Question 1

The illustration by Norman Rockwell was included in the chapter to show how much we learn from examining

Accepted Answer

A)  historical context. 
B)  the importance of the artist's home environment. 
C)  the variety of brushstrokes used by the artist. 
D)  how the work of other artists contributes to the making of any given work of art. 
E)  buried assumptions behind the subject matter. 
A)  historical context. 
B)  the importance of the artist's home environment. 
C)  the variety of brushstrokes used by the artist. 
D)  how the work of other artists contributes to the making of any given work of art. 
E)  buried assumptions behind the subject matter. A

Question 2

When you tell yourself a convenient and palatable version of an uncomfortable event, you are

Accepted Answer

A)  literalizing. 
B)  moralizing. 
C)  rationalizing. 
D)  analyzing. 
E)  assuming. 
A)  literalizing. 
B)  moralizing. 
C)  rationalizing. 
D)  analyzing. 
E)  assuming. C

Question 3

The analysis of the Wordsworth poem includes a discussion of

Accepted Answer

A)  the Vietnam War. 
B)  imagery. 
C)  literalists and figuratists. 
D)  ice skating. 
E)  the Popcorn Syndrome. 
A)  the Vietnam War. 
B)  imagery. 
C)  literalists and figuratists. 
D)  ice skating. 
E)  the Popcorn Syndrome. B

Question 4

The artist Norman Rockwell is famous for interpreting middle-class life.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Noel Coward was known for his wit, but Winston Churchill got the better of him.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

According to Nietzsche, which of the following represents a desirable response to viewing a stage production of The Oresteia?

Accepted Answer

A)  absorbing moral instruction 
B)  alienation of the emotions 
C)  an analytical involvement of scene by scene 
D)  teaching the play as an example of exciting theater 
E)  encouraging students to research the play carefully rather than just watching it and getting what they can from it. 
A)  absorbing moral instruction 
B)  alienation of the emotions 
C)  an analytical involvement of scene by scene 
D)  teaching the play as an example of exciting theater 
E)  encouraging students to research the play carefully rather than just watching it and getting what they can from it.

Question 7

Find the matching number from among the choices listed at bottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use.
-___ A noncritical thinker is often one of these.

Accepted Answer

A) literalist 
B) Popcorn Syndrome 
C) figuratist 
D) Noel Coward 
E) e. e. cummings
F)The Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit 
 of Music
G)Madame Butterfly
H)Miss Saigon
I)Winston Churchill
J)Giacomo Puccini
K)Dionysus
L)Apollo
M)Pauline Kael
N)Gone with the Wind
O)Yogi Berra 
A) literalist 
B) Popcorn Syndrome 
C) figuratist 
D) Noel Coward 
E) e. e. cummings
F)The Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit 
 of Music
G)Madame Butterfly
H)Miss Saigon
I)Winston Churchill
J)Giacomo Puccini
K)Dionysus
L)Apollo
M)Pauline Kael
N)Gone with the Wind
O)Yogi Berra

Question 8

Madame Butterfly and Miss Saigon have what in common?

Accepted Answer

A)  Both are set in the context of the Vietnam War. 
B)  Both were written by Giacomo Puccini. 
C)  Both are based on the character of Ophelia in Shakespeare's Hamlet. 
D)  Both heroines fall in love with and are betrayed by U.S. military men. 
E)  Both plots are romances with happy endings. 
A)  Both are set in the context of the Vietnam War. 
B)  Both were written by Giacomo Puccini. 
C)  Both are based on the character of Ophelia in Shakespeare's Hamlet. 
D)  Both heroines fall in love with and are betrayed by U.S. military men. 
E)  Both plots are romances with happy endings.

Question 9

The process of rationalizing consists of carefully analyzing the nature of a problem.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Find the matching number from among the choices listed at bottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use.
-___ Had a clever comeback to an insulting invitation.

