WGU C1OO Humanities QUIZZES 100% Correct

Which of the following describes iambic pentameter? a A 3-syllable foot occurring five times in a line. b A 2-syllable foot occurring four times in a line. c A 3-syllable foot occurring four times in a line. d A 2-syllable foot occurring five times in a line. - ANSWER-d A 2-syllable foot occurring five times in a line. Geoffrey Chaucer authored which of the following Medieval works? a Beowulf b The Canterbury Tales c The Song of Roland d Lancelot - ANSWER-b The Canterbury Tales Which of the following ancient texts both featured an account of the creation of man and woman and the story of a worldwide flood? a The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Book of the Dead b The Book of the Dead and the Torah c The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Torah d The Iliad and the Book of the Dead - ANSWER-c The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Torah Which of the following describes a 14-line poem with a rhyming couplet at the end? a Lyric b Sonnet c Ode d Elegy - ANSWER-b Sonnet A Woman singing against orchestral background is an example of a(n) __________________. Rondo Nocturne Fugue Aria - ANSWER-Aria Consider this stanza of poetry from Robert Burns ("A Red, Red Rose"): O, my luve's like a red, red rose That's newly sprung in June. O, my luve is like the melodie That's sweetly played in tune. Which of the following strategies has Burns used in the stanza? a Simile b Metaphor c Synecdoche d Metonymy - ANSWER-a Simile If a poet were concerned about syntax, the poet would pay attention to which of the following? a Extravagant language b Symbolic language c Word order d The sounds of consonants - ANSWER-c Word order Consider the following passage: O! beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-ey'd monster which doth mock The meat it feeds on. Who was it written by? a Sir Thomas More b Niccolò Machiavelli c William Shakespeare d Cervantes - ANSWER-c William Shakespeare Which of the following Renaissance thinkers explored the nature of political power and self-interest for rulers? a Dante b Machiavelli c Chaucer d Cervantes - ANSWER-b Machiavelli Which of the following plays by Shakespeare focuses on themes of jealousy and betrayal? a Macbeth b Othello c Love's Labor Lost d The Tempest - ANSWER-b Othello The ziggurat was invented by which of the following ancient civilizations? a Mesopotamian b Egyptian c Persian d Achaemenid Empire - ANSWER-a Mesopotamian Which of the following architectural periods developed the use of flying buttresses? a Greek b Roman c Romanesque d Gothic - ANSWER-d Gothic What is the hero's journey also called? a the cycle of life b the collective unconscious c the monomyth d the denouement - ANSWER-c the monomyth Which of the following ancient rulers established the first written legal codes? a Hammurabi b Tutankhamun c Cyrus the Great d Darius the Great - ANSWER-a Hammurabi The Tower of Babel is credited to which of the following ancient civilizations? a Mesopotamian b Egyptian c Persian d Achaemenid Empire - ANSWER-a Mesopotamian Which of the following is often considered the leading figure of the Renaissance? a Niccolò Machiavelli b Leonardo da Vinci c Sir Thomas More d Martin Luther - ANSWER-b Leonardo da Vinci Which of the following was the leading figure of the Protestant Reformation? a Martin Luther King, Jr. b Niccolò Machiavelli c Sir Thomas More d Martin Luther - ANSWER-d Martin Luther Who wrote Commentaries on the Gallic War? a Cicero b Horace c Tacitus d Julius Caesar - ANSWER-d Julius Caesar Who wrote the early Christian book City of God? a Augustine of Hippo b the Apostle Peter c the Apostle Paul d Constantine I - ANSWER-a Augustine of Hippo As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls to go, Whilst some of their sad friends do say The breath goes now, and some say, No: So let us melt, and make no noise, No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move; 'Twere profanation of our joys The preceding is most probably an excerpt from which of the following? a Romantic elegy from the 18th century b Modernist poem c Metaphysical poem from the 17th century d Transcendentalist poem from the 19th century - ANSWER-c Metaphysical poem from the 17th century In which of the following plays does the main character blind himself when he discovers the tragic fulfillment of a prophecy that he would kill his father and marry his mother? a Aristophanes's The Frogs b Euripides's Medea c Sophocles's Oedipus the King d Aeschylus's Oresteia - ANSWER-c Sophocles's Oedipus the King What poetic device is used in the following lines from Shakespeare's The Tempest? Hark, hark. Bow-wow! The watch-dogs bark. Bow-wow! Hark, hark, I hear The strain of strutting Chanticleer Cry, "cock-a-diddle-dow!" a. Allusion b. Onomatopoeia c. Apostrophe d. Synecdoche - ANSWER-b. Onomatopoeia Which of the following Medieval sagas includes a warrior hero who fights the monster Grendel? a Lancelot b Beowulf c Divine Comedy d Song of Roland - ANSWER-b Beowulf