FREE Master of Humanities Questions and Answers

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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Deconstruction

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Formalism

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Mystery

Question 2

Formalism studies how the socially excluded person plays a role, while deconstruction concentrates on

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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 easy entrance to attackers.

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It provided shelter to the soldiers.

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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Gothic art

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Late Medieval art

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Renaissance 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 in power from the Protestant to the Catholic church

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A revival of the Church

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The rise of feudalism

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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God depicted as larger than human

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Ethereal backgrounds

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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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Rebellious

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Obedient

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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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Walt Whitman

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Ernest Hemingway

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Question 9

The Baroque composer Handel, who is well known for writing the song "Messiah," used which of the following to help him develop a new form of Oratio?

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Chorus

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Bass

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Piano

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Trebble

Question 10

Which of the following sounds is an example of a musical piece called Goldberg Variations?

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Baroque

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Classical

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Medieval

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Modern