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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 1.Michelangelo 2.Leonardo de Vinci 3.Raphael






2. Found on Easter Island - The South Pacific






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






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






5. Repititions of geometric lines






6. French Painter - Post impressionism - pointellism (using several small dots of color to create a larger image)Sunday Afternoon on the island of La Grande Jatte






7. What does the symbol ' mean in poetry?






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






9. Three dimensional work of art - statue






10. French Painter - Impressionism - did horses and ballet dancers






11. Famous artists: Henri Matisse - Raoul Dufy - and Andre Derain - Lasting for three short years (1905-1908) - fauvism served as the foundation for much of subsequent twentieth-century art. Its work was full of vibrant colors and boldly distorted figure






12. A classic form of Japanese drama involving heroic themes - a chorus - and dance






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






14. Were English writers of the 1840s and 1850s. Known as the Bell Brothers..'Wuthering Heights'






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






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

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






18. Thucydides and Herodotus






19. Goddess of Fortune






20. Artist of 'The Starry Night' (1889) - also painted 'Sunflowers' and 'Night Cafe'






21. One unit of meter in poetry






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






23. Scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas






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






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






26. A stringed guitar-like instrument from India






27. Alexander the Great's tutor and a student of Plato - He disagreed with Plato that form and matter could be perceived as two separate things - and wrote such works as Rhetoric - Poetics - and Metaphysics.






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






29. Wrote operas






30. (1876) 19th-20th c. Romanian sculptor known for highly simplified archetypical human and animal forms (The Kiss; Bird in Space)






31. Members of the highest caste in Hinduism






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






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






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






35. Libertine whose focused prose - Social Contract






36. Russian film maker who pioneered the use of montage and is considered among the most influential film makers in the history of motion pictures






37. Popularized the use of allegory - The Faerie Queen - Amoretti






38. He used light and shadows to convey moods and emotions-Painted the Blinding of Samson






39. Were English writers of the 1840s and 1850s. Known as the Bell Brothers..'Wuthering Heights'






40. Wrote 'The Human Comedy'






41. French composer (born in Poland) and pianist of the romantic school. Known as the 'poet of the piano'






42. One of first artists to break away from Italio-Byzantine style - Giotto's teacher - Duccio's 'Virgin in Majesty'






43. Wrote 'Appalachian Spring'






44. Ancient Greek philosopher who formulated paradoxes that defended the belief that motion and change are illusory (circa 495-430 BC)






45. Fast






46. A sect of hedonism (Pursuit of or devotion to pleasure) that believes that pleasure of the mind - not just the senses - is the ultimate good. Thoroughly defended by Ancient Greek philosophers - the base of this belief system is that the goal of every






47. Famous for black and white erotic paintings






48. Composed 'Symphonie Fantastique'






49. Famous French impressionist composer






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