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The Art of Being Human

Twelfth Edition

Richard Paul Janaro

Thelma C. Altshuler

TEST BANK FOR

Wendy Northup

1 - 2 Chapter 01: The Humanities: A Shining Beacon Multiple Choice Questions

1. Heraclitus demonstrates the artistry of language when, as a way of stating that life constantly changes, says A) "a man cannot step into the same river twice." B) "and yet he seemed busier than he was." C) "there is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in." D) "to be or not to be—that is the question." Difficulty: Medium QuestionID: 01 - 1 - 01 Page-Reference: 8 Topic: Gifts of the Humanities Skill: Understand the Concepts Objective: LO 1.2 Summarize the gifts of the humanities. ANSWER: A) "a man cannot step into the same river twice."
2. Concerning humanism, Renaissance scholars believed that people could become fully human only if they A) looked beyond Europe to the works of Asia and Africa. B) combatted the social injustices of the time. C) developed skills in critical thinking. D) studied the best works of classical Greece and Rome. Difficulty: Easy QuestionID: 01 - 1 - 02 Page-Reference: 2

1 - 4 QuestionID: 01 - 1 - 04 Page-Reference: 8 Topic: Gifts of the Humanities Skill: Remember the Facts Objective: LO 1.2 Summarize the gifts of the humanities. ANSWER: B) acquire models for how to say things that prompt others to notice.

1. Using the Socratic method means teaching by A) asking questions. B) delivering lectures. C) reciting witty sayings. D) studying classical models. Difficulty: Easy QuestionID: 01 - 1 - 05 Page-Reference: 9 Topic: Gifts of the Humanities Skill: Remember the Facts Objective: LO 1.2 Summarize the gifts of the humanities. ANSWER: A) asking questions.
2. One of the goals of thinking about the humanities is to become A) a classicist.

1 - 5 B) a leader of a Socrates café. C) a Renaissance man. D) a universal person. Difficulty: Easy QuestionID: 01 - 1 - 06 Page-Reference: 12 Topic: Becoming an "Universal" Person Skill: Understand the Concepts Objective: LO 1.3 Explain why Leonardo da Vinci is considered the perfect model of the "universal" person. ANSWER: D) a universal person.

1. What thirteenth-century poet influenced the songwriter Leonard Cohen? A) Edgar Degas B) Christopher Phillips C) Oscar Wilde D) Rumi Difficulty: Easy QuestionID: 01 - 1 - 07 Page-Reference: 8 Topic: Gifts of the Humanities Skill: Remember the Facts Objective: LO 1.2 Summarize the gifts of the humanities.

1 - 7 Skill: Understand the Concepts Objective: LO 1.1 Define "the humanities." ANSWER: B) critical thinking.

1. Concerning beauty, it may be said that A) a work portraying the grotesque or ugly cannot give pleasure. B) people might disagree about whether a particular work is beautiful. C) the arrangement of a work can be seriously flawed yet still be beautiful. D) the universal popularity of the Mona Lisa proves that culture does not play a role in beauty. Difficulty: Moderate QuestionID: 01 - 1 - 10 Page-Reference: 5 Topic: Gifts of the Humanities Skill: Understand the Concepts Objective: LO 1.3 Summarize the gifts of the humanities. ANSWER: B) people might disagree about whether a particular work is beautiful.
2. The pleasure that we have in response to beauty is said to be A) aesthetic. B) critical. C) humanistic. D) impersonal.

1 - 8 Difficulty: Easy QuestionID: 01 - 1 - 11 Page-Reference: 5 Topic: Gifts of the Humanities Skill: Remember the Facts Objective: LO 1.1 Summarize the gifts of the humanities. ANSWER: A) aesthetic.

1. The humanities are important in the process of critical thinking because they A) offer a window into understanding how people thought long ago. B) show us the few models of excellence that are worthy of study and reflection. C) allow us to reflect on and consider what we read, see, and hear. D) show us the right way to think about life and art. Difficulty: Moderate QuestionID: 01 - 1 - 12 Page-Reference: 4 Topic: Being fully human Skill: Understand the Concepts Objective: LO 1.2 What are the humanities? ANSWER: C) allow us to reflect on and consider what we read, see, and hear.
2. Leonardo da Vinci is considered a creative genius mainly because he

1 - 10 ANSWER: B) a deeper sense of the past

1. The gift of the humanities that can be seen as offering a release from the structured pattern of meeting deadlines is A) beauty. B) ideas. C) beautiful movement. D) language. Difficulty: Moderate QuestionID: 01 - 1 - 15 Page-Reference: 7 Topic: Gifts of the Humanities Skill: Understand the Concepts Objective: LO 1.2 Summarize the gifts of the humanities. ANSWER: C) beautiful movement.
2. Rumi and Oscar Wilde are noteworthy because they contributed to which gift of the humanities? A) beautiful movement B) beauty C) ideas D) language Difficulty: Difficult QuestionID: 01 - 1 - 16

1 - 11 Page-Reference: 8 Topic: Gifts of the Humanities Skill: Apply What You Know Objective: LO 1.2 Summarize the gifts of the humanities. ANSWER: D) language

1. Studying the arrangement of colors on a canvas or the appeal of a face is a part of which gift of the humanities? A) beautiful movement B) beauty C) ideas D) language Difficulty: Difficult QuestionID: 01 - 1 - 17 Page-Reference: 5 - 6 Topic: Gifts of the Humanities Skill: Apply What You Know Objective: LO 1.2 Summarize the gifts of the humanities. ANSWER: B) beauty
2. When people debate puzzling questions such why an object gives pleasure, or what is the nature of justice, which gift of the humanities are they partaking in? A) beauty

1 - 13 ANSWER: A) expanding our knowledge and our capacity for understanding ourselves and others.

