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






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






3. African American author of the Harlem Renaissance.






4. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






5. Method of composition by which the composer extends the technique of twelve tone composition to other areas such as rhythm dynamics timbre and duration. Most important invention in the 20th century.






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






7. Refers to the classical revival in European art - architecture - and interior design that lasted from the mid-eighteenth to the early nineteenth century






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






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






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






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

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12. Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson






13. Refers to the classical revival in European art - architecture - and interior design that lasted from the mid-eighteenth to the early nineteenth century






14. Goddess of Love and Beauty






15. 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).






16. 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.






17. A dance






18. Wrote 'The Human Comedy'






19. Pre-Socrates






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






21. 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






22. Artist of 'Clock Explosion' - 'Persistence of Memory' - 'The Elephants' - and 'The Meditative Rose' - painted very precise - and nightmarish scenes






23. Japanese Artist - Thirty six view of Mt. Fuji - most famous Japanese mountain






24. Abstract sculptor who used rounding techniques and very little detail






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






26. Known for ragtime music - piano player. Composed 'The Entertainment'






27. 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






28. Composed 'Symphonie Fantastique'






29. Repititions of geometric lines






30. 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






31. Short-Short






32. An English writer who wrote 'Vindication of the Rights of Women' - arguing that women are not naturally inferior to men - but appear to be so because of lack of education






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






34. 20th Century American composer






35. The most slender and ornate of the three Greek columns. Known for its decorative capital of delicately carved acanthus leaves.






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






37. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






38. God of War






39. An English writer who wrote 'Vindication of the Rights of Women' - arguing that women are not naturally inferior to men - but appear to be so because of lack of education






40. (1876) 19th-20th c. Romanian sculptor known for highly simplified archetypical human and animal forms (The Kiss; Bird in Space)






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






42. The idea that matter is made out of atoms






43. British team writing light-hearted song/story format; Opereta - 'Pirates of Penzance' and Mikado






44. God of Wildlife






45. The final unraveling of the plot in any story.






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






47. Georges Pierre Seurat






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






49. Considered the greatest English poet and dramatist -Hamlet - King Lear - Macbeth - Romeo and Juliet - Twelfth Night - Richard III - Julius Caesar - Much Ado






50. Wrote Rivals