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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. Perfected literary conversation and introduced everyday speech to theater






2. One of Duncan's generals; wants to become King of Scotland; murders Duncan and slays anyone in the way of his kingship






3. Ancient Greek philosopher - wrote Republic and Symposium - credited with being the most influential force on Western philosophy of all time. He taught the likes of Aristotle - and expressed his philosophical beliefs largely through fictional dialogue






4. Wrote Two Treatises on Government - also published An Essay Concerning Human Understanding to outline the principles of empiricism.






5. Wrote the play 'A Raisin in the Sun' about a working-class African American family struggling against poverty and racism.






6. Italian sculptor renowned as a pioneer of the Renaissance style with his natural - lifelike figures - such as the bronze statue David.






7. Scientist - educator - abolitionist - philosopher - economist - political theorist - and statesman who defined the colonial new world in his writings; principal figure of the American enlightenment - Poor Richard's Almanac - Observations on the Incr






8. A capella singers






9. An Irish novelist who wrote Ulysses - a stream of consciousness book based loosely on Odyssey






10. Greatest playwright of all time; wrote MacBeth - King Lear - Hamlet - Romeo and Juliet; introduced new words to the English language. Histories - tragedies - comedies






11. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






12. Italian Renaissance artist that painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling and sculpted the statue of David.






13. Bessanio along with others are courting a girl - they have to pick a certain box - Bessanio picks the right one and is allowed to marry her






14. The idea that matter is made out of atoms






15. American Science Fiction writer..'Fahrenheit 451'






16. United States sculptor who first created mobiles and stabiles (1898-1976)






17. His works provided the basis for love poetry and popularized the theme of humanism - The Cazoniere






18. Libertine whose focused prose - Social Contract






19. Who designed the Brooklyn bridge?






20. Russian romantic composer; 4 piano concerti; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Vocalise; called the last Romantic






21. A tapestry that recounts the battle of hastings - A piece of linen about 1 Ft.8 in. Wide by 213 ft.long covered with embroidery representing the incidents of Willam the conqueror's expedition to England.






22. The ranaissance artist who led the way in establishing a new style of employing deep space - modeling - and anatomical correctness.






23. DNA of the song






24. A sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person






25. Goldsmith and sculptor - wrote one of the first autobiographies






26. Russian composer - composed 6 symphonies - The Nutcracker - Swan Lake Suite - Concerti






27. Early 20th century style of painting and to a lesser degrees sculpture that used geometric shapes as underlying primary forms. In contrast to Impressionism - which it succeeded - the primary concern of Cubism was with from rather than color






28. French female author of more than eighty novels who took a man's name and dressed in male attire to protest the treatment of women






29. Norwegian composer. 'Peer Gynt'






30. Wrote 'Les Miserables' which criticized the French Revolution






31. Refers to the classical revival in European art - architecture - and interior design that lasted from the mid-eighteenth to the early nineteenth century






32. Wrote 'The Human Comedy'






33. Leucippus and Democritus






34. German metaphysician - began his string of successful philosophical publications with Critique of Pure Reason in 1781 - believed that reality extended only so far as an individual's personal degree of 'knowing -' and it is impossible to 'know' thing






35. Plato and Aristotle






36. Seven-foot line






37. Russian critic who founded the Ballet Russe






38. Took inspiration from Schiller's 'Ode to Joy'






39. Spanish writer best remembered for 'Don Quixote' which satirizes chivalry and influenced the development of the novel form (1547-1616)






40. Composer - conductor and pianist






41. Painted 'Annunciation' - Annunciation - Siena Cathedral - Italy - international gothic - (Early 14th)






42. One unit of meter in poetry






43. Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson






44. Long days journey into night - the iceman center - ah wilderness - desire under the elms - mourning become electric

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45. American composer; Adagio for Strings Abing; Chinese Music;The moon reflected on the second springs.






46. God of the sea






47. An English maker of pottery and china - he developed mass production of quality porcelain. Signature blue or pink with cameo inset.






48. What does the symbol U mean in poetry?






49. A technique of painting using pigment mixed with egg yolk






50. Flemish Baroque painter who had assistants complete parts of his work