DSST Humanities 2

Question 1

Which literary device involves giving human characteristics to non-human entities?

Accepted Answer

Personification

Answer

Personification attributes human qualities to animals, objects, or abstract concepts.

Question 2

The Baroque period in music is primarily associated with which centuries?

Accepted Answer

17th and 18th centuries

Answer

The Baroque era in music spanned roughly 1600–1750, covering the 17th and early 18th centuries.

Question 3

Which Renaissance artist painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling?

Accepted Answer

Michelangelo

Answer

Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling between 1508 and 1512.

Question 4

In Greek tragedy, the term 'catharsis' refers to:

Accepted Answer

The emotional purging experienced by the audience

Answer

Aristotle defined catharsis as the purification or purgation of emotions—especially pity and fear—in the audience.

Question 5

Which philosophical school held that virtue is the only true good and advocated living according to nature?

Accepted Answer

Stoicism

Answer

Stoicism, founded by Zeno of Citium, taught that virtue and reason are the highest goods and that one should live in harmony with nature.

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