Accepted Answer

A) literalist 
B) Popcorn Syndrome 
C) figuratist 
D) Noel Coward 
E) e. e. cummings
F)The Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit of Music
G)Madame Butterfly
H)Miss Saigon
I)Winston Churchill
J)Giacomo Puccini
K)Dionysus
L)Apollo
M)Pauline Kael
N)Gone with the Wind
O)Yogi Berra 
A) literalist 
B) Popcorn Syndrome 
C) figuratist 
D) Noel Coward 
E) e. e. cummings
F)The Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit of Music
G)Madame Butterfly
H)Miss Saigon
I)Winston Churchill
J)Giacomo Puccini
K)Dionysus
L)Apollo
M)Pauline Kael
N)Gone with the Wind
O)Yogi Berra

Question 11

The music drama Miss Saigon is based on The Sound of Music.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Poet William Wordsworth lived in New York in the SoHo district during the American Revolution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Figuratists often use colorful, fanciful, metaphoric language.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Find the matching number from among the choices listed at bottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use.
-___ Reports the details of what happened

Accepted Answer

A) literalist 
B) Popcorn Syndrome 
C) figuratist 
D) Noel Coward 
E) e. e. cummings
F)The Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit 
 of Music
G)Madame Butterfly
H)Miss Saigon
I)Winston Churchill
J)Giacomo Puccini
K)Dionysus
L)Apollo
M)Pauline Kael
N)Gone with the Wind
O)Yogi Berra 
A) literalist 
B) Popcorn Syndrome 
C) figuratist 
D) Noel Coward 
E) e. e. cummings
F)The Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit 
 of Music
G)Madame Butterfly
H)Miss Saigon
I)Winston Churchill
J)Giacomo Puccini
K)Dionysus
L)Apollo
M)Pauline Kael
N)Gone with the Wind
O)Yogi Berra

Question 15

The first step in a personal critical response is not to jump to hasty conclusions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Find the matching number from among the choices listed at bottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use.
-___ Friedrich Nietzsche

Accepted Answer

A) literalist 
B) Popcorn Syndrome 
C) figuratist 
D) Noel Coward 
E) e. e. cummings
F)The Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit 
 of Music
G)Madame Butterfly
H)Miss Saigon
I)Winston Churchill
J)Giacomo Puccini
K)Dionysus
L)Apollo
M)Pauline Kael
N)Gone with the Wind
O)Yogi Berra 
A) literalist 
B) Popcorn Syndrome 
C) figuratist 
D) Noel Coward 
E) e. e. cummings
F)The Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit 
 of Music
G)Madame Butterfly
H)Miss Saigon
I)Winston Churchill
J)Giacomo Puccini
K)Dionysus
L)Apollo
M)Pauline Kael
N)Gone with the Wind
O)Yogi Berra

Question 17

Find the matching number from among the choices listed at bottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use.
-___ Called the film The Sound of Music "a sugarcoated lie"

Accepted Answer

A) literalist 
B) Popcorn Syndrome 
C) figuratist 
D) Noel Coward 
E) e. e. cummings
F)The Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit 
 of Music
G)Madame Butterfly
H)Miss Saigon
I)Winston Churchill
J)Giacomo Puccini
K)Dionysus
L)Apollo
M)Pauline Kael
N)Gone with the Wind
O)Yogi Berra 
A) literalist 
B) Popcorn Syndrome 
C) figuratist 
D) Noel Coward 
E) e. e. cummings
F)The Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit 
 of Music
G)Madame Butterfly
H)Miss Saigon
I)Winston Churchill
J)Giacomo Puccini
K)Dionysus
L)Apollo
M)Pauline Kael
N)Gone with the Wind
O)Yogi Berra

Question 18

Which of the following responses to a work of art does notrepresent critical thinking?

Accepted Answer

A)  putting aside instinctive emotional experience the work provides 
B)  forgetting how the work relates only to you 
C)  doing research to find out how the work fared when it was new 
D)  defining what it is you want to determine 
E)  evaluating the work in its proper context 
A)  putting aside instinctive emotional experience the work provides 
B)  forgetting how the work relates only to you 
C)  doing research to find out how the work fared when it was new 
D)  defining what it is you want to determine 
E)  evaluating the work in its proper context

Question 19

Each of the following is characteristic of an Apollonian individual except:

Accepted Answer

A)  clarity. 
B)  spontaneity. 
C)  discipline. 
D)  reason. 
E)  control. 
A)  clarity. 
B)  spontaneity. 
C)  discipline. 
D)  reason. 
E)  control.

