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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Spanish writer best remembered for 'Don Quixote' which satirizes chivalry and influenced the development of the novel form (1547-1616)






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






3. Author of the first real historical drama and first English tragedy - The Tragedy of Doctor Faustus - Edward the Second






4. God of rain - clouds - thunderbolts.






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

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6. Court dances






7. Tragic figure of the play - moorish general - desdemonas husband






8. Twentieth-century novelist - used the stream-of-consciousness technique in his novel The Sound of Fury - whose intense drama is seen through the eyes of an idiot.






9. 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






10. Paralleled the age of roman literature under Augustus followed the greeks






11. God of Wisdom






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






13. Seven-foot line






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Composer - conductor and pianist






21. God of the Sun - poetry - music and oracles






22. Late 20th century musical style in which brief patterns - textures - and other musical fragments are repeated for an extended period of time with trance-like persistence.






23. Tragic figure of the play - moorish general - desdemonas husband






24. Spanish surrealist painter






25. Spanish artist color plate 82-The Persistence of Memroy; best known and most sensational of the Surrealists.






26. Short-Short-Long






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






28. God of the Sea






29. Made the first talking movie in 1927..The 'Jazz Singer'






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






31. School of nonsense and anti-art






32. Painted 'The Bathers'






33. 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






34. Spanish rhythm in 3/4 time






35. Beuatiful with ornate borders






36. The warrior caste in Hinduism






37. 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.






38. Wrote Rivals






39. Goddess of Fortune






40. Bessanio along with others are courting a girl - they have to pick a certain box - Bessanio picks the right one and is allowed to marry her






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






42. Russian critic who founded the Ballet Russe






43. A presocratic Greek philosopher who said that fire is the origin of all things and that permanence is an illusion as all things are in perpetual flux (All is change).






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






45. Laborer caste in Hinduism






46. Wrote Robinson Crusoe; known as the father of the English novel






47. Famous artists during this time: Leonardo da Vinci - Rafael - and Michaelangelo - From 1490 to 1520 - High Renaissance style was composed of order - grace - and harmony - with perfectly proportioned subjects.






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






49. The central or dominating idea of a work.






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