11/10/2022, 13:26 W05 Quiz: A Very Short History of the World and Plato: Introduction to the Humanities

W05 Quiz: A Very Short History of the World and

Plato
Due
Oct 12 at 11:59pm
Points
10
Questions
5
Available
Oct 1 at 12am - Oct 15 at 11:59pm
Time Limit
15 Minutes
Allowed Attempts
3

Instructions
Task: Complete a quiz on the "Plato" reading and the "A Very Short History of the World" video.
Purpose: To help you demonstrate your understanding of and better learn the concepts
discussed.

Notes
This is a directed reading quiz. All answers are in the reading.
You have 15 minutes to complete this quiz. This isn’t enough time to read while taking the quiz, so
read before you start.
However, you may review while taking the quiz, it is open book and open notes.
This is a 5 question quiz. You have 3 attempts; but, the quiz questions come from a test bank.
If you attempt the quiz again, you may or may not receive the same questions.

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Attempt History
Attempt Time Score
KEPT Attempt 2
15 minutes 10 out of 10

LATEST Attempt 2
15 minutes 10 out of 10

Attempt 1
12 minutes 6 out of 10

Score for this attempt:

10 out of 10
Submitted Oct 11 at 4:25am
This attempt took 15 minutes.

Question 1 2
/ 2 pts

What brought back a modicum of prosperity and security in the second

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half of the Middle Ages?

 
The conversion of the Vikings.

 
The philosophies of Aristotle.

Correct!  
An improvement in agriculture and the birth of early European nation
states.

 
The invention of the printing press.

Question 2 2
/ 2 pts

Who led the French to victory in the Hundred Years War?

 
Clovis the first Christian Monarch

 
The young Dauphin

Correct!  
Joan of Arc

 
Henry V

Question 3 2
/ 2 pts

What branch of philosophy deals with the question, "What is real"?

 
Epicureanism

Correct!  
Metaphysics

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Stoicism

 
Cynicism

Question 4 2
/ 2 pts

In HUM 110, we will divide the history of the world into what three parts:

Correct!  
Ancient, Middle Ages, Modern

 
Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom

 
Mesopotamian history, Dark Ages, Modern history

 
Age of Discovery, Renaissance, Protestant Reformation

Question 5 2
/ 2 pts

In the famous "Allegory of the Cave," our text explains that leaving the
cave or the upward journey represents:

Correct!  
Ascent of the soul into the intellectual world

 
Death

 
Man's Search for Happiness

 
Resurrection

Quiz Score:
10 out of 10

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