Question 20

A sonnet is a demanding poetic form in which the poet is limited to fourteen lines.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

The illustration by Norman Rockwell was included in the chapter to show how much we learn from examining

When you tell yourself a convenient and palatable version of an uncomfortable event, you are

The analysis of the Wordsworth poem includes a discussion of

The artist Norman Rockwell is famous for interpreting middle-class life.

Noel Coward was known for his wit, but Winston Churchill got the better of him.

According to Nietzsche, which of the following represents a desirable response to viewing a stage production of The Oresteia?

Find the matching number from among the choices listed at bottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use. -___ A noncritical thinker is often one of these.

Madame Butterfly and Miss Saigon have what in common?

The process of rationalizing consists of carefully analyzing the nature of a problem.

Find the matching number from among the choices listed at bottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use. -___ Had a clever comeback to an insulting invitation.

The music drama Miss Saigon is based on The Sound of Music.

Poet William Wordsworth lived in New York in the SoHo district during the American Revolution.

Figuratists often use colorful, fanciful, metaphoric language.

Find the matching number from among the choices listed at bottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use. -___ Reports the details of what happened

The first step in a personal critical response is not to jump to hasty conclusions.

Find the matching number from among the choices listed at bottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use. -___ Friedrich Nietzsche

Find the matching number from among the choices listed at bottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use. -___ Called the film The Sound of Music "a sugarcoated lie"

Which of the following responses to a work of art does notrepresent critical thinking?

Each of the following is characteristic of an Apollonian individual except:

A sonnet is a demanding poetic form in which the poet is limited to fourteen lines.

The Humanities: a Shining Beacon

Myth and the Origin of the Humanities

Literature

Art

Music

Theater

The Musical Stage: Opera, Music, Drama, Dance

Cinema

Religion

Morality

Happiness

Love

Life-Affirmation

Nature

Freedom

Filters

Exam 2: The Humanities and Critical Thinking

The illustration by Norman Rockwell was included in the chapter to show how much we learn from examining

When you tell yourself a convenient and palatable version of an uncomfortable event, you are

The analysis of the Wordsworth poem includes a discussion of

The artist Norman Rockwell is famous for interpreting middle-class life.

Noel Coward was known for his wit, but Winston Churchill got the better of him.

According to Nietzsche, which of the following represents a desirable response to viewing a stage production of The Oresteia?

Find the matching number from among the choices listed at bottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use. -___ A noncritical thinker is often one of these.

Madame Butterfly and Miss Saigon have what in common?

The process of rationalizing consists of carefully analyzing the nature of a problem.

Find the matching number from among the choices listed at bottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use. -___ Had a clever comeback to an insulting invitation.

The music drama Miss Saigon is based on The Sound of Music.

Poet William Wordsworth lived in New York in the SoHo district during the American Revolution.

Figuratists often use colorful, fanciful, metaphoric language.

Find the matching number from among the choices listed at bottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use. -___ Reports the details of what happened

The first step in a personal critical response is not to jump to hasty conclusions.

Find the matching number from among the choices listed at bottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use. -___ Friedrich Nietzsche

Find the matching number from among the choices listed at bottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use. -___ Called the film The Sound of Music "a sugarcoated lie"

Which of the following responses to a work of art does notrepresent critical thinking?

Each of the following is characteristic of an Apollonian individual except:

A sonnet is a demanding poetic form in which the poet is limited to fourteen lines.

The Humanities: a Shining Beacon

Myth and the Origin of the Humanities

Literature

Art

Music

Theater

The Musical Stage: Opera, Music, Drama, Dance

Cinema

Religion

Morality

Happiness

Love

Life-Affirmation

Nature

Freedom

Filters