7: Chinese Civilization after the Thirteenth Century
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Q1) Calligraphy was not a prestigious form in Chinese art.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What is the significance of the subject matter of Wu Zhen's Bamboo ?
Q3) __________ was the most innovative development of the Qing dynasty.
A) Poetry
B) Prose fiction
C) Autobiography
D) Essay
E) Linked verse
Q4) Summarize the primary beliefs of the Chinese and explain how these values have shaped specific works of art, music, and literature.
Q5) What are the two styles of hsi-wen and what region of China is each associated with?
Q6) Music was important during the Cultural Revolution in "extolling the glories of China and providing ceremonial background to public events."
A)True
B)False
Q7) What purpose did Scholars' Rocks serve?
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Chapter 8: Japanese Civilization after the Fifteenth Century
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Q1) __________ is an icon that represents Japan, as seen in Katsushika's The Great Wave off Kanagawa .
A) Buddha
B) Garden of the Daisen-in monastery in Kyoto
C) Mount Fuji
D) Himeji
E) Kinkakuji
Q2) The Japanese anime film is taken as seriously as other films and is found in a variety of genres, including science fiction, adventure, and romances.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Kabuki theater emerged in the __________ century.
A) fourteenth
B) fifteenth
C) sixteenth
D) seventeenth
E) nineteenth
Q4) Describe the tenets and major aspects of the religion of Shinto.
Q5) What is a koan and what is its purpose?
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Chapter 9: Modern Africa and Latin America
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Q1) The Sengalese scholar Leopold Senghor founded the movement called negritude which stressed the cultural achievements and unity of all people of African descent.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Yoruba have images carved of ere ibeji or __________.
A) wandering minstrels
B) "the mothers"
C) the Oba
D) the gods
E) twins
Q3) The meeting held from 1884 to 1885, which resulted in the division of the African continent among Great Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, was called the __________.
A) Division of Powers Colloquium
B) African War Act
C) Conference of Berlin
D) Bismarck Session
E) Benin Expedition
Q4) What developments began the decline of slavery in the early 1800s?
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Chapter 10: Early Twentieth Century
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Q1) Brancusi's Bird in Space evokes __________.
A) the bird itself
B) space
C) time
D) a squawking parrot
E) the flight of the bird
Q2) Igor Stravinsky composed the ballet score to __________.
A) The Nutcracker
B) The Rite of Spring
C) Swan Lake
D) Sleeping Beauty
E) A, B, and D
Q3) The "Manifesto" was the founding document of __________.
A) Cubism
B) Futurism
C) Fauvism
D) Vienna Secession
E) German Expressionism
Q4) Discuss the influence of African and African-American culture in art, music, and literature during between 1914 and 1940.
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Chapter 11: Mid-Twentieth Century and Later
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Q1) What are the major principles of the Bauhaus?
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) Charlie Chaplin was a master filmmaker and actor of the silent era who was famous for his "little tramp" figure.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Le Corbusier is the nickname of the sculptor Alexander Calder.
A)True
B)False
Q5) All of the following are architects of the International Style except __________.
A) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
B) Le Corbusier
C) Walter Gropius
D) Frank Lloyd Wright
E) Louis Sullivan
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Chapter 12: Diversity in Contemporary Life
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Q1) Lisa Fifield has painted a large number of canvases devoted to the traditions and beliefs of __________ Americans.
A) Chinese
B) Latin
C) Native
D) African
E) European
Q2) What is "Semiotics"?
Q3) __________ is the focus of the Guerilla Girls.
A) The gender inequities in the art scene
B) The nudity of female art figures
C) The need for more minority representation in art gallery attendance
D) The need to make art galleries handicapped accessible
E) both A and C
Q4) Explore the participation of recognition of female artists in the past twenty years in the United States.
Q5) What are the four identities that Andreas Huyssen demarcated?
Q6) List as many aspects of Postmodernism as possible.
Q7) Name the three catalysts for change that occurred during the 1960s and 1970s.
Q8) What are the pros and cons of globalization?
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