Humanities Midterm Questions PDF

What is the Socratic Method?  An open discussion between teachers and students to share ideas and keep everyone engaged. 2. Name the great American author who wrote: "The past is never dead. It's not even past."  William Faulkner 3. Where did he live most of his life, in what city and stat...

What is the Socratic Method?  An open discussion between teachers and students to share ideas and keep everyone engaged. 2. Name the great American author who wrote: "The past is never dead. It's not even past."  William Faulkner 3. Where did he live most of his life, in what city and state?  Oxford, Mississippi 4. He chiefly wrote about the lasting effect of what war on our country?  The Civil War 5. Name two of his novels.  As I Lay Dying, The Hamlet 6. Name two key developments in the Old Stone Age that ushered in civilization.  Tools and agriculture 7. Name three components of a civilization.  Written language, religion/religious traditions, and government 8. Where do most scholars believe civilization began?  Mesopotamia 9. In what modern-day country?  Iraq 10. Between what rivers?   Tigris & Euphrates 11. What is this area called?  The Fertile Crescent 12. Briefly describe Pop art.  Art with a central image featuring vibrant colors on the image and in the background. 13. Where was Andy Warhol born, in what city and state?  Pittsburg, Pennsylvania 14. Andy's "Electric Chairs" were part of what larger series?  Death & Disaster 15. Where was the electric chair located that inspired Andy's "Electric Chairs"?  Sing Sing State Penitentiary in Ossining, New York 16. Who is sitting in Andy's "Electric Chair"?  No one 17. Why did he make that decision.   He was referencing our desensitization to violence it also represents the emptiness of death. 18. The electric chair replaced what earlier form of capital punishment?  Hanging 19. What is the only Western nation that regularly applies the death penalty?  The United States 20. Name the country that permits decapitation.  Saudi Arabia 21. What amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits "cruel and unusual punishment."  Amendment 8 22. Is death by firing squad legal in the U.S.?  Yes 23. Name the religious leader who wrote that "the death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person."  Pope Francis 24. What was Jesus's position on "an eye for an eye"?  He said no, treat people with kindness 25. What is the effect of Andy's choice of colors in his "Electric Chairs"?  He creates an almost surreal image that causes people to reflect on their ideas of the death penalty. 26. Name two other series that Andy created.  Mao and Shot Marilyns 27. Name the work by Andy Warhol that received the highest price yet for a contemporary artwork at auction.  Shot Sage Blue Marilyn. 28. What was the name of his studio and gathering place in New York City?  The factory 29. What tragic event happened at this studio?  Valerie Solanas came and shot Warhol, an art critic, and attempted to shoot Fred Hughes 30. Name two of Andy's experimental films.  Sleep and The Blue Movie 31. Andy was one of the first artists to include whom in his films?  Transgender people 32. Name two reasons why his films were so controversial at the time.  The explicit sexual content and the lack of plot dismayed viewers 33. Briefly describe how his *Oxidation* screenprints were created.  He had people urinate on canvases that had wet copper paint on them. The urine and copper reacted, creating the artwork. 34. They were inspired by what style of art?  Abstract Expressionism 35. What works did the Chinese government want removed from Andy's 2012 retrospective, his first in that country?  His Mao series 36. This retrospective was organized by what museum?  Metropolitan Museum of Art 37. Where is it located?  New York City, New York 38. Andy took constant photographs using what kind of camera?  Polaroid 39. In 1981, he worked with photographer Christopher Makos on a series of self-portraits. How did Andy picture himself?  He was dressed in drag. 40. Name the 1987 photograph by Andrés Serrano that created an enormous controversy in our country.  Immersion Piss Christ 41. Briefly describe it.  A crucifix that is submerged in Serrano's urine and photographed. 42. Name the international religious institution that now has this work in its contemporary art collection.   The Vatican's Contemporary Art Collection 43. Briefly describe Dada.  An anti-establishment art movement to challenge social norms 44. When did it arise?  1916 45. Briefly explain why.  The absurdities of the first world war led to "dada" a nonsense word. Illogical for an illogical time. 46. Describe Marcel Duchamp's *Fountain*.  An upside-down urinal 47. How was it signed?  R. Mutt 1917 48. Where was it placed in its first exhibition in New York?  The Grand Central Palace in NYC 49. Why?  He wanted to challenge the idea of art but it was rejected from the exhibition. 50. What happened to the original?   It was likely thrown in the trash. 51. Briefly explain why the Fountain is considered such an important work in the history of twentieth-century art.  It changed how people viewed what art was and how it was created. 52. What is a **readymade**?  