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WGU C100 EXAM OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT INTRODUCTION TO
HUMANITIES TEST A, B & STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE 300
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS LATEST
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WGU C100 EXAM A
QUESTION: 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
QUESTION: 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
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2 QUESTION: The ziggurat was invented by which of the following ancient civilizations?a Mesopotamian b Egyptian c Persian d Achaemenid Empire - ANSWER-a Mesopotamian
QUESTION: Which of the following architectural periods developed the use of flying buttresses?a Greek b Roman c Romanesque d Gothic - ANSWER-d Gothic
QUESTION: 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 2 / 4
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QUESTION: 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
QUESTION: 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 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. 3 / 4
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QUESTION: 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
QUESTION: 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
QUESTION: Which of the following describes a 14-line poem with a rhyming couplet at the end?a Lyric b Sonnet c Ode
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