HUM 1020 Exam 1-3 Questions And Answers
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ANS✔✔
EXAM 1 ANS✔✔ Begins Here
Humans first begin to make images by drawing on cave walls and creating
small sculptures: ANS✔✔ The Paleolithic Period
Approximately when was the "creative explosion"? ANS✔✔ 35,000 years
ago
The earliest cave paintings are mostly what subject matter? ANS✔✔ animals
Human hands are a common subject matter for the earliest cave paintings.
ANS✔✔ True
Human faces are a common subject matter for the earliest cave paintings.
ANS✔✔ False
Which discovery, made in 1879 by amateur archeologist Marcelino Sanz de
Santuola and his daughter Maria, had an influence on artists living at that
time, such as Picasso? ANS✔✔ paintings in a cave in Altamira, Spain
, Solution 2024/2025
Pepper
The cave paintings found in Chauvet Cave in France are thought to be
about: ANS✔✔ 30,000 years old
Pigments used to create cave paintings include charcoal and
__________________. ANS✔✔ red and yellow ochre
This image shows a few examples of small statues from the Paleolithic Era
found throughout Europe and Asia. These statues are commonly referred to
as: ANS✔✔ Venus Figurines
Archeologists estimate that this statue is about how old? ANS✔✔ 25,000
years old
This statue was found in present day: ANS✔✔ Austria
The beginnings of farming took place about how many years ago ANS✔✔
10,000 years ago
The word ____________________ literally means "the land between two rivers."
ANS✔✔ Mesopotamia
The Mesopotamian civilization flourished in what is now known as: ANS✔✔
Iraq
What are the two rivers that nurtured the Mesopotamian civilization?
(SELECT TWO ANSWERS) ANS✔✔ Euphrates and Tigris
, Solution 2024/2025
Pepper
What was the first urban civilization in Mesopotamia? ANS✔✔ Sumer
The invention of symbols in Mesopotamia (which eventually developed into
a system of writing called cuneiform) was first used to keep record of what?
ANS✔✔ harvests
The Epic of Gilgamesh is thought to be the oldest known example of
_______________. ANS✔✔ literature
Scholars generally agree that Gilgamesh was a real historical figure ANS✔✔
True
What is the name of Gilgamesh's good friend? ANS✔✔ Enkidu
After the death of his friend, Gilgamesh goes on a quest for: ANS✔✔
immortality
The word "theatre" comes from which culture? ANS✔✔ Ancient Greece
Theatre evolved from rituals honoring which Greek god/goddess: ANS✔✔
Dionysus
Masks were commonly worn by theatre actors in Ancient Greece. ANS✔✔
True
, Solution 2024/2025
Pepper
In Ancient Greek theatre, this group of actors expressed the thoughts and
feelings that the audience was likely to have as they were watching the
production. ANS✔✔ chorus
What are the three genres of Greek theatre? (CHOOSE THREE) ANS✔✔ satyr
, comedy, and tragedy
A devise used by playwrights in Ancient Greek theatre in which a god
swoops in at the end of a story to solve a problem that would otherwise be
unsolvable ANS✔✔ deus ex machina
The element of theatrical production that is the final resolution is called:
ANS✔✔ denouement
In Greek Classical theatre, what is the term for the character defect that
causes classical heros to contribute to their own downfall? ANS✔✔ tragic
flaw
Oedipus the King was written by which Ancient Greek playwright? ANS✔✔
Sophocles
Oedipus the King is which genre? ANS✔✔ tragedy
In Oedipus the King, how are the characters Oedipus and Jocasta related?
(CHOOSE TWO) ANS✔✔ son/mother and husband/wife
Aristotle wrote that tragic theatre helps to purge or cleanse bad emotions.
Another word for this experience is: ANS✔✔ catharsis
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