Fluent Essays

The ancient Law Code of Hammurabi provides extraordinary insight into what aspect of Babylonian culture? Question 1 options:RaceAfterlifeGenderManu CodesQuestion 2 (10 points) The academic discipline of Archaeological Anthropology studies social and cultural patterns by doing all the following except? Question 2 options:Sifting through ruinsCensus analysisExcavating burial sitesCareful examination of artifacts Question 3 (10 points) According to anthropologists, the Kalahari San people practice what sort of religion?Question 3 options:Ecclesiastical religionMansin religionshamanistic religionSyncretism religionQuestion 4 (10 points) The 1896 Meiji Restoration in Japan brought what political development?Question 4 options:restoration of Tokugawa authorityliberalization of Japanese marketsarrival of Theodore Roosevelts White Fleetthe end of the Song DynastyQuestion 5 (10 points) Researchers who study a place by spending a significant amount of time in the field in order to understand culture are called? Question 5 options:Social BehavioristsEthnographersCultural BehavioristsArchaeologists Question 6 (10 points) What is the academic study of human culture? Question 6 options:Psychology ArchaeologySocial AnthropologyCultural Anthropology Question 7 (10 points) An academic examination of Ukrainian refugee lives in St. Paul, MN, is an example of what anthropological discipline? Question 7 options:Cross cultural researchLinguistic analysisBiological anthropologyEmpiricism Question 8 (10 points) The theory in psychology that holds that seminal contributions to society are a result of individual accomplishments is? Question 8 options:DetenteFormative Determinism TheorySociocultural TheorySkinners Operant TheoryQuestion 9 (10 points) “Trees” by Joyce Kilmer I think that I shall never seeA poem lovely as a tree.A tree whose hungry mouth is prestAgainst the earths sweet flowing breast;A tree that looks at God all day,And lifts her leafy arms to pray;A tree that may in summer wearA nest of robins in her hair;Upon whose bosom snow has lain;Who intimately lives with rain.Poems are made by fools like me,But only God can make a tree. Kilmer, Joyce. (1913). The Tyger. The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved from http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poe...Kilmer, J. (1913). Trees. Within the Poem, Trees, by Joyce Kilmer, the author uses what poetic style? Question 9 options:confessionalhaikunarrativeimage Question 10 (10 points) Woody GuthrieThis Land Is Your LandGuthrie, W. (Artist). (n.d.). This Land Is Your Land. This land is your land and this land is my landFrom California to the New York islandFrom the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream watersThis land was made for you and meAs I went walking that ribbon of highwayAnd I saw above me that endless skywayI saw below me that golden valleyThis land was made for you and meI roamed and rambled and Ive followed my footstepsTo the sparkling sands of her diamond desertsAll around me a voice was a-soundingThis land was made for you and meThere was a big high wall there that tried to stop meSign was painted, said private propertyBut on the back side it didnt say nothingThis land was made for you and meWhen the sun come shining, then I was strollingAnd the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rollingA voice was chanting as the fog was liftingThis land was made for you and meThis land is your land and this land is my landFrom California to the New York islandFrom the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream watersThis land was made for you and me Woody Guthries “This Land is Your Land” folk song is widely considered by linguistic anthropologists to be what type of song? Question 10 options:patrioticsocial protest Kentucky bluegrassAppalachian folkQuestion 11 (10 points) “Trees” by Joyce Kilmer I think that I shall never seeA poem lovely as a tree.A tree whose hungry mouth is prestAgainst the earths sweet flowing breast;A tree that looks at God all day,And lifts her leafy arms to pray;A tree that may in summer wearA nest of robins in her hair;Upon whose bosom snow has lain;Who intimately lives with rain.Poems are made by fools like me,But only God can make a tree. Kilmer, Joyce. (1913). The Tyger. The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved from http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poe...Kilmer, J. (1913). Trees. Within the Poem, Trees, by Joyce Kilmer, the author uses what rhyming schema? Question 11 options:general rhymeperfect rhymeEye rhymeDictatorial rhymeQuestion 12 (10 points) The city of Chicago was at the epicenter of nineteenth century use of steel in architecture. Along with New York, Chicago pioneered the Skyscraper – a massively tall building created with an improved type of steel. Tacoma Building, built in 1888, used steel to support the huge building. According to architectural historians the Tacoma building did away with what architectural school dicate?Question 12 options:Neoclassical TemplateGreek classical facadeLoad bearing foyerNew York’s 2nd RuleQuestion 13 (10 points) Please examine Eugene Delacroixs Liberty Leading the People and answer the following question. The Louvre, Frances preeminent art museum, houses Eugene Delacroixs 1831 painting, Liberty Leading the People. Delacroix painted this work as a direct reference to the ill-fated, anti-monarchical Paris uprising of 1830. Within the painting Delacroix showcases liberty leading the young and the old, the working and professional classes, against the repressive, old regime. The painting is large, oil on canvas work that measures 8ft tall by 10 ½ feet wide. In Delacroixs Liberty Leading the People historians understand the tricolor flag as a symbol of?Question 13 options:Equality, nationality, and LibertyLouis XVILiberty, fraternity, and equalityFraternity, equality, nationalityQuestion 14 (10 points) Confucius, Chinas foremost ancient philosopher lived