East Los Angeles College » Humanities » Humanities 060 - People & Their World » Fall 2021

Question #1

What is the “White man’s Burden” according to Kipling?

A. none of the answers

B. due to racial superiority the white man as imperialist has the duty to civilize the inferior humans in the world.

C. being physically more beautiful and charismatic than other ethnicities

D. being unable to dance or jump high

Question #2

19th century social theory

A. details how a gentleman and lady should socialize in modern society

B. focuses on how to address the social consequences of industrial capitalism

C. looks to utilize Protestantism to establish a theocracy in the United States

D. none of the answers

Question #3

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels are famous for

A. writing the Communist Manifesto

B. none of the answers

C. being the most successful comedy duo in the world.

D. are responsible for the theory of evolution.

Question #4

In The Subjection of Women Mill argues

A. that the legal subordination of one gender to another is wrong and hinders human progress.

B. none of the answers

C. that women are naturally inclined to being the slaves of men sexually.

D. that women are naturally the inferior gender and should , therefore, dedicate their lives to serving and pleasing men.

Question #5

In the excerpt found in the text Huck struggles with what dilemma?

A. whether or not to help a fugitive slave, which is illegal during that time period

B. whether or not to play hide and seek.

C. whether or not he should go to work that day.

D. none of the answers

Question #6

The Russian novelists Dostoevsky and Tolstoy focused their work on

A. the emotions of humanity that reflected Romanticism.

B. none of the answers

C. a pessimistic and critical view of human nature.

D. an optimistic and idealized view of human nature.

Question #7

Realist painters preferred

A. none of the answers

B. to show the viewer life as it should or could be rather than how it actually is.

C. to depict reality as being based in daydreams and one’s imagination.

D. concrete, matter-of-fact depictions of everyday life.