Humanities Final Exams

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Humanities Final EXAMSThe Humanities could be defined as the study of what?B. the cultural as distinguished from the scientific branches of learning.C. the creative process of tradition as it occuredin the past and continues in thepresent.Which of the following is NOT typically referred to when discussing Pictorial Art(Painting, drawing, etc.)?B. Relief"Full-round" is a term used to describe an aspect of what art form?C.SculptureThe "Old Stone Age" was also known as?D. The Paleolithic periodThe first great cities of the ancient world arose in what region-also known as the"Cradle of Civilization"?A. MesopotamiaThe belief in many gods or deities iscalled?C. PolytheismThe term megalith is properly applied to what work of the ancient world?B. StonehengeIn an ancient mythic story a universal image of a hero, villain, monster, or deityis called what?C. An archetypeStonehenge is anexample of what type of ancient construction?B. Post and LintelAncient Egyptian civilization endured for how many years?C. 3,000The Egyptian Pyramids were built for what purpose?B. Elaborate tombs for their leaders to live on in afterdeath.At the end of the Mycenaean civilization Greece entered a 250 year Dark Age inwhich what happened?D. All writing, artistic crafts, and other cultural skills and knowledge were lost.In which of these would the author or artist have employed the epic form?A. Homer's IliadHomer's poems-The Iliad and The Odyssey-were based on what events?

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D. The Trojan wars of the Mycenaean civilizationWhat is the style of poetry that expressed the speaker's inner thoughts andfeelings,often identified with Sappho?B. LyricA Doric Column can be recognized by what?A. A simple capital and lack of base.Throughout their civilization Greek sculpture became more what?C. Naturalisticwhich of these statements bestdescribes the Acropolis?A. The hilltop home of the Parthenon and other Greek temples in AthensHow could Tragedy in Greek Theatre be described?B. Drama involving mythic characters whose pride leads them into suffering anddeath.What historical event spread Greek culture and civilization throughout theknown world?D. Alexander the Great's conquests in Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Asia.What charismatic Roman general rose to prominence due to his militaryvictories in Gaul and named himselfdictator before his assassination?C. Julius CaesarA government of representatives chosen to act for the people at large is known asa?B. RepublicWhich of these works contained a sculptural narrative glorifying the victories of aRomanEmperor?D. Column of TrajanA vault consists of?C. Multiple arches joined together to form a tunnel like support structure.Pictures made from tiny bits of colored marble or ceramic cemented in a patternon a floor or wall are called?A.MosaicsThough it borrowed much of the art from the Greeks and other cultures, Romancivilization was markedly different from the Greek civilization in its?B. Interest in the practical and useful.According to tradition, who was the first patriarch or chieftain of the Israelitesand the founder of the Israelite nation?C. AbrahamMonotheism is defined as the belief in what?D. One all powerful and beneficent God.

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