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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. (1469-1527) Wrote The Prince which contained a secular method of ruling a country. 'End justifies the means.'






2. Wrote Two Treatises on Government - also published An Essay Concerning Human Understanding to outline the principles of empiricism.






3. Story of a Great battle between Greece and Troy






4. The ranaissance artist who led the way in establishing a new style of employing deep space - modeling - and anatomical correctness.






5. Music consistently constructed on a pattern of the twelve chromatic tones selected prior to composition.






6. 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






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






8. The text of the opera






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






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






11. 20th Century American composer






12. Created the motion picture titled 'The Kiss'






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






14. A musical composition for voices and orchestra






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






16. 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






17. Female Movie Director/Producer who motivated women to do film...Big - A League of Their Own - Jumping Jack Flash






18. A pre-socratic Greek philosopher born in Italy. Denied the existence of time - plurality - and motion. NO Change. Founder of Metaphysics.






19. Frank Lloyd Wright designed what?






20. The repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables established in a line of poetry






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






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






23. 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.






24. An arrangement of colored tiles to form a decorative surface.






25. Goddess of the Hearth - the Home and the Roman state






26. Played the xylophone and marimba






27. Noted for his direct style - clear - sharp prose and critical wit - Gulliver's Travels - Tale of a Tub






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






29. God of Wildlife






30. One unit of meter in poetry






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






32. School of nonsense and anti-art






33. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






34. Stained glass - pointed arches and ribbed vaulting






35. Considered America's greatest architect. Pioneered the concept that a building should blend into and harmonize with its surroundings rather than following classical designs.






36. A brace or support placed on the outside of a building






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






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






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






40. The idea that matter is made out of atoms






41. The hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father






42. God of sun - light - truth - healing






43. 20th Century American composer






44. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






45. One of Socrates' students; was considered by many to be the GREATEST philosopher of western civilization. Explained his ideas about government in a work entitled The Republic. In his ideal state - the people were divided into three different groups.






46. Leucippus and Democritus






47. Famous for black and white erotic paintings






48. I and the Village






49. Action painting - put his canvas on the floor and brought his whole body into action while he splashed and dripped colors in swirling configurations






50. British abstract sculptor






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