Aristotle stated that tragedy aims at representing men as worse and comedy as better than in actual life.

What term describes the idea, popularized by J.-J. Rousseau, that human society originated in an agreement among naturally free individuals to establish the rule of law and civil society?

a. neoclassicism b. the divine covenant c. sensibilité d. the social contract

What aspect of jazz was the Dave Brubeck Quartet among the first to explore?

a. merging jazz with classical music b. the use of polymeter and unusual time signatures c. the use of scales other than major and minor d. the use of orchestral instruments like the violin and cello