during the waning moments of the Chou Dynasty. During these ‘waning moments’ – approx. one hundred years – central control over the empire’s vast territories decreased considerably. Confucius is best known for a series of books, titled, The Analects. Within The Analects Confucius devotes significant space towards the study of virtue. Among other facets of virtue Confucius explains:Ren: the capacity for humanity and goodnessChün-Tzu: the better personLi: rites and traditionsWen: cultured, refined, and civilized Match the following quote to the above virtues as understood by Confucius.Book 3.26: The Master said, High station filled without indulgent generosity; ceremonies performed without reverence; mourning conducted without sorrow-wherewith should I contemplate such ways?Question 14 options:RenChün-TzuLiWenQuestion 15 (10 points) Confucius, Chinas foremost ancient philosopher lived during the waning moments of the Chou Dynasty. During these ‘waning moments’ – approx. one hundred years – central control over the empire’s vast territories decreased considerably. Confucius is best known for a series of books, titled, The Analects. Within The Analects Confucius devotes significant space towards the study of virtue. Among other facets of virtue Confucius explains:Ren: the capacity for humanity and goodnessChün-Tzu: the better personLi: rites and traditionsWen: cultured, refined, and civilized Match the following quote to the above virtues as understood by Confucius.Book 14.25: The Master said, In ancient times, men learned with a view to their own improvement. Nowadays, men learn with a view to the approbation of others.Question 15 options:RenChün-TzuLiWenQuestion 16 (10 points) Please examine Pablo Picassos Guernica and Eugene Delacroixs Liberty Leading the People and answer the following question. The Reina Sofía, Spain’s Museum of Modern art, houses Pablo Picasso’s famous painting titled Guernica that he created in 1937. Picasso’s painting was exhibited at the Paris World Fair in the Spanish Exhibition of 1937. Picasso painted this work as a protest after the bombing of a small town called Guernica in the Western area of his beloved country of Spain. Spanish fascists with the help of Hitler’s air force bombed the small town killing many people and animals, and leaving it in ruins. The painting is a large, oil on canvas work that measures 11 feet tall by 25 ½ feet wide. The Louvre, Frances preeminent art museum, houses Eugene Delacroixs 1831 painting, Liberty Leading the People. Delacroix painted this work as a direct reference to the ill-fated, anti-monarchical Paris uprising of 1830. Within the painting Delacroix showcases liberty leading the young and the old, the working and professional classes, against the repressive, old regime. The painting is large, oil on canvas work that measures 8ft tall by 10 ½ feet wide. According to art historians both Delacroixs Liberty Leading the People and Picasso’s Guernica are:Question 16 options:Gothic paintingsEcclesiastical paintingsSocial protest paintingsCross cultural paintingsQuestion 17 (10 points) Confucius, Chinas foremost ancient philosopher lived during the waning moments of the Chou Dynasty. During these ‘waning moments’ – approx. one hundred years – central control over the empire’s vast territories decreased considerably. Confucius is best known for a series of books, titled, The Analects. Within The Analects Confucius devotes significant space towards the study of virtue. Among other facets of virtue Confucius explains:Ren: the capacity for humanity and goodnessChün-Tzu: the better personLi: rites and traditionsWen: cultured, refined, and civilized Match the following quote to the above virtues as understood by Confucius.Book 7.6: The Master said, Let the will be set on the path of duty. Let every attainment in what is good be firmly grasped. Let perfect virtue be accorded with. Let relaxation and enjoyment be found in the polite arts.Question 17 options:RenChün-TzuLiWenQuestion 18 (10 points) Confucius, Chinas foremost ancient philosopher lived during the waning moments of the Chou Dynasty. During these ‘waning moments’ – approx. one hundred years – central control over the empire’s vast territories decreased considerably. Confucius is best known for a series of books, titled, The Analects. Within The Analects Confucius devotes significant space towards the study of virtue. Among other facets of virtue Confucius explains:Ren: the capacity for humanity and goodnessChün-Tzu: the better personLi: rites and traditionsWen: cultured, refined, and civilized Match the following quote to the above virtues as understood by Confucius.Book 15.23: Tzu-kung asked, saying, Is there one world which may serve as a rule of practice for all ones life? The Master said, Is not reciprocity such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.Question 18 options:RenChün-TzuLiWenQuestion 19 (10 points) Please read Rudyard Kiplings The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly and George Orwells Shooting An Elephant and answer the following question: The subject matter of both tales is a classic example of what literary genre?Question 19 options:Short storyNovellaFableTragedyQuestion 20 (10 points) Please read Rudyard Kiplings The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly and answer the following question: In Kipling’s The Arrest Of Lieutenant Golightly the author concludes with this paragraph: “Golightly spent the greater part of that summer in trying to get the Corporal and the two soldiers tried by Court-Martial for arresting an ‘officer and a gentleman.’ They were, of course, very sorry for their error. But the tale leaked into the regimental canteen, and thence ran about the Province.” One can infer from this quoted passage that:Question 20 options:The personal vanity of Golightly was besmirchedThe two officers were eventually tried and found guiltyThis is a cautionary tale of cleanliness and empireGolightly later quit the regiment