Question 1

Atmospheres is the work of which of the following composers?

Accepted Answer

A) John Corigliano 
B) Tan Dun 
C) John Cage 
D) Gyorgy Ligeti 
A) John Corigliano 
B) Tan Dun 
C) John Cage 
D) Gyorgy Ligeti

Question 2

The shift in Soviet-American relations that eased international tensions starting around 1970 is known as

Accepted Answer

A) laissez-faire. 
B) bilateral agreements. 
C) détente. 
D) glasnost. 
A) laissez-faire. 
B) bilateral agreements. 
C) détente. 
D) glasnost.

Question 3

Define poststructuralism and deconstruction.Identify the major figures associated with each school of thought and explain their individual contributions.

Accepted Answer

Poststructuralism is a philosophical and

Question 4

Whose investigations examine the concept of the "paradigm shift"?

Accepted Answer

A) Thomas Kuhn 
B) Roland Barthes 
C) Jacques Derrida 
D) Milan Kundera 
A) Thomas Kuhn 
B) Roland Barthes 
C) Jacques Derrida 
D) Milan Kundera

Question 5

Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty is an example of

Accepted Answer

A) video art. 
B) environmental art. 
C) installation art. 
D) conceptual art. 
A) video art. 
B) environmental art. 
C) installation art. 
D) conceptual art.

Question 6

White Teeth is the debut novel of which of the following authors?

Accepted Answer

A) Orhan Pamuk 
B) Derek Walcott 
C) Toni Morrison 
D) Zadie Smith 
A) Orhan Pamuk 
B) Derek Walcott 
C) Toni Morrison 
D) Zadie Smith

Question 7

Use the works of Philip Glass and John Adams to describe postmodern music.

Accepted Answer

Postmodern music, as exemplified by the

Question 8

Which devotee of late modern abstraction is considered to be one of the leading post-WWII African American painters?

Accepted Answer

A) Frank Stella 
B) Samuel Gilliam 
C) Dan Flavin 
D) Susan Rothenberg 
A) Frank Stella 
B) Samuel Gilliam 
C) Dan Flavin 
D) Susan Rothenberg

Question 9

Which of the following nations signed peace treaties with Israel during the late 1970s?

Accepted Answer

A) Iran 
B) Kuwait 
C) Egypt 
D) Iraq 
A) Iran 
B) Kuwait 
C) Egypt 
D) Iraq

Question 10

The writings of Maxine Hong Kingston

Accepted Answer

A) are concerned exclusively with her matriarchal heritage. 
B) argue that Western culture is superior to Eastern culture. 
C) point out the evils of racism and exploitation in America. 
D) romanticize life both in China and the United States. 
A) are concerned exclusively with her matriarchal heritage. 
B) argue that Western culture is superior to Eastern culture. 
C) point out the evils of racism and exploitation in America. 
D) romanticize life both in China and the United States.

Question 11

Who wrote the opera Marco Polo (1995),which fuses elements of Tibetan,Chinese,and Japanese cultures?

Accepted Answer

A) John Adams 
B) Zhang Yimou 
C) Ang Lee 
D) Tan Dun 
A) John Adams 
B) Zhang Yimou 
C) Ang Lee 
D) Tan Dun

Question 12

What is the homeland of Pope John Paul II?

Accepted Answer

A) Hungary 
B) Bulgaria 
C) Poland 
D) Italy 
A) Hungary 
B) Bulgaria 
C) Poland 
D) Italy

Question 13

Which of the following means the exchange of one worldview for another?

Accepted Answer

A) deconstruction 
B) nihilism 
C) paradigm shift 
D) liberation theology 
A) deconstruction 
B) nihilism 
C) paradigm shift 
D) liberation theology

Atmospheres is the work of which of the following composers?

The shift in Soviet-American relations that eased international tensions starting around 1970 is known as

Define poststructuralism and deconstruction.Identify the major figures associated with each school of thought and explain their individual contributions.

Whose investigations examine the concept of the "paradigm shift"?

Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty is an example of

White Teeth is the debut novel of which of the following authors?

Use the works of Philip Glass and John Adams to describe postmodern music.

Which devotee of late modern abstraction is considered to be one of the leading post-WWII African American painters?

Which of the following nations signed peace treaties with Israel during the late 1970s?

The writings of Maxine Hong Kingston

Who wrote the opera Marco Polo (1995),which fuses elements of Tibetan,Chinese,and Japanese cultures?

What is the homeland of Pope John Paul II?

Which of the following means the exchange of one worldview for another?

Prehistory and the Rise of Civilization in the Near East and Egypt

The Aegean: the Minoans,the Mycenaeans,and the Greeks of the Archaic Age

Classical Greece: the Hellenic Age

The Hellenistic World

Classical Rome: From Republic to Empire

Judaism and the Rise of Christianity

Late Antiquity: the Transformation of the Roman Empire and the Triumph of Christianity

The Heirs to the Roman Empire: Byzantium and the West in the Early Middle Ages

The Rise of Islam 622-1520

The High Middle Ages 1000-1300

The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Recovery, 1300-1500

The Early Renaissance: Return to Classical Roots, 1400-1494

The High Renaissance and Early Mannerism, 1494-1564

Northern Humanism, northern Renaissance, religious Reformations, and Late Mannerism, 1500-1603

The Baroque Age I: Glamour and Grandiosity, 1600-1715

The Baroque Age Ii: Revolutions in Scientific and Political Thought, 1600-1715

The Age of Reason 1700-1789

Revolution,reaction,and Cultural Response 1760-1830

The Triumph of the Bourgeoisie 1830-1871

The Age of Early Modernism 1871-1914

The Age of the Masses and the Zenith of Modernism 1914-1945

The Age of Anxiety and Late Modernism 1945-1970

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Exam 23: The Contemporary World: Globalization, terrorism, and Postmodernism, 1970-2001

Atmospheres is the work of which of the following composers?

The shift in Soviet-American relations that eased international tensions starting around 1970 is known as

Define poststructuralism and deconstruction.Identify the major figures associated with each school of thought and explain their individual contributions.

Whose investigations examine the concept of the "paradigm shift"?

Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty is an example of

White Teeth is the debut novel of which of the following authors?

Use the works of Philip Glass and John Adams to describe postmodern music.

Which devotee of late modern abstraction is considered to be one of the leading post-WWII African American painters?

Which of the following nations signed peace treaties with Israel during the late 1970s?

The writings of Maxine Hong Kingston

Who wrote the opera Marco Polo (1995),which fuses elements of Tibetan,Chinese,and Japanese cultures?

What is the homeland of Pope John Paul II?

Which of the following means the exchange of one worldview for another?

Prehistory and the Rise of Civilization in the Near East and Egypt

The Aegean: the Minoans,the Mycenaeans,and the Greeks of the Archaic Age

Classical Greece: the Hellenic Age

The Hellenistic World

Classical Rome: From Republic to Empire

Judaism and the Rise of Christianity

Late Antiquity: the Transformation of the Roman Empire and the Triumph of Christianity

The Heirs to the Roman Empire: Byzantium and the West in the Early Middle Ages

The Rise of Islam 622-1520

The High Middle Ages 1000-1300

The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Recovery, 1300-1500

The Early Renaissance: Return to Classical Roots, 1400-1494

The High Renaissance and Early Mannerism, 1494-1564

Northern Humanism, northern Renaissance, religious Reformations, and Late Mannerism, 1500-1603

The Baroque Age I: Glamour and Grandiosity, 1600-1715

The Baroque Age Ii: Revolutions in Scientific and Political Thought, 1600-1715

The Age of Reason 1700-1789

Revolution,reaction,and Cultural Response 1760-1830

The Triumph of the Bourgeoisie 1830-1871

The Age of Early Modernism 1871-1914

The Age of the Masses and the Zenith of Modernism 1914-1945

The Age of Anxiety and Late Modernism 1945-1970

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