Humanities 060 - People & Their World » Fall 2021 » Chapter 33 Quiz

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Question #1
Sigmund Freud is known for
A.   developing a system for treating emotional illness and describing the psyche as being composed of 3 parts.
B.   creating psychoanalysis which is a therapy that deals wit repressed desires that lie in one’s subconscious.
C.   all of the answers
D.   refuting that human reason governs human behavior
Question #2
One of Freud’s students, Jung, argues
A.   that the subconscious is individualized.
B.   that the personal unconscious life of the individual rests on a deeper and more universal layer of the human psyche called the collective unconscious.
C.   none of the answers
D.   that it is man’s ability to use reason and logic that dictates his behavior and is the key to treating a person’s emotional illness.
Question #3
Marcel Proust uses Freud’s ideas to
A.   focuses on the rational thought processes of humanity in his work.
B.   none of the answers
C.   emphasizes the control of one’s conscious over one’s subconscious.
D.   highlight the power of memory in retrieving past experiences and shaping the private life of the individual.
Question #4
The writer Franz Kafka
A.   none of the answers
B.   depicts characters that are comforted by the morality and ethics of modern society.
C.   fills his work with ambiguity, fearful contradictions, themes of insecurity and vulnerability to explore the effect of the subconscious on an individual.
D.   presents a modern world in which the effects of the advances of technology create a utopian existence for modern man.
Question #5
James Joyce is known for
A.   none of the answers
B.   the use of interior monologue and stream of consciousness.
C.   creating characters that used reason and logic to deal with their personal problems.
D.   presenting an optimistic view of his homeland Ireland.
Question #6
Expressionism can be described as
A.   none of the answers
B.   an art movement of the 20th century that uses clarity of composition and color to demonstrate the progressive and orderly life of modern man.
C.   an art form influenced by Freud’s work that distorts form and color to evoke violence and emotional intensity.
D.   a form of art that focuses on creating a calming, peaceful experience for the audience.
Question #7
Metaphysical art is concerned with
A.   none of the answers
B.   what is beyond the physical world and one’s senses to explore the landscapes of the human psyche.
C.   the realistic depicton of everyday objects and events.
D.   the modern physical urbanscapes that are filled with skyscrapers and the hustle and bustle of modern life.
Question #8
Dadaism
A.   is an art movement created by stay at home fathers.
B.   aggressively attacked tradition and was dedicated to exploring the irrationality and randomness of the modern world.
C.   is named after the great 20th century hermaphrodite artist Mama Dada.
D.   none of the answers
Question #9
Salvador dali, Frieda Kahlo and Rene Magritte are categorized as
A.   Narcissists
B.   Sociopaths
C.   Surrealists
D.   none of the answers
Question #10
Georgia O’Keefe is
A.   a pioneer of American modernist surrealism.
B.   created haunting biomorphic images abstracted from greatly enlarged flowers and bleached animal bones.
C.   all of the answers
D.   an artist that uses a fluid line style to distill the essence of the subjects she paints.

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