Quiz in Humanities

(2nd Semester, A.Y. 2013-2014)

Name:____________________ Course:______________________Date:___________
Score:__________
I. Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the correct answer then write it on the
space before the number. (10 pts.)
_______1. He is the author of a 17th century epic poem, Paradise Lost.
a. John Donne
c. John Milton
b. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
d. Alexander Pope
_______2. He is an earliest poet who wrote in metaphysical style.
a. John Donne
c. John Milton
b. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
d. Alexander Pope
_______3. The creator of French Baroque Comedy, a new theatrical form.
a. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
c. Jean Baptiste Poqueline/Moliere
b. Alexander Pope
d. Pierre Corneille
_______4. He is often called the Father of Modern Philosophy.
a. Thomas Hobbes
c. Galileo Galilei
b. Alexander Pope
d. Rene Descartes
_______5. He preferred to paint light and elegant depictions of the lives of gods and
goddesses.
a. Michelangelo Merisi
c. Annibale Carracci
b. Artemisis Gentileschi
d. Gian Lorenzo Bernini
_______6. It is a belief in God as a great clockmaker rather than a personal God.
a. Enlightenment
b. Deism
c. Humanitarianismd. Humanism
_______7. It is an idea that people who are more fortunate should assist those who are
less fortunate.
a. Enlightenment
b. Deism
c. Humanitarianismd. Humanism
_______8. It is a name that means mankind was emerging from centuries of ignorance
into a new age of enlightened by reason.
a. Deism
b. Enlightenment c. Humanitarianismd. Humanism
_______9. He drafted the Declaration of Independence.
a. Benjamin Franklin
b. Alexander Pope c. Montesquieu
d.
Thomas Jefferson
_______10. It is consisted of a play in which the text was sung rather than spoken.
a. Cantata
b. opera
c. sonata
d. comic opera
II. Identify the characteristic of the period as to A-Baroque Period or B- Age of
Reason; write only the letter on the space provided. (10 pts.)
_______11. He growing spirit of philosophical and scientific inquiry and its phenomena
was expressed in clear and consistent terms.
_______12. Emotionalism is one of its arts characteristics.
_______13. There was movement away from the theatrical and passionate to the
elegant and orderly.
_______14. All men are inherently equal.
_______15. The artists were united in their commitment to strong emotional
statements, psychological exploration and daring techniques.
_______16. Most art produced are intended for a middle class rather than an
aristocratic audience.

_______17. New trade between countries generated new wealth.

_______18. Most literature was nonfictional and realistic
_______19. People saw reason as the ruling principle of life and the key to progress
and perfection.
_______20. There are no broad general principles operating in the age of such
dynamic and varied change.
III. Matching Type. Match the items in Column A with the items in Column b.
Write only the letter on the space provided.
COLUMN A
COLUMN B
_______21. The Spirit of the Laws
A. Alexander Pope
_______22. The Social Contract
B. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
_______23. Rhyming Couplet
C. Montesquieu
_______24. The Marriage of Figaro
D. Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart
_______25. The conversion of Saint Paul
E. Voltaire
_______26. The Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne
F. Jonathan Swift
_______27. Faade, San Carlo alleQuatro
G. Isaac Newton
_______28. Don Quixote
H. Johannes Kepler
_______29. French Baroque Tragedy
I. Galileo Galilei
_______30. Theory of Gravity
J. Nicolas Copernicus
_______31. Law of Inertia
K. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
_______32. Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies
L. Pierre Corneille
_______33. On the Motion of Stars
M. Michelangelo Merisi
_______34. Letter on the Presbyterians
N. Annibale Carracci
_______35. Gullivers Travel
O. Francesco Borromini
IV. Identify which of the following word/s does not belong to the group by
choosing and writing the letter on the space before the number. Write the
words that will generalize the remaining three on the space after. (2 pts.
Each. 10 pts.)
_______1. A. Domestic Intimacy
Illusionism

B. Religious Fervor C. Laissez-Faire

D.

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_______2. A. Natural is best.
B. Equality of men C. Reasons reigns supreme
D.
Splendor
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_______3. A. Thirty years war
B. Puritan Rule
C. Movement
D.
Decline of Spanish power
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_______4. A. sonatas
B. string quartet
C. opera
D. comic opera
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_______5. A. drew on classical humanistic ideals
B. through the use of reason, humankind can be perfected
C. people believe human achievement and happiness should be the focus of
life rather than the life to come
D. optimistic view of human nature and potential

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Prepared by:
Mrs. Jennifer G. Erese