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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas






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






3. Created the motion picture titled 'The Kiss'






4. Wrote Leviathan - and believed that human life on its own was 'solitary - poor - nasty - brutish - and short.' - argued for a strong - even brutal government in order to keep humanity from becoming savages.






5. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






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






7. Wrote operas






8. African American writer who wrote Oak and Ivy and about the lives of slavery






9. Architect who like a statue at every corner






10. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies '1812 Overture' and 'The Nutcracker'






11. Any system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material






12. High quality rugs made by Persian Muslims - valued for their exquisite designs - vivid colors and skillful make. These rugs were in great demand from China to Europe - greatly improving the Abbasid's economy.






13. Composed 'Rite of Spring'






14. Artist of 'Purple Robe' (1937) - 'The Blue Nude' (1907) - 'The Piano Lesson' (1916) - and 'The Moorish Screen' (1921) - Known for his bold colors and thick - vibrant brushstrokes - pioneer in the modernist movement






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






16. United States architect (born in Germany) who built unornamented steel frame and glass skyscrapers (1886-1969)






17. British team writing light-hearted song/story format; Opereta - 'Pirates of Penzance' and Mikado






18. German composer who developed the Romantic style of both lyrical and classical music






19. Patterns or pictures made by embedding small pieces of stone or glass in cement on surfaces such as walls and floors






20. Famous photographer of the Civil War - brought the war to the people






21. Messenger of the Gods and Finance






22. Considered the greatest English poet and dramatist -Hamlet - King Lear - Macbeth - Romeo and Juliet - Twelfth Night - Richard III - Julius Caesar - Much Ado






23. The most slender and ornate of the three Greek columns. Known for its decorative capital of delicately carved acanthus leaves.






24. The 'old' stone age - during which humankind produced the first sculptures and paintings






25. Character who comes to a bad end as a result of own behavior or character flaw






26. Libertine whose focused prose - Social Contract






27. Frank Lloyd Wright developed the ___________ housing design - a take-off on his earlier prairie houses - in response to the vast demand for low income housing.






28. Novelist who won Nobel Peace prize - advanced humanitarian causes. 'Americans in China'






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






30. Norwegian Playwright who carried realism into the dramatic presentation of domesticlife. Wrote 'A Doll's House'






31. Who is the architect of this building? (Uses glass walls - abstract - etc.)






32. Art which shows figures both religious or non-religious - more realistic - emphasis on nature - three dimensional with perspective - people are active and show great emotion






33. I and the Village






34. Most famous example of Byzantine architecture - it was built under Justinian I and is considered one of the most perfect buildings in the world. Constructed of interlocking domes.






35. It is assigning lines that have the same rhyme at the end - a matching letter.






36. Five-foot line






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

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38. Gods of Inspiration for literature - Science - and the arts






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






40. Composed 'Symphonie Fantastique'






41. French Post-impressionistic painter; moved to Tahiti to look for the unspoiled life. Mahana No Atua(Day of the Gods). He used flat - 2 dimensional surfaces with strong outlines.






42. German composer who developed the Romantic style of both lyrical and classical music






43. Plato's teacher - declared that the gods had named him the wisest of all humanity - because he was the only one who knew how little he knew - he was later condemned to death by drinking poison hemlock by fellow Athenians for his alleged atheism.






44. A capella singers






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

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46. Theodore Gericault - 1791-1824 - Eugene Delacroix - 1798-1863






47. Character who comes to a bad end as a result of own behavior or character flaw






48. 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






49. Famous for black and white erotic paintings






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