HUM1B – MID TERM EXAM

GENERAL DIRECTION:
A. Read each item very carefully.
B. Write your answer in the examination sheet by putting X on the letter that gives the correct answer.
C. If you desire to change your answer, SHADE first completely the box of the previous answer before putting
X to your final answer.
D. Avoid making too many unnecessary markings in your examination answer sheet.

A. MEDIUMS OF THE VISUAL ARTS

1. Why oil painting is a popular and best medium by artist?

a. The medium is easy to be mixed with plaster.
b. It has an albuminous or colloidal effect.
c. It’s because of their transparent colors.
d. It’s easy to cover any mistake committed during the process.

2. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about oil paint?

a. The paints are opaque.
b. It has two methods to be used.
c. It has no limit to the ways of handling it.
d. It’s major effects are caused by the white paper.

3. Which of the following is TRUE about tempera?

a. It can be done through mixing the product with a preparation of gum and water.
b. It dries rapidly with the evaporation of water.
c. It can be applied through a thick surface and seemed to have water color transparency.
d. It gives no glazed effect.

4. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about pastel?

a. It serves as an emulsion.
b. It is closely related to dry pigment.
c. It can be used in a canvas.
d. It is not a popular medium because it’s not easy to preserve its original freshness.

5. What painting material is usually used by the Egyptian, Medieval and Renaissance painter because of its
accessibility?
a. Fresco c. Pastel
b. Water color d. Tempera

6. Which of the following is NOT a medium of painting?

a. wood c. paper
b. stone d. plaster

7. What medium of painting is used by Michelangelo in his work of art?

a. Acrylic c. Fresco
b. Tempera d. Oil

8. What medium of painting is described which some artists call it as synthetic paints and are as flexible as oil?
a. Oil paint c. Acrylic
b. Tempera d. Fresco

9. What type of medium for painting which uses colors mixed with water and applied to a fresh plaster which
absorbs the color?
a. Oil paint c. Acrylic
b. Water color d. Fresco

10. What process of sculpture is applicable for stone and wood?

a. Additive c. Relief
b. Subtractive d. Free standing

B. ELEMENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS OF THE VISUAL ARTS; AND ARCHITECTURE

11. How do you describe relief sculpture?

a. The art can be perceived through sense of sight.
b. The art has all sides.
c. It is about putting the materials together.
d. It is about using the ground as its pedestal.

12. What medium in architecture can easily be polished and has beautiful color but may decay easily?
a. Terracotta c. Ivory
b. Marble d. Wood

13. How do you describe cantilever?

a. Dominant in Roman architecture
b. With two vertical posts for support
c. Projecting horizontally and anchored at one end only
d. Typical for stone construction which can be observed in churches

14. What type of construction can be observed in Parthenon in Athens, Greece?

a. Cantilever c. Post and lintel
b. Arch d. Concrete type

15. What type of construction if it needs a beam with a great tensile strength that can be securely fastened at the
supported end?
a. Wood carving c. Post and Lintel
b. Voussoirs d. Cantilever

16. What element does the human being possesses when engage into course of action?
a. Shape c. Line
b. Perspective d. Color

17. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about color?

a. It is a property of light.
b. It has three dimensions.
c. It is an effect in the presence of light.
d. Value covers hue and intensity.
18. Which of the following is NOT classified as warm color?
a. blue c. yellow
b. orange d. red

19. Which of the following does not describe hue?

a. It is a dimension of color.
b. It includes red-yellow as tertiary color.
c. It names intermediate colors.
d. Violet is a combination of blue and red.

20. What does white color denote?

a. Unity c. Cleanliness
b. Innocence d. Life

21. Which of the following describes a maroon color?

a. It is a tint of red color.
b. It is a shade of red color.
c. It is a high intensity color.
d. None of the above

22. Which of the following is NOT an example of tertiary color?

a. Red-violet c. Blue-green
b. Blue-purple d. Red-blue

23. Which of the following does NOT belong in a group?

a. Yellow c. Violet
b. Blue d. Red

24. Which of the following color imply happiness and natural abundance?
a. Orange c. Green
b. White d. Blue

25. Which of the following does NOT belong in a group?

a. Violet c. Red
b. Green d. Orange

26. Which of the following does NOT describe a form?

a. It refers to the geometrical shapes.
b. Circle is a good example.
c. It can be organized through rhythm.
d. It’s a three dimensional art.

