WGU C100 exam with complete solutions
2024/2025
What is an aesthetic experience? - ANSWER- A feeling of pleasure that justifies
itself
Which topic is studied by the humanities? - ANSWER- The cultures and beliefs
that make up the experience of being human
Which branch of philosophy deals with the nature and scope of knowledge? -
ANSWER- Epistemology
What is a clear example of the creation of aesthetic beauty in a humanities
discipline? - ANSWER- An artist feels inspired by nature and paints a picture of
the mountain landscape.
Passionate love favored by Greek poets - ANSWER- Eros
Non-sexual love emphasized by ancient Greeks - ANSWER- Platonic
A romantic love emphasized in the medieval period - ANSWER- Courtly
How does technology impact the visual arts? - ANSWER- Technology allows us
to archive, reproduce, and share artwork in many ways.
Which classical theme critiqued the belief that only the gods could create models
of morality? - ANSWER- Humanism
What are three techniques used by ancient Greek playwrights Sophocles and
Aristophanes? - ANSWER- Foreshadowing, discovery, and reversal of fortune
, Why is Sappho's classical poem "A Lament for Adonis" considered lyrical
poetry? - ANSWER- It expresses feelings of romantic love.
Read the following dialogue among female characters from Aristophanes's
classical play Lysistrata:
LYSISTRATA: Don't you feel sad and sorry because the fathers of your children
are far away from you with the army? For I'll wager there is not one of you
whose husband is not abroad at this moment.
CLEONICÉ: Mine has been the last five months in Thrace--looking after Eucrates.
MYRRHINÉ: It's seven long months since mine left me for Pylos.
LAMPITO: As for mine, if he ever does return from service, he's no sooner home
than he takes down his shield again and flies back to the wars.
LYSISTRATA: And not so much as the shadow of a lover! Since the day the
Milesians betrayed us, I have never once seen an eight-inch godemiche even, to
be a leathern consolation to us poor widows.... Now tell me, if I have discovered a
means of ending the war, will you all second me?
MYRRHINÉ: Yes verily, by all the goddesses, I swear I will - ANSWER- The women
decide to refuse to have sex with their husbands until the war is called off, which
challenges traditional ideas of
the role of wives in classical society.
Which two characteristics of classical epic poetry are shared by Homer's
Odyssey and Virgil's Aeneid? - ANSWER- They present the hero as a model of the
ideal man in Greek and Roman culture.
They explore the complex relationship between humans and the gods.
How did the development of democracy impact the classical period? - ANSWER-
The democratic republic emerged as an alternative to tyrannical forms of
government.
What is the significance of the kouros in terms of cultural exchange during the
classical period? - ANSWER- It is a Greek refinement of the Egyptian figural
sculpture.
2024/2025
What is an aesthetic experience? - ANSWER- A feeling of pleasure that justifies
itself
Which topic is studied by the humanities? - ANSWER- The cultures and beliefs
that make up the experience of being human
Which branch of philosophy deals with the nature and scope of knowledge? -
ANSWER- Epistemology
What is a clear example of the creation of aesthetic beauty in a humanities
discipline? - ANSWER- An artist feels inspired by nature and paints a picture of
the mountain landscape.
Passionate love favored by Greek poets - ANSWER- Eros
Non-sexual love emphasized by ancient Greeks - ANSWER- Platonic
A romantic love emphasized in the medieval period - ANSWER- Courtly
How does technology impact the visual arts? - ANSWER- Technology allows us
to archive, reproduce, and share artwork in many ways.
Which classical theme critiqued the belief that only the gods could create models
of morality? - ANSWER- Humanism
What are three techniques used by ancient Greek playwrights Sophocles and
Aristophanes? - ANSWER- Foreshadowing, discovery, and reversal of fortune
, Why is Sappho's classical poem "A Lament for Adonis" considered lyrical
poetry? - ANSWER- It expresses feelings of romantic love.
Read the following dialogue among female characters from Aristophanes's
classical play Lysistrata:
LYSISTRATA: Don't you feel sad and sorry because the fathers of your children
are far away from you with the army? For I'll wager there is not one of you
whose husband is not abroad at this moment.
CLEONICÉ: Mine has been the last five months in Thrace--looking after Eucrates.
MYRRHINÉ: It's seven long months since mine left me for Pylos.
LAMPITO: As for mine, if he ever does return from service, he's no sooner home
than he takes down his shield again and flies back to the wars.
LYSISTRATA: And not so much as the shadow of a lover! Since the day the
Milesians betrayed us, I have never once seen an eight-inch godemiche even, to
be a leathern consolation to us poor widows.... Now tell me, if I have discovered a
means of ending the war, will you all second me?
MYRRHINÉ: Yes verily, by all the goddesses, I swear I will - ANSWER- The women
decide to refuse to have sex with their husbands until the war is called off, which
challenges traditional ideas of
the role of wives in classical society.
Which two characteristics of classical epic poetry are shared by Homer's
Odyssey and Virgil's Aeneid? - ANSWER- They present the hero as a model of the
ideal man in Greek and Roman culture.
They explore the complex relationship between humans and the gods.
How did the development of democracy impact the classical period? - ANSWER-
The democratic republic emerged as an alternative to tyrannical forms of
government.
What is the significance of the kouros in terms of cultural exchange during the
classical period? - ANSWER- It is a Greek refinement of the Egyptian figural
sculpture.
