HUM 2020 Final Review

Question 1

J. J. Rousseau formalized Locke's concept of the people revolting if the government didn't protect their rights in?

Accepted Answer

The Social Contract

Question 2

Which of the following is not a Victorian composer?

Accepted Answer

Don Henley

Question 3

Which of these is not a cinematic triumph?

Accepted Answer

Ishtar

Question 4

Indulgences and simony where whose biggest complaints against the Catholic Church?

Accepted Answer

Martin Luther

Question 5

The Gothic sub-genre that was created by Edgar Allen Poe & Mary Shelly were inspired by?

Accepted Answer

Horror & Evil

Question 6

Charles Dickens's novels: Bleak House and David Copperfield are both examples of this genre?

Accepted Answer

Realism

Question 7

The "cleaning-up" of the Catholic Church by the Council of Trent is commonly referred to as the?

Accepted Answer

Counter-Reformation

Question 8

Amadeus Wolfgang Mozart & Joseph Haydn respectively created?

Accepted Answer

Gallant style (motif) & 4 movement symphony

Question 9

Unitarianism, or what is best for the majority of society, was created by?

Accepted Answer

Jeremy Bentham

Question 10

Franz Kafka wrote Die Verwandlung (The Metamorphosis), which told the story of his transformation into a/an?

Accepted Answer

Bug

Question 11

El Greco gave birth to this style right after the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Baroque

Question 12

King Louis XIV had complete control over the French art world. What was he nicknamed?

Accepted Answer

The Sun King

Question 13

Which of these romanticists wrote Don Juan?

Accepted Answer

Lord Byron

Question 14

Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal and Gulliver's Travels are examples of?

Accepted Answer

Satire

Question 15

In Origin of Species, Charles Darwin wrote about his concept of?

Accepted Answer

Natural Selection

Question 16

Karl Marx created the most extreme form of socialism when he wrote?

Accepted Answer

The Communist Manifest

Question 17

Which of the following is not an existential work?

Accepted Answer

The Jungle

Question 18

Francisco Goya's Romantic period paintings were commonly associated with?

Accepted Answer

Protests

Question 19

The Realist painting movement was destroyed by the?

Accepted Answer

Camera

Question 20

Quantum mechanics is a type of?

Accepted Answer

Physics

Question 21

Salons during the Rococo Period were commonly discussions held by?

Accepted Answer

Intellectuals

Question 22

Pablo Picasso is most commonly associated with which art movement?

Accepted Answer

Cubism

Question 23

Which of the following artists was not an impressionist?

Accepted Answer

Michelangelo

Question 24

Jane Austin is credited with creating the modern?

Accepted Answer

Novel

Question 25

Nietzsche, Dostoevsky, and Chekhov during the Realist Age began to write using?

Accepted Answer

Psychological Terror

Question 26

World War I was the first war to involve?

Accepted Answer

Mechanized Warfare

Question 27

Don Quixote was written by?

Accepted Answer

Cervantes

Question 28

Frank Lloyd Wright, an American architect, excelled at these two styles of architecture?

Accepted Answer

Sculpting & Natural

Question 29

Rock & Roll was an off-shoot of this form of music?

Accepted Answer

Rythem & Blues

Question 30

Baroque's softer style is called?

Accepted Answer

Rococo

Question 31

The London "Bright Pavilion" was created in the Oriental style by?

Accepted Answer

John Nash

Question 32

After and during the Cold War, authors who sought out the meaning of life were called?

Accepted Answer

Beats

Question 33

Voltaire, the author of Candide, the creator of deism, is regarded as a master of?

Accepted Answer

Satire

Question 34

King Henry VIII of England created the Anglican Church so he could?

Accepted Answer

Grant himself a divorce.

Question 35

Which of the following was not a creation by Johann Sebastian Bach?

Accepted Answer

Melody

Question 36

The concept of a concerto (4 musical instruments) playing with a orchestra was created by?

Accepted Answer

Antonio Vivaldi

Question 37

Sir Isaac Newton is commonly regarded as the Father of?

Accepted Answer

Physics

Question 38

Which of the following composers was not regarded as a Romantic Period composer?

Accepted Answer

George Harrison

Question 39

Andy Warhol was known for what style of art?

Accepted Answer

Pop

Question 40

Thomas Cole and Albert Beirstad of the Hudson River School are best known for their paintings of?

Accepted Answer

Nature

Question 41

Jackson Pollock is best known for his "drip" paintings which are regarded as what type of art?

Accepted Answer

Abstract

Question 42

Louis Armstrong and jazz appeared during the?

Accepted Answer

Harlem Renaissance

Question 43

Which of the following creations would not have been exclusively iron & glass?

Accepted Answer

Guggenheim Museum

Question 44

William Shakespeare is regarded as the greatest writer of what age?

Accepted Answer

Elizabethan Age

Question 45

Which of the following has no connection to surrealism?

Accepted Answer

Bertolt Brecht

Question 46

During the Baroque period, this new form of entertainment emerged in both mythological and comedic forms?

Accepted Answer

Opera

Question 47

John Stuart Mill promoted social reform and equality for women during what age?

Accepted Answer

Victorian

Question 48

"I think therefore I am," was created by the Father of Rationalism?

Accepted Answer

Renee Descartes

Question 49

Utopia was written by?

Accepted Answer

Sir Thomas More

Question 50

Adam Smith wrote The Wealth of Nations, which explained the concepts of?

Accepted Answer

Supply and Demand

Question 51

Painters like Van Ecyk, Albrecht Durer, and Pieter Brugel used oils. What nationality were they?

Accepted Answer

Dutch

Question 52

Liberalism and Conservatism are commonly associated with these two men who are given credit for their creation.

Accepted Answer

Locke & Hobbes

Question 53

Marcel Duchamp championed the art form that "didn't make sense."

Accepted Answer

Dadaism

Question 54

Vincent VanGogh's most famous post-impressionist painting was called?

Accepted Answer

Starry Night

Question 55

The Reign of Terror, during the French Revolution, was led by?

Accepted Answer

Maxmillian Robespierre

Question 56

"L'art pour l'art" or "art for art's sake" was coined by?

Accepted Answer

Walter Pater

Question 57

What country was the inspiration for every other revolution after 1776?

Accepted Answer

USA

Question 58

In ballet, who allowed women to finally perform and formalized leg and foot positions still used today?

Accepted Answer

Charles-Louis Beauchamp

Question 59

Standing on tiptoe or being "on point" is a common position in?

Accepted Answer

Ballet

Question 60

Heliocentric means that this is the center of the solar system?

Accepted Answer

Sun

HUM 2020 Final Review

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HUM 2020 Final Review

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