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CLEP Humanities All In One

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Wrote Robinson Crusoe; known as the father of the English novel






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






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






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






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






6. Stained glass - pointed arches and ribbed vaulting






7. French Impressionistic composer; Bolero: Gaspard de la nuit; 3 pieces to it (on Dine) 1st piece of Gaspar






8. It is assigning lines that have the same rhyme at the end - a matching letter.






9. Architect refurbished St. Paul's Cathedral






10. French Post-impressionistic painter; moved to Tahiti to look for the unspoiled life. Mahana No Atua(Day of the Gods). He used flat - 2 dimensional surfaces with strong outlines.






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






12. Russian film maker who pioneered the use of montage and is considered among the most influential film makers in the history of motion pictures






13. Created the motion picture titled 'The Kiss'






14. Wrote 'Frankenstein' which was a criticism of man controlling nature - 'Gothic literature' Daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft






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






16. 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






17. God of Wildlife






18. Created the motion picture titled 'The Kiss'






19. A stringed guitar-like instrument from India






20. Artist of 'Jack in the Pulpit IV' (1930) - 'Petunia' (1925) - 'Cow's Skull - Red - White - and Blue' (1931) - and 'Red Amaryllis' (1937) - Realistic nature images with strong - vibrant colors identify the works of O'Keeffe

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

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22. American transcendentalist who dealt with macabre issues of insanity and horror - Fall of the House of Usher - Tell Tale Heart - The Raven






23. Russian critic who founded the Ballet Russe






24. Known for non-traditional forms of poetry - Tulips and Shimneys






25. Wrote 'Appalachian Spring'






26. Goddess of Agriculture






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






28. Russian film maker who pioneered the use of montage and is considered among the most influential film makers in the history of motion pictures






29. Mannerism painter






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






31. Subject is lying down away from the artist and looking over her shoulder






32. Known as the Father of Taoism - Sixth century B.C. philosopher Lao Tzu (or 'Old Sage') is credited with starting the philosophy of Taoism. Some scholars believe that he was a slightly older contemporary of Confucius.






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






34. 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






35. A musical composition for voices and orchestra






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






37. The idea that matter is made out of atoms






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






39. French impressionist painter






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






41. Wrote 'The Human Comedy'






42. (1876) 19th-20th c. Romanian sculptor known for highly simplified archetypical human and animal forms (The Kiss; Bird in Space)






43. A Spanish painter best known for co-founding the Cubist movement and for the wide variety of styles embodied in his work. 'Guernica'






44. God of Love






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






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






47. London's Great Fire of 1666 led to ___________'s appointment as Surveyor General - overseeing all the reconstruction work on the royal palaces.






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






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






50. A contradiction of a story as it appears to its characters - and what the audience knows as true.