Humanities 2 Flashcards
Which of the following is a “coming of age” novel that utilizes the concept of the anti-hero?
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Of the following poems, which is known as one of the most poignant elegies to President Abraham Lincoln?
When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed by Walt Whitman
What does assonance in poetry mean?
repetition of vowel sounds in a single line of poetry. Example: “Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death”
What does iambic pentameter mean?
Refers to meter, or rhythm, of a line of poetry composed of five feet, or iambs, having on unstressed and one stressed syllable for a total of 10 syllables. Example: “For SHADE to SHADE will COME too DROWsily”
Who are African-American playwrights who won awards and critical recognition for their plays in the 1920’s?
Zora Neale Hurston and Marita Bonner
A well-made play is characterized by what?
a tight and logical construction, a plot based on a withheld secret, a misplaced letter and documents, a obligatory scene.
A well-made play must have all but?
an episodic structure.
Frank Lloyd Wright was the original architect/designer for which of the following twentieth-century museums?
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
In ballet, what does glissade mean?
Placing and applying body weight to one foot that is against the floor while sliding the other foot into fifth position.
In ballet, what does pas de chat mean?
quick springing movement that resembles a cat walk by alternating feet
In ballet, what does fourth position crossed mean?
positioning one foot in front of the other while the feet remain one step apart
In ballet, what is it called when weight is proportioned incorrectly, creating the body to shift and lean in that direction?
improper balance
In ballet, what is it called when one left leg lifted at a 45-degree angle rotating from front to outer side, from back to inner side?
demi rond de jambe
The predecessor of the modern-day piano is called?
harpischord
A poem set to music is an?
art song
A high male voice is classified as?
tenor
A high female voice is classified as?
soprano
The lowest male voice is classified as?
bass
A medium female voice is classified as?
alto
What is the range of voice between tenor and bass?
baritone
Which of the following well-known writers is famous for his verses about the struggle for Irish independence?
W.B. Yeats. Examples of work: In the Seven Woods and The Green Helmet and Other Poems
Which of the following early American novels deals with the author’s personal attempts to exorcise many of the negative aspects of his Puritan heritage?
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlett Letter
Though once condemned as indecent and controversial, this modern English autobiographical novel is now acclaimed for its originality?
Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence
Known for its transcendentalist underpinnings, this early American work also emphasizes the importance of self-reliance?
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
In architecture, what is a cantilever?
rigid stone structure fixed at one end and free at the other
In architecture, which material was used to build in the medieval times?
stone masonry and mortar
In William Blake’s poem The Sick Rose, what is the poem about?
A woman losing her virginity and beauty
In poetry, what does personification mean?
an object or emotion has been made into a person with human attributes. It is easily detected because the personified word is often capitalized.
In poetry, what does alliteration mean?
a device that repeats the initial consonants, or vowels, as in “crowing cocks” or “weeping widows”
What does onomatopoeia mean?
verbs that sound like action: ooze, hiss, swish
What does assonance mean?
repeats the vowel sounds in a line or sentence: unmoved, another, approved
Poetic drama is best described as?
a poem in dialogue written for performance
The Threepenny Opera is best described as?
an epic drama by Bertolt Brecht. It was based on John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera.
In drama, what does historification mean?
use of material drawn from other times and places, which allows the audience to view the performance in a detached manner.
The belief that a human being has an absolute power to choose his or her own destiny is the hallmark of?
Existentialism. “existence over essence” which means that what one becomes is a matter of choice and not something usually called “human nature”. The opposite of essentialism.
What is a distinctive American philosophy that the worth of an idea is its “cash value” or power to solve a problem?
Pragmatism
What is the political and economic theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, later developed by their followers to form the basis for the theory and practice of communism.
Marxism
Cyclopean is a term which is often used to refer to the masonry building of which of the following civilizations?
Mycenean. The Ancient Greeks, upon viewing the massive masonry blocks used by the Mycenean construction, believed that they could have only been place by giants.
Descartes used his cogito argument, “I think, therefore I am” to establish what?
an indubitable foundation for knowledge.
Which analysis represents a through-composed form?
ABCDE
In music theory of musical form, through-composed music is relatively continuous, non-sectional, or non-repetitive music. A song is said to be through-composed if it has different music for each stanza of the lyrics. This is in contrast to strophic form, in which each stanza is set to the same music.
What does open structure mean in music?
AB, binary form, that starts in the tonic key and may modulate before the end
Which of the following can be a synonym for Gregorian chant?
plainchant. It’s monophonic vocal music, which was primarily used in church.
What is a polyphonic vocal composition used in church music for two or more voices?
motet
what is imitated polyphonic vocal composition consisting of two or more voices?
a canon
what is a vocal solo with accompaniment found in larger composition called?
aria
What is imitative polyphony with variations called?
fugue
Which composer is best known for his technique of weaving favorite melodies, often patriotic, into his compositions?
Charles Ives
Which composer popularized patriotic marches?
Sousa
Which composer explored primitivism and tonalities?
Stravinsky
Which is perhaps the most curious - even hilarious - novel written in the eighteenth century?
Tristram Shandy by Laurence Stern