Art made from an already existing object without changing it. 53. Who is at the center of the screenprint by Mexican American artist Ernesto Yerena Montejano that we discussed in class?  Miguel Cotto 54. He is covered in what?  Tattoos 55. What are two other images that appear in this work?  The Virgin Mary and the coqui frog 56. What are two possible reasons for Ernesto Yerena's decision to include them?  The coqui frog could represent Puerto rican culture and heritage, while the virgin mary represents the religion mainly followed in Puerto rico 57. Sr. Yerena is represented in the collection of what great museum?  The Salvador Dali Museum 58. Where is this museum located?  St. Petersburg, Florida 59. Dianora Niccolini was the first fine art photographer in our country to have a solo exhibition of what subject?  The male nude 60. Describe her photograph that we discussed in class.  A bare male chest in black and white 61. Briefly describe the sculpture of Jesus that we discussed in class.  A wooden sculpture from Guatemala, Jesus's arms are outstretched. 62. Scholars estimate that the public ministry of Jesus lasted for how many years?  About 3 years 63. What language did Jesus principally speak?  Aramaic 64. Name the Synoptic Gospels.  Mark, Matthew, and Luke 65. What was the first Gospel?  Mark 66. What Gospel did Jesus write?  None of them. 67. Which came first: the Gospels or the Epistles of St. Paul?  The Epistles 68. The New Testament was originally written in what language?  Greek 69. The New Testament was then translated into what language?  Syriac and latin 70. Jesus and His early followers were part of what religious tradition?  Judaism 71. Where has artist Motke Blum lived nearly all of his life, in what city and country?  Jerusalem, Israel 72. What historical event had a major influence on his life and art?  The Holocaust 73. Briefly describe the painting by Mr. Blum that I brought to class.  A figure behind barbed wire reaching up to spiritual freedom. 74. What decimated the population of Europe in the Middle Ages?  Bubonic Plague 75. Where do most historians believe this disease originated?  China 76. Name the trade route that brought this disease to Europe.  Silk Road 77. Name the gifted Italian writer who vividly described what happened in Florence.  Giovanni Boccaccio 78. Name three ways people responded to this crisis.  Some people partied, some quarantined, and some devoted themselves religiously. 79. What was the leading medical intervention at the time?  They believed bloodletting and leeches were the solution. 80. What were two manifestations of this illness?  Black spots and tumors 81. What ethnic/religious group was blamed for this catastrophic crisis?  Jews 82. How were they sometimes punished?  They were killed 83. What religious groups stepped forward to care for the sick at the risk of their own lives?  Catholic nuns and priests 84. How were many people buried who died from this disease?  Mass graves 85. Briefly describe the "AIDS poster" that I brought to class.  Two men kissing with the words "read my lips" 86. Who created it?  Gran Fury through ACT-UP 87. What was it designed to do?  It was meant to fight the stigma surrounding gay relations 88. What was ACT-UP?  An AIDs coalition to unleash power to fight AIDs epidemic 89. Where was this group originally formed?  New York City, NY 90. Name two physical manifestations of AIDS.  Weight loss and swollen lymph nodes 91. Name two similarities in the response to AIDS and to the other major disease we discussed in class.  People afflicted were shunned and thrown out and the Catholic church helped again 92. Describe the 1987 photograph that was instrumental in changing attitudes toward people with AIDS.  Princess Diana shaking the hand of an AIDS patient without gloves. 93. Briefly describe the sculpture of St. Francis of Assisi that I brought to class.  A wooden sculpture of him standing with birds on his shoulders and a wolf next to him 94. Where did St. Francis live, in what modern-day country?  Italy 95. His father earned his considerable income in what craft and business?  Textiles 96. What was St. Francis like as a youth?  He partied a lot 97. Where did his identity crisis begin?  When he was imprisoned in Perugia 98. St. Francis embraced a man with what illness?  Leprosy 99. What contemporary celebrity was photographed touching a man with the same illness?  Princess Diana 100. His father accused St. Francis of what offense in the town square?  Stealing all the textiles he was trusted with. 101. What did St. Francis do after hearing his father's accusation?  He stripped of his clothes and began his life of poverty 102. What approach did St. Francis take to the Gospels?  He was a gospel literalist he took everything literally 103. What influential religious order or community did he establish that is still active today?  The Franciscans 104. Whom do they primarily serve?  Impoverished and homeless people. 105. They are known for wearing what?  Simple brown robes, a rope for a belt, and sandals 106. Briefly explain why St. Francis is considered one of the earliest environmentalists.   He encouraged minimalist living and living interconnected with animals and nature.in