BGS, BSGS Bachelor of General Studies BSGS Humanities 5

Question 1

The concept of 'cultural relativism' in the humanities and social sciences holds that:

Accepted Answer

Cultural practices and beliefs should be understood within their own cultural context

Answer

Cultural relativism, associated with Franz Boas and Margaret Mead, argues that a culture's beliefs and practices must be understood on their own terms.

Question 2

In classical rhetoric, the term 'pathos' refers to an appeal to:

Accepted Answer

The audience's emotions and values

Answer

Pathos is one of Aristotle's three modes of persuasion, specifically the appeal to the audience's feelings, values, and imagination.

Question 3

Which movement in 20th-century art rejected traditional aesthetics and embraced randomness, irrationality, and the absurd as a protest against the rationalism blamed for World War I?

Accepted Answer

Dadaism

Answer

Dada, originating in Zurich around 1916, used nonsense, collage, and anti-art to protest the civilization that had produced the war.

Question 4

The concept of 'intertextuality,' introduced by Julia Kristeva, suggests that:

Accepted Answer

Every text is shaped by and responds to other texts, creating a web of references

Answer

Kristeva, drawing on Bakhtin, argued that no text exists independently but is always a mosaic of quotations and transformations of other texts.

Question 5

In ethics, 'utilitarianism' as articulated by Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill holds that the morally correct action is the one that:

Accepted Answer

Produces the greatest happiness for the greatest number

Answer

Utilitarianism is a consequentialist theory that evaluates actions solely by their outcomes, maximizing overall well-being or utility.

BGS, BSGS Bachelor of General Studies Practice Test

BGS, BSGS Bachelor of General Studies Practice Test

BGS, BSGS Bachelor of General Studies BSGS Humanities 5