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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A wooden box where religious relics are stored or displayed






2. Composer - conductor and pianist






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






4. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






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






6. Greek philosopher; socratic method--questioning; sentenced to death for corrupting Athens youth. Believed writing distorted ideas. His ideas were recorded by his followers (Plato).






7. Clothed upright statues of women - often of goddesses (generally the Archaic period)






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






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

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10. Paul Gauguin






11. Famous for black and white erotic paintings






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






13. Slow






14. Georges Pierre Seurat






15. African American author of the Harlem Renaissance.






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






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






18. God of rain - clouds - thunderbolts.






19. 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.






20. 'Father of Western Philosophy'. Greek philosopher who taught that the universe had originated from water.






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






22. Chinese Painter; harp player in a pavillion






23. 'Father of Western Philosophy'. Greek philosopher who taught that the universe had originated from water.






24. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






25. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






26. God of the underworld - and wealth






27. Fast






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






29. American Science Fiction writer..'Fahrenheit 451'






30. High quality rugs made by Persian Muslims - valued for their exquisite designs - vivid colors and skillful make. These rugs were in great demand from China to Europe - greatly improving the Abbasid's economy.






31. Leucippus and Democritus






32. Spanish surrealist painter






33. The Starry Night






34. The works of ancient Greece and Rome; Homer - Sophocles - and Aeschylus. Major philosophers included Socrates - Plato - and Aristotle. Aristotle's Poetics described the art of tragedy; Socrates set down the foundation for a humanist philosophy later






35. A dance






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






37. Impressionistic Music






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






39. Frank Lloyd Wright developed the ___________ housing design - a take-off on his earlier prairie houses - in response to the vast demand for low income housing.






40. Faulstaf wants sends identical love letters to two women - they are friends and read them together - they want to get him back so they trick him - their husbands think they are cheating on them so they want to catch them - the wives tell them of thei






41. Goddess of Wisdom






42. External support for the walls of Gothic buildings was provided by what?






43. Stained glass - pointed arches and ribbed vaulting






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






45. Italian sculptor renowned as a pioneer of the Renaissance style with his natural - lifelike figures - such as the bronze statue David.






46. 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






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






48. Founded by the prophet Mohammad - Followers - called Muslims - go by the book of the Qur'an - the word of God as told to Mohammed. There are five basic principles to Islam: first - there is only one God - and Mohammed is the only mouthpiece of God; s






49. Wrote 'Being and Time'. nfluenced by the work of Edmund Husserl and considered a founding father of existentialism - Heidegger ultimately rejected both associations. Instead - he focused simply on 'being' and examining human moods and experiences. He






50. The last phase of the Stone Age - marked by the domestication of animals - the development of agriculture - and the manufacture of pottery