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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. 1900 to the Present






3. Possibly the most famous English satirist and author of Gulliver's Travels and A Modest Proposal - Swift (1667 - 1745) was a clergyman and Irishman - which often made hilarious impact in his writings (such as A Tale of a Tub and the aforementioned Mo






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






5. Most important of the French Romantic painters; profoundly shaped the work of the Impressionists.






6. Part of the Counter Reformation. Displayed a religious theme - red and gold color scheme - dark (sinner) vs. light (saint) - and was intensely dramatic. Early Baroque art was dominated by Spain.






7. Known for non-traditional forms of poetry - Tulips and Shimneys






8. Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson






9. A curtain or drop made of gauzelike fabric. when lighted from the front it is opaque but is transparent if lighted from the back






10. Composer - conductor and pianist






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






12. God of the Sea






13. Russian composer






14. Pen name of the novelist and humorist Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Wrote Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn






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






16. Played the xylophone and marimba






17. A curtain or drop made of gauzelike fabric. when lighted from the front it is opaque but is transparent if lighted from the back






18. Music consistently constructed on a pattern of the twelve chromatic tones selected prior to composition.






19. DNA of the song






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






21. Believe in the four noble truths: existence is suffering - suffering is caused by need - suffering can cease - and there is a path to the cessation of suffering. Though Buddhists do not believe in a god - they follow the teachings of the mortal Budd






22. Story of man - Christian - journey faces hobglobins/dragons

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23. Was an iconic and highly influential British filmmaker and producer - who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and thriller genres.






24. God of Marriage






25. Most important of the French Romantic painters; profoundly shaped the work of the Impressionists.






26. United States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington






27. Leucippus and Democritus






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. Fast






30. A theatrical representation of a story performed to music by ballet dancers. Originally based on court dance






31. Pre-Socrates






32. Church in Ravenna - Italy built by Justinian. Known for color - mosaics - and gold.






33. Court dances






34. A dance






35. 20th Century American composer






36. The Mayans built their first temple in ____________.






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






38. Romantic novelist whose liberal social and political views underscore her work - Frankenstein - the Last Man






39. German philosopher born in 1844 - More of a moralist than a philosopher (though his name is arguably the most widely recognized) - Nietzsche hated Western civilization with a passion and spent much of his time denouncing it. He believed in a superma






40. (1876) 19th-20th c. Romanian sculptor known for highly simplified archetypical human and animal forms (The Kiss; Bird in Space)






41. Assembled architectural sculptures of 'found' wooden objects and used them to construct screens of boxes of varied sizes which she painted in monochromatic colors.






42. Designed by Mayans - this was once a temple - next to the Pyramid of Sacrifice. Located at Uxmal - it was used for sacrificial ceremonies as late as 1673.






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






44. British abstract sculptor






45. Most important of the French Romantic painters; profoundly shaped the work of the Impressionists.






46. This building was built in Athens around 450BC - Famous for its columns






47. Story of man - Christian - journey faces hobglobins/dragons

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48. A prolific German baroque composer remembered best for his oratorio Messiah (1685-1759)






49. Paint onto wet plaster on a wall






50. What does the symbol U mean in poetry?