1. Discuss at least three ways in which Henry David Thoreau proved himself a nonconformist. Also, discuss one of Thoreau''s works and how it reflects his nonconformist attitude.
2. Based on your hearing or reading of The Outside by Susan Glaspell, explain how the playwright uses the male characters of the play to reveal feminist themes. How do these men further Glaspell''s feminist message?
3. Given the medieval works of art we have studied, evaluate how religion influenced the aesthetics of the period. Use at least two examples of art we have studied in this course as the basis of your analysis.
1. (TCO 1) Which of the following Greek terms can be translated ascircle?
Kyklos
Labrys
Areté
Tholos
Question 2.2. (TCO 2) Who was the Roman rhetorician who recognized the power of the Latin language to communicate with the people? Cicero
Virgil
Horace
Ovid
Question 3.3. (TCO 5) Which of the following terms refers to an almond-shaped oval of light signifying divinity, imported from the Far East through Byzantium and commonly used by Romanesque artists? (Points : 5)
Tympanum
Mandorla
Trumeau
Voussoir
Question 4.4. (TCO 5) Which of the following was considered the most pre-eminent Italian city-state in the 15th century? (Points : 5)
Naples
Rome
Pisa
Florence
Question 5.5. (TCO 1) Who was known as the Sun King? (Points : 5)
Charles II
Louis XIV
Henry IV
James I
Question 6.6. (TCO 2) Who is the author of Essay on Human Understanding, which contends that people are perfectly capable of governing themselves? (Points : 5)
Thomas Hobbes
Jonathan Swift
John Locke
John Milton
Question 7.7. (TCO 1) Who served as captain of the Endeavor as it sailed for the South Pacific in 1768? (Points : 5)
Benjamin West
Louis-Antoine de Bougainville
Francis Parkinson
James Cook
Question 8.8. (TCO 1) Which of the following authors is most closely associated with Lambert Strether, a key character in The Ambassadors? (Points : 5)
Henry James
Walt Whitman
Kate Chopin
Emily Dickinson
Question 9.9. (TCO 5) Which of the following paintings is considered something of a rebuttal to Pablo Picasso’s Demoiselles d’Avignon? (Points : 5)
Dance II
Joy of Life
Houses at l’Estaque
Violin and Palette
Question 10.10. (TCO 5) Which of the following led the forces that defeated the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War (that continued from 1936 to 1939), and then ruled Spain in a totalitarian manner until 1975? (Points : 5)
General Francisco Franco
Joseph Goebbels
Leon Trotsky
(TCO 1) Which of the following ancient structures is a citadel city that depended on cyclopean masonry for its construction and was entered through a massive Lion Gate? (Points : 5)
The ancient city of Mycenae
The palace of Minos at Knossos
The ancient city of Troy
The palace of Theramos at Akrotiri
2. (TCO 2) Which of the following rivers is associated with the city of Rome? (Points : 5)
The Tigris
The Tiber
The Euphrates
The Arno
3. (TCO 5) According to an ancient legend, who created the first Celtic cross by making the mark of a Latin cross through the circle on an ancient standing stone monument? (Points : 5)
Augustine
Columba
Eadfrith
Patrick
4. (TCO 5) Who is credited for having coined the term platonic love? (Points : 5)
Marsilio Ficino
Sandro Botticelli
Heinrich Isaac
Pico della Mirandola
5. (TCO 1) Who was known as the Sun King? (Points : 5)
Charles II
Louis XIV
Henry IV
James I
6. (TCO 2) During the early 18th century, which of the following areas was most closely associated with London’s very poor? (Points : 5)
The East End
Mayfair
Marylebone
Paddington
7. (TCO 1) Who is associated with such characters as Robinson Crusoe, Moll Flanders, Colonel Jack, and Roxanna? (Points : 5)
Henry Fielding
Daniel Defoe
Samuel Johnson
Alexander Pope
8. (TCO 1) In which of the following literary pieces does Simon Legree play a significant role? (Points : 5)
Hard Times
The Bronze Horseman
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Huckleberry Finn
9. (TCO 5) Who wrote Remembrance of Things Past? (Points : 5)
James Joyce
Marcel Proust
Ernest Hemingway
T. S. Eliot
10. (TC0 5) Who designed the headquarters for the Chinese Central Television in conjunction with the 2008 Beijing Olympics? (Points : 5)
Itsuko Hasegawa
Santiago Calatrava
Rem Koolhaas
Renzo Piano