Prior to World War II, Ivan Pyriev, an important director in the musical comedies, specialized in tractor musicals, which glorified life on collective farms.

Why did the Egyptians believe that a good deity like Osiris required a bad deity like Seth?

A. Without knowing bad, one had no basis for knowing good. B. Opposites were necessary for balance, harmony, and cycles. C.Good versus evil provided the most basic and intense conflict. D. Seth had to murder Osiris so Osiris could be god of the dead.

Which of the following statements about medieval towns is FALSE?

A. The rise of towns coincided with and contributed to the rise of the middle class. B. Medieval towns usually developed out of marketplaces. C. Some towns grew into self-governing city-states. D. By twelfth century, the majority of Europeans lived in towns.