HUM 101 Homework needed by Monday. 2 x 50 questions each

Q1. Handel's Messiah is one of the greatest expressions of the    a. Protestant Renaissance.    b. Catholic baroque period.    c. Protestant baroque period.    d. Reformation. Q2. __________________'s works include The Kitchenmaid and Women Holding a Balance.    a. Vermeer    b. Rembrandt    c. Rubens    d. Bruegal   16.) In his Sonnet 14, Donne says "Except you enthrall me, never shall be free,/Nor ever chaste except you ravish me." "You" refers here to   a. the Anglican Church. b. his mistress. c. his king. *d. God. Q3. A vocal style used to introduce ideas, persons, or information, and a musical device employed extensively in Handel's Messiah is    a. modal sonority.    b. timbre.    c. recitative.    d. counterpoint. Q4. Most of the French neoclassical tragedies were based on    a. plots adapted from Shakespeare.    b. political and social events in contemporary French history.    c. Greek and Roman history and mythology.    d. original stories created by the geniuses of the time. Q5. The delegates that met in Philadelphia in 1774 called their gathering    a. a continental congress.    b. the federal council    c. the continental federation    d. the revolutionary tribunal Q6. In A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, ______________ prefigures many ideas of modern feminism.    a. Emily Dickinson    b. Mary Ann Evans    c. Germaine Necker    d. Mary Wollstonecraft Q7. The belief that knowledge comes mainly from sense perception and experience is called    a. empiricism.    b. rationalism.    c. atomism.    d. ideology. Q8. _____________ of Bach's works were published in his lifetime.    a. All    b. Most    c. Few    d. None Q9. The most populous country in Europe in the seventeenth century was    a. France.    b. England.    c. Spain.    d. Austria. Q10. Montesquieu's subject in the excerpt from The Spirit of the Laws reprinted in the text is    a. slavery.    b. nepotism.    c. religious tolerance.    d. penal reform. Q11. Handel composed the Messiah in    a. twenty-four hours.    b. twenty-four days.    c. two months.    d. two years. Q12. Painting in the Enlightenment reflected the new middle-class passion for    a. horses.    b. landscapes.    c. science and homemade experiments.    d. sensual nude males. Q13. The first literary work to portray the story of Don Juan de Tenorio was    a. Don Quixote.    b. El Burlador de Sevilla.    c. Don Giovanni.    d. Byron's Don Juan. Q14. Which statement about The Princess of Cleves is incorrect?    a. It was written by a woman and published anonymously.    b. It is a precursor of French classical comedy, particularly that of Molière.    c. It is concerned with universal human nature and relations between men and women.    d. Its heroine demonstrates self-sacrifice and moral strength.

Q15. The ceilings and walls of Louis XIV's palace were decorated with    a. allegorical paintings celebrating the deeds of Louis XIV.    b. paintings of philosophers of ancient Greece conferring with Louis XIV.    c. Louis XIV making love to famous goddesses such as Venus.    d. famous military heroes of the past such as Achilles, Roland, Joan of Arc, and others. Q16. The great religious revival that swept through the American colonies in the 1730s and 1740s was called the    a. New Beginning.    b. Great Rebirth.    c. New Bethlehem.    d. Great Awakening. Q17. Most of the philosophes believed that    a. all religious doctrines should be respected.    b. the Church was the main source of ignorance and superstition.    c. the Church was the source of an enlightened despotism.    d. when reformed, the Church could enlighten the multitudes. Q18. In Émile, Rousseau states that women are    a. intellectually superior to men.    b. biologically equal to men.    c. to be subservient to men.    d. to be socially equal to men. Q19. The title character of Tartuffe is a    a. religious hypocrite.    b. simple and pious man.    c. a dandy, consumed by lust.    d. an aged and infirm king. Q20. The ______________ was probably the most complicated mechanical instrument built before the Industrial Revolution.    a. harpsichord    b. aulos    c. organ    d. viola da gamba Q21. Which statement about Thomas Jefferson is incorrect?    a. Jefferson believed that women should go to universities and take part in politics.    b. Jefferson believed that enlightenment, or education, was the key to liberty.    c. Jefferson's ideas about slavery were ambiguous and contradictory.    d. Jefferson's Declaration of Independence states a political philosophy based on Enlightenment thought.

