Humanities Flashcards
What is Venus De Miller
A sculpture created by unknown person
What is a Sonatina
a small sonata
What is a Concertino
A small concerto
What is a Concerto Grosso
a baroque composition in which a small group of solo instruments play with an orchestra
Who is D’Artagnan
a character created by Dumas in the three musketeers
Who is Gatsby
A character created by Fitzgerald in the Great Gatsby
Who is Victor Hugo
He wrote Les Miserables
Who is Mendelssohn
a 19th century composer 1809-1847
Who was the majority party in in revolutionary Russia
Bolshevik
Who were the Minority party in Revolutionary Russia
Mensheviks
Who is Peirce
major philosopher in the pragmatist movement
Who is Sartre
major philosopher in the existentialist movement
C# (c sharp) instrumentally are played the same as what note
Dd
B# ( B sharp) is played the same as what note
C
What did Sousa compose
He composed primarily Marches
What did Verdi compose
Primarily Operas
What is an invocation
It starts a religious service.
What is a benediction
it finishes a religious service
What is a diocese
a district under the care of a Bishop
Where was David the painter from
France
Where was Van Dyck the painter from
Flanders. He was Flemish. ( a part of Belgium)
What is Deontology
The study of ethics
Who was Calvin Coolidge
30th President
Who was Franklin Pierce
14th President
Who is Pontius Pilate
He sentenced Jesus to Death
Who is Creon
He sentenced Antigone to death
What is the last book in the bible
Deuteronomy
What is the origin of the name Diana
Roman for the goddess of the moon and hunting
What is the origin of the name Artemis
Greek for the goddess of the moon and hunting
What is the origin of the name Hera
Greek goddess of women and marriage
What is the origin of the name Minerva
Roman goddess of warriors, poetry, and medicine
What is Minerva Greek name
Athena
Who is Eugene Debs
A social who ran for president and lost
Who is Adlai Stevenson
A democrat who ran for president and lost
what is a steeple
it protrudes from a top a church
What is a Minaret
it protrudes from a top of a Mosque
Who is August Strindberg
He wrote plays
Who is Leonard Bernstein
He was a conductor
Who is Arthur Rubinstein
He was a Pianist
Who assassinated President Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Who assassinated Archduke Ferdinand in 1914
Gavrilo Princip
What instrument did John Coltrane play
Saxophone
Where was prophet Mohamed born
Mecca
Who guards the gates to heaven according to some beliefs
St. Peter
Who guards the gates to Hades according to some beliefs
Cerberus - The 3 headed dog
Who wrote the non-sensical poem Jabberwocky
Lewis Carroll
Who wrote the non-sensical poem r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r
e.e Cummings
