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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Action painting - put his canvas on the floor and brought his whole body into action while he splashed and dripped colors in swirling configurations






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






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






4. Opaque watercolor






5. Who designed the Brooklyn bridge?






6. Norwegian composer. 'Peer Gynt'






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






8. Goddess of Animals






9. A wooden box where religious relics are stored or displayed






10. Slow






11. American who became a British citizen; won the Nobel Peace prize in literature; wrote poetry and drama. 'Murder in the Cathedral'.






12. An arrangement of colored tiles to form a decorative surface.






13. American Playwright: The Crucible; Death of a Salesman; All My Sons






14. A plain - sturdy column with a plain capital






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






16. One of the greatest sculptors of the 19th century - The Thinker: The Kiss 12.2






17. Spanish surrealist painter






18. Stained glass - pointed arches and ribbed vaulting






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






20. French feminist who wrote the treatise titled ' The Second Sex'






21. London's Great Fire of 1666 led to ___________'s appointment as Surveyor General - overseeing all the reconstruction work on the royal palaces.






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






23. A term that was originally coined during the Renaissance - it was a belief that man was the center of the universe. Humanism in general is a philosophy that centers around the capabilities of man.






24. God of Wine and Theatre






25. Six-foot line






26. Court dances






27. Author of the first real historical drama and first English tragedy - The Tragedy of Doctor Faustus - Edward the Second






28. Carried the motion picture into the new era with his silent epics (The Birth of a Nation - Intolerance - etc.) which introduced serious plots and elaborate productions to filmmaking.






29. What type of column is a simple - plain shaft?






30. Twentieth-century novelist - used the stream-of-consciousness technique in his novel The Sound of Fury - whose intense drama is seen through the eyes of an idiot.






31. Wrote Waiting for Godot. The only scenery for the play was a cyclorama (a giant curtain onthe back of the stage) and a single tree with one branch and one leaf.






32. 19th century French syle of painting that tried to capture the painter's immediate impressions - usually of the outdoors. In music - a term associated witht the music of Debussy and Ravel






33. Movement in Church design towards theme of 'Christ - the Light of the World' - Gothic structure (reflected God's transcendence - power - and beauty). Built higher - allowed large stain glass windows. Served as visual catechism for those living during






34. 20 -000 Leagues Under the Sea - Around the World in Eighty Days. He is considered the Father of Science Fiction.






35. Considered America's greatest architect. Pioneered the concept that a building should blend into and harmonize with its surroundings rather than following classical designs.






36. Focuses on the direct relationship between the individual and the universe and/or God. Well-known existentialists include Martin Heidegger and Jean-Paul Sartre - with S






37. Both wrote music based on Don Juan






38. Libertine whose focused prose - Social Contract






39. Wrote Waiting for Godot. The only scenery for the play was a cyclorama (a giant curtain onthe back of the stage) and a single tree with one branch and one leaf.






40. The hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters






41. Spanish surrealist painter






42. Seven-foot line






43. Is an illuminated manuscript Gospel book in Latin - containing the four Gospels of the New Testament together with various prefatory texts and tables.






44. Poetry written in iambic pentameter without end rhyme






45. Greek philosopher. A pupil of Plato - the tutor of Alexander the Great - and the author of works on logic - metaphysics - ethics - natural sciences - politics - and poetics - he profoundly influenced Western thought. In his philosophical system - whi






46. Wrote Pride and Prejudice






47. Famous ballet dancer - known as 'the mother of dance'






48. Artist of 'Liberty Leading People' (1831) and 'The Massacre of Chios' (1824) - Known for his dramatic imagery






49. A wooden box where religious relics are stored or displayed






50. Wrote Billy Budd - Sailor; Moby Dick; classified as a Dark Romantic; American novelist - short story writer - essayist - and poet