1. Which statement best paraphrases Socrates' definition of justice? A) Absolute power corrupts absolutely. B) In a just society, justice must be accepted and adhered to by all. C) It is the burden of the ruling party to make laws that are in its own best interest. D) People can break the law if they feel it isn't a just law. Difficulty: Difficult QuestionID: 01 - 1 - 20 Page-Reference: 10 Topic: Gifts of the Humanities Skill: Apply What You Know Objective: LO 1.2 Summarize the gifts of the humanities. ANSWER: B) In a just society, justice must be accepted and adhered to by all. Short Answer Questions
2. How is dance an expression of "beautiful movement"? Difficulty: Moderate QuestionID: 01 - 2 - 01 Page-Reference: 7

1 - 14 Topic: Gifts of the Humanities Skill: Understand the Concepts Objective: LO 1.2 Summarize the gifts of the humanities. ANSWER: Dance gives pleasure or enjoyment because it is movement "done right" or arranged properly.

1. Define the term humanism****. Difficulty: Moderate QuestionID: 01 - 2 - 02 Page-Reference: 3 Topic: Being Fully Human Skill: Understand the Concepts Objective: LO 1.1 Define 'the humanities." ANSWER: Beginning in the early Renaissance, humanism initially stated that one could become fully human only by studying the achievements of Greek and Roman culture. The meaning of the term has now expanded to include the creative and intellectual contributions of all cultures.
2. Briefly explain why the humanities are unlimited or "infinite." Difficulty: Moderate QuestionID: 01 - 2 - 03

1 - 16 QuestionID: 01 - 2 - 05 Page-Reference: 11 - 12 Topic: Gifts of the Humanities Skill: Understand the Concepts Objective: LO 1.2 Summarize the gifts of the humanities. ANSWER: Humans are themselves an accumulation of what has gone before; who we are in the present is still informed by the lives and works of people from the past. Essay Questions

1. Look carefully at Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa (Fig. 1.2). How does such a work evoke the questions or issue of "beauty" as defined in the chapter? In your answer, list three elements of the painting that might engage or repel viewers aesthetically in determining whether it is beautiful or not. I. Respond to personal preference of beauty. II. Include the idea that beauty is the result of an arrangement of elements. III. List at least three of these aesthetic elements: color, texture, medium, movement, representation. Difficulty: Difficult QuestionID: 01 - 3 - 01 Page-Reference: 5 - 6 Topic: Gifts of the Humanities

1 - 17 Skill: Analyze it Objective: LO 1.2 Summarize the gifts of the humanities. ANSWER:

1. Reread the discussion of the Society for Philosophical Inquiry movement's concept of the Socrates café. If you were to attend a Socrates café, what puzzling question of the past or present would you like to hear discussed and why, based on the purpose of this café? I. Present a question or topic appropriate for a Socrates café. II. Explain the question or topic. III. Describe why the topic is puzzling and appropriate. Difficulty: Difficult QuestionID: 01 - 3 - 02 Page-Reference: 9 - 10 Topic: Gifts of the Humanities Skill: Analyze it Objective: LO 1.2 Summarize the gifts of the humanities. ANSWER:
2. The section on a deeper sense of the past suggests that there is a relationship between the works of other ages and those of the present day. The chapter presents a number of

1 - 19 II. List the attributes of a modern person that would make them a modern equivalent of a Renaissance person. III. Explain why these attributes are important features of modern society. Difficulty: Difficult QuestionID: 01 - 3 - 04 Page-Reference: 11 - 12 Topic: Becoming an "Universal Person" Skill: Analyze it. Objective: LO 1.3 Explain why Leonardo da Vinci is considered the perfect model of the "universal" person. ANSWER:

1. Name a work of the humanities that offers one of the greatest gifts to humanity. Consider the classifications within the section entitled "Gifts of the Humanities" and explain how it offers such a gift. I. Identify a significant work of art or culture. II. Choose a classification from the gifts of the humanities. III. Explain how the work exhibits or embodies that feature. Difficulty: Difficult QuestionID: 01 - 3 - 05 Page-Reference: 5 - 11

1 - 20 Topic: Gifts of the Humanities Skill: Analyze it Objective: LO 1.2 Summarize the gifts of the humanities. ANSWER: Chapter 02: The Humanities and Critical Thinking Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Wordsworth poem that begins, "The world is too much with us, late and soon/Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers" is a personal, critical response to the idea of A) art as the illusion that there is no art. B) jumping to conclusions. C) living for only financial gain. D) speculating beyond what we know. Difficulty: Easy QuestionID: 02 - 1 - 01 Page-Reference: 24 - 25 Topic: A Guide to Critical Viewing, Professional and Personal Skill: Remember the Facts Objective: LO 2.4 Differentiate between the role of a professional critic and that of the individual responding to a creative work. ANSWER: C) living for only financial gain.