27. Which of the following does NOT describe balance?

a. One kilo of Cotton vs. one kilo of stone
b. Balance is present in running.
c. Formal balance has two equal weights.
d. One kilo of rice vs. two kilo of orange
28. What line that denote movement and flexibility?
a. Diagonal c. Curved
b. Vertical d. Horizontal

29. In painting, how to achieve volume in an artwork?

a. Apply shapes to an object
b. Use surface lights shadows
c. Find the area of its shape
d. No need to use pedestals

30. How to achieve emphasis in artwork?

a. Focus on repeating one shape
b. Arrange two objects with different sizes
c. Draw six squares with one triangle at the center
d. Maintain the relationship of the whole from individual parts

31. What period of architecture adopts the columnar and trabeated style of the Greeks as well as develop an arch and
vault?
a. Egyptian c. Roman
b. Mesopotamian d. Gothic

32. What period of architecture popularizes the Pyramid and The Great Sphinx?
a. Egyptian c. Roman
b. Greek d. Byzantine

33. What period of architecture develops the post and lintel construction?
a. Baroque c. Roman
b. Greek d. Byzantine

D. ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE AND THE COMBINED ARTS

34. What appeal is used in the work of Rizal’s two revolutionary novels?
a. Humanistic c. Emotional
b. Intellectual d. Rational

35. The word HOME for instance it means a place where one lives. What type of definition is it?
a. Connotative c. Subjective
b. Denotative d. Imagery

36. What element of a short story that focusses on the arrangement of the action?
a. Setting c. Plot
b. Climax d. Sequence

37. When reading an essay, the following elements should be considered, except?
a. The issue introduced
b. The writer’s background
c. The relevance of the issue to the life of the reader.
d. The writer’s viewpoint and thought

38. What popular play during Spanish era that merely focusses on melodrama with songs and dances?
a. Cenakulo c. Zarzuela
b. Moro-moro d. Ati-atihan

39. What popular play in Japanese which usually has a more extravagant type of entertainment with lavish
costumes?
a. Noh play c. Jojuri play
b. Kabuki play d. Haiku play

C. DRAMA

40. Which of the following best describe about drama?

a. Drama does not need a stage, nor does it need costume, props and scenery.
b. Drama in Ancient Greek meant something that is acted out, or lived through.
c. Both A and B
d. None of the above

41 . What form of art that deals with sound?

a. Musical Intstrument c. Musical Drama
b. Music d. All of the above

42. Who became the star of the show Miss Saigon here in the Philippines?
a. Lea Salonga c. Lani Misalucha
b. Pilita Corales d. Regine Velasquez

43. Which of the following refers to a very heavy drama shown in relation to the life sacrifices and death of Jesus
Christ?
a. Moro-moro c. Cenakulo
b. Ati-atihan d. Zarzuela

44. Which of the following refers to a cloak-and-dagger play depicting the wars between the Christians and
Muslims, with the Christians always on the winning side?
a. Moro-moro c. Cenakulo
b. Ati-atihan d. Moriones

45. Which of the following refers to a melodrama with songs and dances that have a three-in-one-act play?
a. Ati-atihan c. Cenakulo
b. Moro-moro d. Zarzuela

46. Which of the following is described as a pagan ritual which has become an annual affair that the natives look
forward to with great expectation?
a. Moro-moro c. Cenakulo
b. Ati-atihan d. None of the above
47. Which of the following refers to a festival and a Lenten ritual with full of colors?
a. Moro-moro c. Cenakulo
b. Ati-atihan d. Moriones

48. What does Morion mean?

a. sword c. armor
b. mask or visor d. none of the above

49. Which is not a traditional forms of Japanese drama?

a. Kabuki c. Wu
b. Noh d. Kodomo

50. Which of the following refers to the oldest form of Chinese play; it has patriotism and filial devotion for its
subject?
a. Vun Pan Shi c. Vun Min Shi
b. Sin Pan Shi d. None of the above