Test your basic knowledge |

CLEP Humanities All In One

Subjects : clep, humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Leucippus and Democritus






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






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






4. Principally known for novels of manners and middle class English society - Sense and Sensibility - Pride and Prejudice






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






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. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designed the ____________ __________ in Spain.






8. Short-Short-Long






9. The Italian sculptor and goldsmith who was best known for the doors to the baptistery of Florence's cathedral - and another set of doors which was called 'The Gates to Paradise'. He also wrote one of the earliest autobiographies by an artist - which






10. Former monk. French humanist - wrote the comic masterpieces Gargantua and Pantagruel - stories contained gross humor.






11. Architect; Guggenheim museum Spain branch; see figure 14.19 on page 366






12. 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






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






14. Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson






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






16. 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.






17. The use of an object to represent another object or idea.






18. Russian Composer; Paris; Ballets; won acceptance from the public; Firebird; Petrouchka; The right of Spring; Master of rhythm






19. A Dutch painter who used a great deal of light. He enjoyed painting people doing everyday things.






20. Wrote 'Appalachian Spring'






21. A line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage






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






23. Wrote the play 'A Raisin in the Sun' about a working-class African American family struggling against poverty and racism.






24. Stained glass - pointed arches and ribbed vaulting






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






26. United States film actress who appeared in films by D. W. Griffith (1896-1993)






27. Court dances






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. Using two or more types of media together to create an art object such as glitter or beads on a painting






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






31. Russian critic who founded the Ballet Russe






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






33. Implied comparison between two normally unrelated things - indicating a likeness between them. Words can also be used to replace other words. Example: His room is a dump.






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






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






36. 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






37. An imitation of the style identified with the art and literature of ancient Greece and Rome. Usually associated with European art and literature from the mid-1600s through the eighteenth century.






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

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


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






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






41. God of Wine






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






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






44. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






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






46. Thucydides and Herodotus






47. Wrote 'Appalachian Spring'






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






49. Long-Short-Short






50. A line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage