Exam 1: The Humanities: a Shining Beacon

A) expanding our knowledge and our capacity for understanding ourselves and others.
B) immersing ourselves in the experiences of those who came before us.
C) increasing our aesthetic pleasure by experiencing many viewpoints of the beautiful.
D) transforming intuitions into exciting ideas to develop our own thinking skills.

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A) Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
B) In a just society, justice must be accepted and adhered to by all.
C) It is the burden of the ruling party to make laws that are in its own best interest.
D) People can break the law if they feel it isn't a just law.

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A) Edgar Degas
B) Geoffrey Chaucer
C) Oscar Wilde
D) Taylor Mali

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A) follow the rapid shifts that are part of everyday talk.
B) acquire models for how to say things that prompt others to notice.
C) memorize long passages from the works of great authors such as Shakespeare and Oscar Wilde.
D) use social media and communicate casually.

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The humanities disciplines were expanded...

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A) "A man cannot step into the same river twice."
B) "And yet he seemed busier than he was."
C) "There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in."
D) "To be or not to be-that is the question."

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Humans are themselves an accum...

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A) beauty.
B) ideas.
C) beautiful movement.
D) language.

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