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PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION IN HUMANITIES 2 (WORLD CULTURE)

2nd Semester, A.Y. 2013-2014
Multiple Choice. Choose and write the letter of the correct answer on your
paper. (20 pts.)
1. What is meant by rebirth and is used to describe a cultural movement that began
in Italy in the 15th century?
a. Baroque
b. renaissance
c. humanism
d.
mannerism
2. Who wrote The Prince due to his belief that men were deceitful, greedy and
power-hungry?
a. Thomas Moore b. Martin Luther
c. Niccolo Machiavelli
d. William
Shakespeare
3. What was indulgence?
a. Selling salvation
b. living life to the fullest
b. worship of the pope d. believing you are being watched
4. Who founded Calvinism?
a. Calvin Wright b. John Calvin
c. Calvin Hobbes d. Henry Calvin
5. Calvinism believed in predestination. What does this mean?
a. God pre-selecting your path of life
c. being blessed to know where youll
end up
b. Being pre-destined by god to go to heaven
d. being chosen to share god s
paradise
6. Which is NOT one of the main ripple effects the renaissance brought?
a. Middle class is strengthened
c. the king become more superior than
the pope
b. Europe was no longer united in one religion
d. lower class is strengthened
7. In his 95 Theses, Martin Luther criticized
a. The selling of indulgences
c. the authority of the pope
b. The holy Roman emperor
d. gambling and drinking
8. All of the following ideas were part of Martin Luthers teachings EXCEPT
a. The Bible was the only religious authority c. salvation was predestined by God
b. Salvation come only from faith
d. all people of faith were equal
9. Which of these is not a Renaissance artist?
a. Leonardo Da Vinci
b. Raphael c. Lorenzo de Medici
d.
Michelangelo
10.In Niccolo Machiavellis book The Prince, he states that a good leader must
a. Not necessarily a good man
c. never be willing to accept honors
from allies
b. Always prevent a bad reputation
d. always be generous to his people
11.What is the most important literary expression of the baroque period?
a. Painting
b. drama
c. sculpture
d. music
12.Who is the famous painter of The Last Supper and Mona Lisa?
a. Michelangelo
b. Leonardo Da Vinci
c. Raphael
d. Donatello
13.Much of the artwork and sculpting during the Renaissance was focused on
a. Politics
b. economics
c. religion
d. science
14.Which type of music was concerned with emotional expression, ornate decoration
and grand effects?
a. Opera
b. baroque
c. renaissance
d. oratorio
15.What Latin word means human, cultures and refined?
a. Humanus
b. humanities
c. human
d. humanos
16.Which of these was NOT a religious influence on Europe during the Protestant
Reformation?
a. Henry VIII
b. Machiavelli
c. Martin Luther
d. John Calvin
17.Renaissance painters tended to produce work that was
a. Realistic
b. idealistic
c. highly spiritual d. formal
18.Which of these is NOT a statement that refers to Erasmus?
a. Disapproved of the high status afforded the clergy compared with the laity.
b. Very tolerant of differing views in theology but intolerant of evil conduct.

c. Believed that each person should have the right to read the bible and interpret
it for themselves.
d. The first great European writer to make use of the printing press.
19.He was one of the great minds of the late sixteenth century and the first to
understand and explain the cultural relativism.
a. Shakespeare
b. Montaigne
c. Luther
d. Calvin
20.These are tenets of the enlightenment except for
a. Natural is best
c. women had no rights
b. Reason reigns supreme
d. equality of men
II. Matching Type. Match the items in column A to the items in column B. Write
only the letter of your answer on your paper. (15 pts.)
COLUMN A
COLUMN B
1. Painter of the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper
A. Donatello
2. He wrote Romeo and Juliet
B. John Milton
3. The author of The Histories of Gargantua and
C. Rabelais
Pantagruel.
D. Parmigianino
4. It is also known as Christian Humanism.
E. Machiavelli
5. Author of Paradise Lost
F. John Calvin
6. The founder of Mannerism
G. Raphael Santi
7. Popularized the line The end justifies the means
H. Leonardo Da Vinci
8. Developed a system of Christian theology called
I. Shakespeare
Calvinism
J. Northern Humanism
9. Painter of the The School of Athens and Sistine Madonna K. Alexander Pope
10.A sculptor of the bronze David.
L. Deism
11.The writer of Gullivers Travels.
M. John Swift
12.He believed that The proper study of mankind is man.
N. Jean- Jacques
Rosseau
13.He proposed the separation of powers in government.
O. Montesquieu
14.Wrote the The Social Contract.
15.Belief that God is a clockmaker.
III. Identify the following personages to the period they existed. Write ARenaissance, B- Northern Humanism, C- Baroque Age or D- Age of Reason.
Write only the letter on your paper.
1. Martin Luther
13.Leonardo da Vinci
2. Thomas Hobbes
14.John Donne
3. John Calvin
15.John Milton
4. Donatello
16.Jonathan Swift
5. Niccolo Machiavelli
17.Franz Joseph Haydn
6. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
18.Parmigianino
7. Thomas Jefferson
19.Raphael Santi
8. Michelangelo Merisi
20.John Knox
9. Johann Sebastian Bach
21.Jean-Jacques Rousseau
10.Desiderius Erasmus
22.Francois Rabelais
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IV. Identify the characteristic of the period as to A- Renaissance, B- Northern
Humanism, C- Baroque Age or D- Age of Reason. Write only the letter on
your paper. (10 pts.)
1. Naturalness and simplicity were qualities to be admired.
2. Artists were united in their commitment to strong emotional statements,
psychological explorations and daring techniques.
3. It was preoccupied with condition of the church and the Christian world.
4. New humanistic spirit was seen in art.
5. The church dominates everyday life.
6. Democratic ideals drive out absolutist government.
7. Sculptors and architects were most influential rather than painters.
8. The music emphasized on sweeter sounds.
9. There was an increasing concern with the common man and his rights.
10.The rigid class system based on inherited positions of nobility and wealth became
far less secure.
V. Essay. Answer the following in not more than three sentences. (5 pts. each)
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1. What is the principle of laissez-faire?

2. What is the idea of predestination?
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