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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Place known for the earliest documented Jazz






2. A stringed guitar-like instrument from India






3. Consists of lines that do not have regular meter or rhyme






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






5. Beuatiful with ornate borders






6. (1876) 19th-20th c. Romanian sculptor known for highly simplified archetypical human and animal forms (The Kiss; Bird in Space)






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

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






9. Theodore Gericault - 1791-1824 - Eugene Delacroix - 1798-1863






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






11. Wrote the first modern novel - Don Quixote






12. French impressionist painter






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






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






15. Spanish surrealist painter






16. The creator of the twelve-tone system of atonal music.






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






18. Noted for its rich use of ornamental domes - colorful mosaics - and lavish decorations






19. Italian painter - engineer - musician - and scientist. The most versatile genius of the Renaissance - filled notebooks with engineering and scientific observations that were in some cases centuries ahead of their time. As a painter he is best known f






20. Composed 'Symphonie Fantastique'






21. 20 -000 Leagues Under the Sea - Around the World in Eighty Days. He is considered the Father of Science Fiction.






22. Beautiful Italian singing






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






24. Wrote Anna Karenina - War and Peace; Russian writer - realistic fiction






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






26. 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






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






28. The basis for early Christian architecture; - created in the period of recognition - it had a dome shape at both ends similar to an apse - it had libaries - and it's official meaning was a meeting place in which the romans would meet to discuss thin






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






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






31. Goddess of Wisdom






32. Leader of the Spanish Art Nouveau movement - _____________ designed Casa Mila and Casa Batllo in Barcelona.






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






34. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






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






36. Focuses on the direct relationship between the individual and the universe and/or God. Well-known existentialists include Martin Heidegger and Jean-Paul Sartre - with S






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






38. Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson






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






40. Stoics believed that restraining emotion is the key to happiness. The majority of their beliefs are similar to the Cynics.






41. What type of column has scrolls - and is taller?






42. Goddess of Fortune






43. Paul Gauguin






44. The hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters






45. Artist of 'Liberty Leading People' (1831) and 'The Massacre of Chios' (1824) - Known for his dramatic imagery






46. Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson






47. Writer of 'This Side of Paradise' and 'The Great Gatsby' who coined the term 'Jazz Age'






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






49. 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.






50. A tapestry that recounts the battle of hastings - A piece of linen about 1 Ft.8 in. Wide by 213 ft.long covered with embroidery representing the incidents of Willam the conqueror's expedition to England.