Question 1

Describe chivalry.

Accepted Answer

The French word cheval, meanin

Question 2

The envy the speaker expresses of the lovers in John Keats's "Ode on a Grecian Urn" is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  the pursuit of lust. 
B)  unconditional love. 
C)  the fleeting nature of mortal love. 
D)  platonic love of beauty above all else. 
A)  the pursuit of lust. 
B)  unconditional love. 
C)  the fleeting nature of mortal love. 
D)  platonic love of beauty above all else.

Question 3

Dante's inspiration behind and guiding force within the hundred cantos of the Divine Comedy is

Accepted Answer

A)  Beatrice 
B)  Eleanor. 
C)  Isolde. 
D)  Francesca. 
A)  Beatrice 
B)  Eleanor. 
C)  Isolde. 
D)  Francesca.

Question 4

The Victorian idea that insists on holding women to a different moral code than men is known as

Accepted Answer

A)  the double standard. 
B)  courtly love. 
C)  conspicuous consumption. 
D)  feminism. 
A)  the double standard. 
B)  courtly love. 
C)  conspicuous consumption. 
D)  feminism.

Question 5

What is agape?

Accepted Answer

Agape is the Greek word for a

Question 6

Saying a person is like Sancho Panza means he or she is

Accepted Answer

A)  suffering from unrequited love. 
B)  committed to outdated ideals. 
C)  recklessly seducing multiple women. 
D)  deeply loyal and protective of friends. 
A)  suffering from unrequited love. 
B)  committed to outdated ideals. 
C)  recklessly seducing multiple women. 
D)  deeply loyal and protective of friends.

Question 7

The work that glorifies a serial seducer and adulterer is

Accepted Answer

A)  One Thousand and One Nights. 
B)  Don Quixote. 
C)  The Courtier. 
D)  Don Giovanni. 
A)  One Thousand and One Nights. 
B)  Don Quixote. 
C)  The Courtier. 
D)  Don Giovanni.

Question 8

The genre of literature in which lovers undertake perilous adventures for the love of a woman is called

Accepted Answer

A)  the romance. 
B)  the romance novel. 
C)  romantic comedy. 
D)  a utopia. 
A)  the romance. 
B)  the romance novel. 
C)  romantic comedy. 
D)  a utopia.

Question 9

Conspicuous consumption has its origins in

Accepted Answer

A)  Shakespearean romantic comedy. 
B)  Victorian ideas of love. 
C)  eighteenth-century theater. 
D)  medieval love poetry. 
A)  Shakespearean romantic comedy. 
B)  Victorian ideas of love. 
C)  eighteenth-century theater. 
D)  medieval love poetry.

Question 10

Nathanial Hawthorne's story "The Birthmark," in which a husband's attempt to perfect his wife's beauty results in her death, is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  an argument for agape. 
B)  a critique of romantic comedy. 
C)  the limits of platonic love. 
D)  the wages of lust. 
A)  an argument for agape. 
B)  a critique of romantic comedy. 
C)  the limits of platonic love. 
D)  the wages of lust.

Describe chivalry.

The envy the speaker expresses of the lovers in John Keats's "Ode on a Grecian Urn" is an example of

Dante's inspiration behind and guiding force within the hundred cantos of the Divine Comedy is

The Victorian idea that insists on holding women to a different moral code than men is known as

What is agape?

Saying a person is like Sancho Panza means he or she is

The work that glorifies a serial seducer and adulterer is

The genre of literature in which lovers undertake perilous adventures for the love of a woman is called

Conspicuous consumption has its origins in

Nathanial Hawthorne's story "The Birthmark," in which a husband's attempt to perfect his wife's beauty results in her death, is an example of

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Describe chivalry.

The envy the speaker expresses of the lovers in John Keats's "Ode on a Grecian Urn" is an example of

Dante's inspiration behind and guiding force within the hundred cantos of the Divine Comedy is

The Victorian idea that insists on holding women to a different moral code than men is known as

What is agape?

Saying a person is like Sancho Panza means he or she is

The work that glorifies a serial seducer and adulterer is

The genre of literature in which lovers undertake perilous adventures for the love of a woman is called

Conspicuous consumption has its origins in

Nathanial Hawthorne's story "The Birthmark," in which a husband's attempt to perfect his wife's beauty results in her death, is an example of

The Humanities: a Shining Beacon

The Humanities and Critical Thinking

Myth and the Origin of the Humanities

Literature

Art

Music

Theater

The Musical Stage: Opera, Musical Theater, Dance

Film and Television

Religion

Morality

Happiness

Life-Affirmation

Nature

Freedom

Filters