Question 1

According to the text, the older one gets, the more precious this becomes:

Accepted Answer

A)  one's money 
B)  ones' property 
C)  one's children 
D)  one's athletic ability 
E)  one'smind 
A)  one's money 
B)  ones' property 
C)  one's children 
D)  one's athletic ability 
E)  one'smind

Question 2

The hypothetical problem of the missing dollar helps us

Accepted Answer

A)  keep an accurate account of our getting and spending. 
B)  understand bellhops and their motives. 
C)  put situations into a Dionysian perspective. 
D)  remember to listen for contradictions and inconsistencies. 
E)  see that economics is one of the disciplines of the humanities. 
A)  keep an accurate account of our getting and spending. 
B)  understand bellhops and their motives. 
C)  put situations into a Dionysian perspective. 
D)  remember to listen for contradictions and inconsistencies. 
E)  see that economics is one of the disciplines of the humanities.

Question 3

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.
-___ Its context is the war in Vietnam in the 1960s.

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 4

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.
-___ Changing your mind after enjoying the movie the night before

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 5

Apollo is

Accepted Answer

A)  a Greek follower of Socrates. 
B)  the Greek god of the sun, light, and truth. 
C)  the Greek equivalent of Beethoven. 
D)  Nietzsche's favorite Greek composer. 
E)  the Greek god representing the emotional and spontaneous. 
A)  a Greek follower of Socrates. 
B)  the Greek god of the sun, light, and truth. 
C)  the Greek equivalent of Beethoven. 
D)  Nietzsche's favorite Greek composer. 
E)  the Greek god representing the emotional and spontaneous.

Question 6

A context is a framework of circumstances and relatonships.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The Creation of Adam was painted on a ceiling.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Indulging in "popcorn fun" is

Accepted Answer

A)  an Apollonian pleasure. 
B)  a recommended way to stretch our mental capacities. 
C)  a legitimate way to spend some time. 
D)  an exercise in critical thinking. 
E)  strictly forbidden. 
A)  an Apollonian pleasure. 
B)  a recommended way to stretch our mental capacities. 
C)  a legitimate way to spend some time. 
D)  an exercise in critical thinking. 
E)  strictly forbidden.

Question 9

When discussing the e. e. cummings poem, the chapter indicates that cummings

Accepted Answer

A)  demonstrates an Apollonian use of grammar. 
B)  delivers a clear Dionysian message. 
C)  appreciates nature. 
D)  is alienated from his subject matter.e. has written a popcorn entertainment. 
A)  demonstrates an Apollonian use of grammar. 
B)  delivers a clear Dionysian message. 
C)  appreciates nature. 
D)  is alienated from his subject matter.e. has written a popcorn entertainment.

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.
-___ Baseball-playing folk philosopher

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

Alienationinvolves

Accepted Answer

A)  not finishing a book that one decides is not worth the time. 
B)  being unwilling to read a work by an author whose opinions differ from one's own. 
C)  pretending the author is someone one has never heard of. 
D)  turning off the critical approach and surrendering to the emotions. 
E)  refusing to respond empathetically. 
A)  not finishing a book that one decides is not worth the time. 
B)  being unwilling to read a work by an author whose opinions differ from one's own. 
C)  pretending the author is someone one has never heard of. 
D)  turning off the critical approach and surrendering to the emotions. 
E)  refusing to respond empathetically.

Question 12

Yogi Berra, the baseball legend, also has a Ph.D. in philosophy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

"Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers" is

Accepted Answer

A)  a famous statement made by Karl Marx in Das Kapital. 
B)  a line written beneath a painting by van Gogh that has inspired much controversy. 
C)  the final words of the Chorus in The Oresteia. 
D)  a line from a sonnet by Wordsworth. 
E)  a warning by an early twentieth-century environmentalist. 
A)  a famous statement made by Karl Marx in Das Kapital. 
B)  a line written beneath a painting by van Gogh that has inspired much controversy. 
C)  the final words of the Chorus in The Oresteia. 
D)  a line from a sonnet by Wordsworth. 
E)  a warning by an early twentieth-century environmentalist.

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.
-___ He is associated with the vibrant energy of the earth

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

A work must belong to the present day in order for us to truly appreciate it.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

There is little to be gained from reading professional critics.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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.
-___ Best viewed in the context of 1939

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

"The World Is Too Much with Us" is often hailed as Shakespeare's finest sonnet.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Recommended as the first step in solving a problem:

Accepted Answer

A)  determine whether a problem exists 
B)  consult an expert on the subject 
C)  rationalize all possibilities before proceeding 
D)  look for logical fallacies 
E)  resolve it into an Apollonian/Dionysian dualism 
A)  determine whether a problem exists 
B)  consult an expert on the subject 
C)  rationalize all possibilities before proceeding 
D)  look for logical fallacies 
E)  resolve it into an Apollonian/Dionysian dualism

According to the text, the older one gets, the more precious this becomes:

The hypothetical problem of the missing dollar helps us

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. -___ Its context is the war in Vietnam in the 1960s.

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. -___ Changing your mind after enjoying the movie the night before

Apollo is

A context is a framework of circumstances and relatonships.

The Creation of Adam was painted on a ceiling.

Indulging in "popcorn fun" is

When discussing the e. e. cummings poem, the chapter indicates that cummings

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. -___ Baseball-playing folk philosopher

Alienationinvolves

Yogi Berra, the baseball legend, also has a Ph.D. in philosophy.

"Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers" is

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. -___ He is associated with the vibrant energy of the earth

A work must belong to the present day in order for us to truly appreciate it.

There is little to be gained from reading professional critics.

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. -___ Best viewed in the context of 1939

"The World Is Too Much with Us" is often hailed as Shakespeare's finest sonnet.

Recommended as the first step in solving a problem:

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

According to the text, the older one gets, the more precious this becomes:

The hypothetical problem of the missing dollar helps us

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. -___ Its context is the war in Vietnam in the 1960s.

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. -___ Changing your mind after enjoying the movie the night before

Apollo is

A context is a framework of circumstances and relatonships.

The Creation of Adam was painted on a ceiling.

Indulging in "popcorn fun" is

When discussing the e. e. cummings poem, the chapter indicates that cummings

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. -___ Baseball-playing folk philosopher

Alienationinvolves

Yogi Berra, the baseball legend, also has a Ph.D. in philosophy.

"Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers" is

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. -___ He is associated with the vibrant energy of the earth

A work must belong to the present day in order for us to truly appreciate it.

There is little to be gained from reading professional critics.

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. -___ Best viewed in the context of 1939

"The World Is Too Much with Us" is often hailed as Shakespeare's finest sonnet.

Recommended as the first step in solving a problem:

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