WGU C100 Humanities Practice Exam
Questions And Correct Answers.
Consilience - Answer Consilience is the art and science of exploring the overlaps of what are often
considered quite different subjects, such as the science and Humanities, in search of commonalities and
places of agreement
True - Answer Themes consist of unifying ideas that are repeated or developed throughout a literary or
artistic work
Humanism - Answer The study of the creative and intellectual contributions of all human cultures. This
consideration and examination began in the early Renaissance with the study of Greek and Roman
civilizations
Humanism - Answer ethical system that centers on humans and their values and emphasizes reason
and the scientific method.
Myths - Answer Myths are traditional stories of a people or culture that serve to explain some natural
phenomenon, the origin of humanity, or customs or religious rites. Humans can pass on their visions,
values, and memories from generation to generation through myths
Beauty - Answer Those qualities that give pleasure to the senses. They might be found (for example) in
nature, a human face, a musical composition, a painting, or a poem. Aesthetic pleasure is that which
beauty inspires in humans.
Aesthetic experience - Answer Aesthetic experience is an experience of beauty that inspires a feeling of
pleasure, which is its own justification. We value the experience, whether in nature or the arts,
intrinsically—independently of other things. The stimulus for aesthetic experience may be visual (a full
moon, a painting, a dance movement, a person's face) or auditory (a song, the wind whistling through
the trees) or literary (a written narrative or verse).
Archetypes - Answer are age-old models by which we comprehend human experience. These original
models—for example, "the hero" or "descent into the underworld" or "scapegoat"—are transmitted
from generation to generation through mythology and become part of our subconscious
,They include mythic characters, events, symbols, and buried assumptions
Those original models that help us understand our experience are called - Answer Archetypes
Music - Answer an artistic form of auditory expression that incorporates instruments or human voices
in a structured and continuous manner.
Cinema - Answer an artistic medium that uses the motion picture as a vehicle for storytelling and other
creative expression.
The visual arts - Answer entail creation of primarily visual works, which can be two or three
dimensional. These include painting, illustration, photography, printmaking, and sculpture
Literature - Answer Literature is an art form of the written word. It refers to an individual literary work
or collectively to the creative writing of a people, nation, or culture. Major forms of literature include
poetry, novels, plays, and short stories.
Theater - Answer is a storytelling art. It often combines speech, music, gesture, dance, stagecraft, and
spectacle to perform a drama or musical before a live audience
Dance - Answer is an art form involving a sequence of rhythmic movements or steps usually performed
to music. Historically dance has often served ritualistic as well as
entertainment purposes
Architecture - Answer is the science and art of designing buildings and other structures and is
concerned with the aesthetic effect of structures in their surrounding environment
Philosophy - Answer is the systematic investigation of fundamental questions concerning such matters
as existence, reality, consciousness, knowledge, truth, and justice. The main branches of philosophy are
metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, aesthetics, logic, and the philosophy of the mind.
The definition of art changes from culture to culture. True or False? - Answer True. Different cultures
often have different aesthetic values and different definitions of art.
, Humans only started to produce art during the 3rd and 4th centuries. True or False? - Answer This is a
false statement. Humans have produced art since the dawn of man.
Art can serve more than one function. True or False? - Answer True. Art can serve multiple functions,
such as providing aesthetic pleasure, offering political and social commentary, assisting in physical and
emotional healing, creating historical artifacts from a specific time or place, and enabling commerce in
advertising products and services
The function of a single piece of art can change over time. True or False? - Answer True.The functions of
a single piece of art can change over time as society changes (or expands) its interpretation of the work.
At their best, the Humanities lead us to consider more than just our own personal histories. True or
False? - Answer True. The Humanities allows us to gain a greater understanding of the events and
struggles that preceded us and continually occur around us.
Modern music in America emerged as a new form, with only limited roots in older styles of music from
England. True or False? - Answer This statement is false. The roots of American gospel music originate in
Africa, and English ballads provide inspiration for American folk and country music.
Some struggles that people face are universal—they have concerned people at different points
throughout history. True or False? - Answer True. Many of our current struggles resemble those faced
by people and societies that have preceded us. Studies in the Humanities can provide for a better
appreciation of both our current concerns and the concerns and actions of those that came before us.
Cultural exchange is something that began in the 20th century. True or False? - Answer Correct. This is a
false statement. Cultural exchange has occurred since at least the beginning of recorded history and
continues to this day.
Humanism is solely a part of Western thinking. - Answer This is a false statement. A humanist tradition
also emerged in the nonwestern world, reflected in such Eastern religions as Confucianism and
Buddhism.
E.O Wilson's idea of "consilience - Answer "jumping together" of knowledge by the linking of facts and
fact-based theory across disciplines to create a common groundwork of explanation