Q22. Since French neoclassical tragedy follows the rule of verisimilitude, the action    a. takes places within twenty-four hours.    b. takes place in the distant past.    c. must be as close to real-life events as possible.    d. must be nonviolent. Q23. The most famous part of Handel's Messiah is the    a. recitative.    b. aria.    c. accompagnato.    d. Hallelujah Chorus. Q24. Which of the following art forms developed under Louis XIV?    a. ballet    b. fresco    c. tempura    d. satire Q25. Although dedicated to universal enlightenment, the University of Virginia in fact excluded all of the following except    a. women.    b. rich white males.    c. blacks.    d. poor white males. Q26. The most important cultural force in prerevolutionary America was    a. Christianity    b. the Enlightenment    c. empiricism    d. rationalism Q27. Montesquieu held the belief that human beings are primarily the product of    a. sense perception and experience.    b. the historical conditions under which they are born.    c. the general will.    d. nature. Q28. Which statement about Handel's Messiah is incorrect?    a. The work includes both Biblical passages and contemporary poems.    b. It is structured into three large and symmetrical parts.    c. Most of the arias follow the ABA, or da capo, form.    d. The "Hallelujah" Chorus occurs at the end of Part II, not at the end of the work. Q29. Why did the British impose new taxes on the American colonies in the 1760s and 1770s?    a. They needed to pay for defending the colonies in the Seven Years War.    b. They wanted to promote trade and manufacture in the colonies.    c. They wanted to weaken the colonists' ties to France.    d. They needed to pay the French for defending them against Prussia. Q30. Which statement about Bach's life and work is incorrect?    a. Bach was famous in his own day as an organist, not as a composer.    b. Bach used many Lutheran chorales as the basis for his works.    c. Great composers who followed Bach admired his works.    d. Bach traveled across Europe as an organist and conductor. Q31. Bach's Christmas Oratorio was intended to be performed over ______________ days.    a. two    b. three    c. five    d. six Q32. Jonathan Edwards preached that    a. humans are saved by faith alone.    b. good works are necessary.    c. the institutionalized church was best.    d. humans had the power to ensure their own salvation. Q33. An important result of the Great Awakening on American political life was the    a. strengthening of authority of traditional clergy.    b. establishment of new government-controlled churches.    c. increasing decentralization of churches.    d. religious conversion of rich people. Q34. Madame du Deffand and Madame Geoffrin were famous for their    a. salons.    b. rigid piety.    c. loose morals.    d. beauty and sense of fashion. Q35. A recitative is a musical form that has almost no ______________ interest.    a. melodic    b. rhythmic    c. vocal    d. contrapuntal Q36. The spectacles with which Louis XIV entertained his court took place at    a. Marseilles.    b. Versailles.    c. Paris.    d. Orléans. Q37. The father of modern comedy was    a. Racine.    b. Crashaw.    c. Molière.    d. Corneille. Q38. American federalism was largely developed from    a. Rousseau's argument against elitist government.    b. Locke's theory of the social contract.    c. the necessity of the times.    d. Montesquieu's restrictions on power. Q39. The Princess of Cleves is set    a. in a mythical woods.    b. in the court of Henry II.    c. a tiny, remote kingdom.    d. in a small town in northern France. Q40. For the last twenty-seven years of his life, Bach was a    a. Lutheran church musician.    b. court composer.    c. famous composer of operas.    d. professional, touring organist. Q41. Which statement about Versailles is incorrect?    a. It began as a small royal hunting lodge.    b. The architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart gave it its present appearance.    c. The gardens are designed to glorify nature in an artless and natural style.    d. Three enormous avenues converge and give importance to the east side of the chateau. Q42. In Candide, Voltaire satirized the philosophy known as    a. optimism.    b. empiricism.    c. rationalism.    d. deism. Q43. Which of the following monarchs is associated with absolutism?    a. Henry III    b. Gregory II    c. Louis XIV    d. Mary, Queen of Scots Q44. The most characteristic feature of neoclassical drama is its emphasis on    a. fantasy and Greek myth.    b. the passionate and the sensuous.    c. the primacy of reason and order. (unity of time, place, and action; as well as unity of tone)    d. contemporary political events. Q45. The baroque style in the visual arts can best be described as    a. religious in theme and subject.    b. employing strict rules of perspective.    c. depicting everyday objects and ordinary people.    d. energetic, bright, and highly decorated. Q46. A quality that connects the baroque art of the continent with English metaphysical poetry is    a. a combination of the spiritual and the sensual.    b. realistic depiction of ordinary people's lives.    c. use of imagery derived from Catholic worship.    d. a combination of both autobiographical and fictional elements.

Q47. Bach stated that his goal was to create    a. a German national opera.    b. the greatest symphony.    c. a new form of choral music.    d. well-regulated church music. Q48. Bach was a/an    a. Methodist.    b. Lutheran.    c. Catholic.    d. atheist. Q49. The American Revolution grew out of resistance to taxation levied following    a. the Glorious Revolution    b. the Seven Years’ War    c. the War of the Spanish Succession    d. the War of Jenkin’s Ear Q50. Francois Boucher continued the trends evident in the ______________ school of painting.    a. rococo    b. neoclassical    c. classical    d. neo-baroque