Humanities Sample Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a Federico Fellini Film?

a. 8 ½
b. La Dolce vita
c. La Strada
d. Roma
e. Dear Louise

2. What play does the line “To be or not to be” come from?
a. Julius Caesar
b. Hamlet
c. King Lear
d. Romeo And Juliet
e. Julius Caesar

3. Who murdered Julius Caesar?

a. Brutus
b. Tiberius
c. Titus
d. Lucius
e. Gaius

4. Which period did Leonardo Da Vinci and Raphael belong to?

a. Baroque
b. Renaissance
c. Modern
d. Impressionist
e. Romantic

5. What type of japanese poetry is composed in 5-7-5 syllables.

a. Tanka
b. Renga
c. Haiku
d. Sedoka
e. Sonnet

6. What does the phoenix usually symbolize?

a. Love arising from hate
b. Peace arising from war
c. Life arising from death
d. Purity arising from Evil
e. Order arising from chaos

7. The Magic Flute dealt with the ideals of:

a. Freemasonry
b. Catholicism
c. The Jesuit Order
d. European Empiricism
e. Islamic Fundamentalism

8. Which of the following takes place during the French Revolution?

a. War and Peach
b. Les Miserable
c. L’age de Raison
d. L’etranger
e. No Exit

9. Don Giovanni, Rigoletto, and Tosca are all:

a. Ballets
b. Epics
c. Oratorios
d. Operas
e. Literature

10. Which of the following terms describes a series of events that follows the climax of a drama and thus serves as the conclusion of the story:

a. Soliloquy
b. Denouement
c. Conclusion
d. Exposition
e. Peripeteia

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Answers

1. E
2. B
3. A
4. B
5. C
6. C
7. A
8. B
9. D
10. B

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