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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






2. Laborer caste in Hinduism






3. American realist painter - 'Christina's World'






4. A musical composition for voices and orchestra






5. Painted 'The Bathers'






6. Consists of lines that do not have regular meter or rhyme






7. Painted 'The Bathers'






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






9. School of nonsense and anti-art






10. An artistic movement that emerged in the early 1960s; pop artists took images from popular culture and transformed them into works of fine art






11. Thucydides and Herodotus






12. Stained glass - pointed arches and ribbed vaulting






13. Cow's Skull with Calico Roses

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14. 20 -000 Leagues Under the Sea - Around the World in Eighty Days. He is considered the Father of Science Fiction.






15. Architect refurbished St. Paul's Cathedral






16. Short-Long






17. 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.






18. Realist novelist - Great Expectations - A Tale of Two Cities. Oliver Twist - A Christmas Carol - The Pickwick Papers






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






20. Goddess of Love and Beauty






21. Russian composer






22. A dance






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






24. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






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






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






27. God of Doors and beginnings and endings






28. That culture associated with the spread of Greek influence as a result of Macedonian conquests; often seen as the combination of Greek culture with eastern political forms






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






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






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






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






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






34. A painting - drawing - or sculpture of Mary - the Mother of Jesus - holding the dead body of Jesus. The word means 'pity' in Italian.






35. Is a form of writing that blends criticism with humor and wit. Ridiculing with purpose of inspiring reform.






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






37. Student of michelangelo - made the school of athens - and the madonna and child series. used pudgeyness to show that people aren't as perfect as they thought.






38. 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






39. What does the symbol U mean in poetry?






40. French impressionist painter; nude female paintings






41. Short-Short-Long






42. French impressionistic; studied in Italy; became famous in his lifetime (see page 290). Structural form from the Romantics. By The SeaShore






43. The use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning. i.e. hiss - hiss - buzz - buzz.






44. One-foot line






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






46. Beuatiful with ornate borders






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






48. Wrote 'The Three Musketeers' and 'The Man in the Iron Mask' and The Count of Monte-Cristo






49. Architect refurbished St. Paul's Cathedral






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