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Humanities Sectional Exam #3
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A #humanities review for a sectional exam covering #enlightenment to #thecontemporarysprit
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1
What does Descartes' proposition, "I think, therefore I am," demonstrate?
his debt to the empirical method
a premise he could not doubt
his rejection of scientific inquiry
his respect for the theories of Francis Bacon
2
Why did both Protestants and Catholics oppose the heliocentric theory?
It was a form of paganSun God worship
it contradicted Scripture
It was introduced to Europe by Muslim astronomers
it had no empirical basis
3
Which statement best describes Kandinsky's
Improvisation 28
?
used atonal harmonies to create an atmosphere of dissonance
painted on geometric grid that dissolves object into shapes
swirling lines & color have no reference to figure or story
used multiple rhythms to create jarring dislocations
4
Matthew Brady and Eadweard Muybridge are associated with what genre?
literary Realism
photography
lthography
impressionism
5
Who was the pioneer figure in American Pop art?
Frank Gehry
Andy Warhol
Robert Rauschenberg
Roberth Smithson
6
What aspect of romanticism is best expressed in Albert Bierstadt's
Among the Sierra Nevada?
search of exotic pleasure and sensual delight
fascination with the unspoiled beauty of nature
the protest against tyranny and inhumanity
a nostalgic attraction to the medieval past
7
What was the predominate theme of Rococo paintings?
dignity of the common peasant
pursuit of pleasure
omnipresence of death and suffering
nobility of patriotic self-sacrifice
8
Which of these works was a pioneering work of music
minimalism
?
Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot
Piere Boulez, Structures I
Philips Glass, Einstein on the Beach
August Wilson, Fences
9
How did Beethoven substantially alter the Classical symphony form of Haydn and Mozart?
selectively reduced the number of instruments in orchestra
used the motif to expand and unify the symphony structure
emphasized the classical simplicity of his mentor's style
eliminated the symphony's fourth movement
10
Samuel Beckett's
Waiting for Godot
belongs to what dramatic genre?
aleatory drama
theater of the absurd
theater of the cruel
hip hop
11
Which work is best classified as
surrealist
?
Wright's "Fallingwater"
Picasso's Three Musicians
Charles Ives' Three Pieces in New England
Dali's The Persistence of Memory
12
Which playwright brought literary Realism to the theatrical stage?
Mark Twain
Leo Tolstoy
Gustave Flaubert
Henrik Ibsen
13
What was the most important new medium in mid-19th-century architecture?
brick & mortar
cast iron & glass
cement
wood & bronze
14
The two artists who invented the analytic and synthetic methods of cubist painting:
Marcel Duchamp & Henri Matisse
Georges Braque & Pablo Picasso
Salvador Dali & Joan Miro
Paul Klee and Walter Gropius
15
Picasso's landmark work
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
was a precursor to what style?
Futurism
Fauvism
Cubism
Impressionism
16
Goethe's hero, Faust, is symbolic of what Western ideal?
veneration of class
urge to transcend limitations
desire to conform to societal norms
emphasis on knowlegde over experience
17
In Romanticism, what was the "sublime?"
awe-inspiring nature
the Hegelian dialectic
the promises of industrialization
secret messages encoded in the works of ancient scholars
18
Who is best categorized as an "abstract expressionist" painter of the New York school?
Andy Warhol
Judy Chicago
Jackson Pollock
Robert Smithson
19
What was the most distinctive feature of Imagist poetry?
revival of fixed meter and rhyme
lyricism
attention to realistic detail
pared down, abstract style
20
Which composer wrote aleatory pieces such as
4'33"
?
Benjamin Britten
Merce Cunningham
John Corigliano
John Cage
21
Which artist anticipated 20th-century abstract art in his later works by focusing on form rather than subject?
Edouard Manet
Paul Gauguin
Paul Cézanne
Vincent Van Gogh
22
Who were often the organizers of the French Salon, the center of intellectual debate?
priests
government officials
artisans
noblewomen
23
Which author offered realistic (and sentimental) depictions of 19th-century society in works like
David Copperfield
?
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Mark Twain
Charles Dickens
Gustave Flaubert
24
Which of these works is best described with the term
earth art
?
Calder's Spring Blossoms
Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty
Henry Moore's Recumbent Figure
David Smith's Cubi XVIII
25
What was one of the main characteristics of Whitman's landmark poetry?
It is written in free verse
It celebrates the traditional monarchy
It is both modest and self-effacing
It promotes celibacy as a means to transcendence
26
He created romanticized portraits he called "fancy pictures" appealing to British wealthy class
Balthasar Neumann
Antoine Watteau
Thomas Gainsborough
William Hogarth
27
What characteristic separated the operas of Mozart from those of his predecessors?
use of symphony form
sentimentalism
sympathetic, flesh-and-blood characters
improvisation
28
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
, an early feminist manifesto, was written by:
Clara Schumann
Mary Shelley
Marie Guillemine Benoist
Mary Wollstonecraft
29
Fauvist artworks are most notable for their bold use of what element?
dreamlike images
distorted geometric shapes
abstract imagery
color
30
What was a principle of John Locke's?
religion is the bedrock of the social contract
security lay in conferring power upon a single ruler
legitimate goverment required the consent of the governed
revolution is never justified
31
Francois Boucher's
The Toilet of Venus
most clearly illustrates what idea or topic?
a loving reconciliation of husband and wife
the luxurious self-indulgence of the rococo style
tensions among the social classes of Europe
the legitimacy of royal power
32
The Marriage of Figaro
by Mozart is an example of what musical form?
symphony
motet
oratorio
opera
33
Artists of the Hudson River School, such as Thomas Cole, are noted as painters of what subject?
heroic actions
historical events
Native American
natural landscapes
34
Which painters best define the pure impressionist style (brilliant color & vibrant brushwork)?
Edouard Manet & Edgar Degas
Claude Monet & Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Paul Cezanne & George Seurat
Gustave Courbet & Honore Daumier
35
According to Marcel Duchamp and other Dada figures, what should be the role of artists?
destroyers of tradition
conscience of the nation
advocates for peace
eyes of the people
36
Which author satirized the philosophical optimism of Enlightenment figures in
Candide
and other writings?
Descartes
Jefferson
Voltaire
Diderot
37
What best describes the achievement of Jonathan Swift?
a leading composer of the Classical period
the author of an influential epistolary novel
the ingenious architectural adapter of neoclassical styles
a satirical commentator on human folly
38
What bests describes Richard Wagner's cycle of four operas titled
Ring of the Nibelung
?
experimented with the tonalities of exotic instruments
important in the development of late 19th-century ballet
adapted the love stories and gay tales of traditional opera
synthesized orchestral music & staging in a "total" artwork
39
London's Houses of Parliament are a landmark example of what Romantic style?
Neoclassicism
Neomedievalism (Gothic)
Ecclecticism
Indian Gothic
40
Why would the artistic public of the 1860s have likely rejected Manet's
Luncheon on the Grass
?
work depicted exotic tropical scenes in garish colors
work seemed to call for violent uprisings of urban workers
picture placed a bold nude woman in a contemporary setting
the work's sketchy brushstrokes seemed amateurish
