FREE BSGS Humanities Question and Answer

Question 1

Which of the following plays commissioned by the church moved to secular stories for entertainment when plays transitioned from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance?

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Morality

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Formalism

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Mystery

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Deconstruction

Question 2

While deconstruction focuses on _____, formalism explores the role of the socially excluded individual.

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Texts with inherent contradictions.

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Looking only at the upper-class.

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The creator.

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On the Romantic thought.

Question 3

What did the motte serve to accomplish?

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It gave defenders advantage over invaders.

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It was destined to storage.

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It provided shelter to the soldiers.

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It provided easy entrance to attackers.

Question 4

The Book of Durrow and the Franks Casket both represent a certain creative era.

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Early Medieval art

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Late Medieval art

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Renaissance art

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Gothic art

Question 5

What were the consequences of the bubonic plague and the emergence of the market economy in Europe at the start of the 14th century?

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The decline of the Church

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A shift power from the Protestant to the Catholic Church

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The rise of feudalism

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A revival of the Church

Question 6

Which of the following best illustrates the Renaissance's trend toward Humanism in art?

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Jesus depicted with no heavenly qualities

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Ethereal backgrounds

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God depicted as larger than human

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Mary depicted with a large, elaborate halo

Question 7

According to Ralph Waldo Emerson, ___ people are required in the social arenas of religion, the arts, culture, and society.

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Self-reliant

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Obedient

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Rebellious

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Creative

Question 8

Who else besides William Faulkner uses the stream-of-consciousness writing style?

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James Joyce

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Ernest Hemingway

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Walt Whitman

Question 9

The accomplishments of Augustus are as follows.

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All of the above

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Restoration of belief in Rome's destiny

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Restoration of peace

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Encouragement of the arts literature and buildings of public works

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Does not apply to Augustus

Question 10

The _________ was painted by Ambrogio Lorenzetti.

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The Effects of Good Government