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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. Influential in establishing the heroic couplet - Alexander's Feast - heroic stanzas






2. A sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person






3. Modernist poet and theorist - The Waste Land






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






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






6. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






7. French 20th century architect






8. (1469-1527) Wrote The Prince which contained a secular method of ruling a country. 'End justifies the means.'






9. School of nonsense and anti-art






10. Is a form of writing that blends criticism with humor and wit. Ridiculing with purpose of inspiring reform.






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






12. Spanish artist color plate 82-The Persistence of Memroy; best known and most sensational of the Surrealists.






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






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






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






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






17. American who became a British citizen; won the Nobel Peace prize in literature; wrote poetry and drama. 'Murder in the Cathedral'.






18. Opaque watercolor






19. One-foot line






20. Popularized the use of allegory - The Faerie Queen - Amoretti






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






22. A wooden box where religious relics are stored or displayed






23. Impressionistic Music






24. Court dances






25. Composer - conductor and pianist






26. 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.






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






28. Wrote 'Appalachian Spring'






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






30. Composer - conductor and pianist






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

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32. His works provided the basis for love poetry and popularized the theme of humanism - The Cazoniere






33. Literature whose primary aim is to expound some moral - political - or other teaching.






34. God of love and beauty






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






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






37. Famous for black and white erotic paintings






38. Realist novelist - Great Expectations - A Tale of Two Cities. Oliver Twist - A Christmas Carol - The Pickwick Papers






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






40. Wrote Billy Budd - Sailor; Moby Dick; classified as a Dark Romantic; American novelist - short story writer - essayist - and poet






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






42. Painted 'Annunciation' - Annunciation - Siena Cathedral - Italy - international gothic - (Early 14th)






43. Dutch post Impressionistic painter 'Starry Night' color plate 72; moved to France;committed suicide






44. Played the xylophone and marimba






45. A famous cathedral In France






46. 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.






47. God of Doors and beginnings and endings






48. Eight-foot line






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






50. The repetition of initial constant sounds. Example: The fair breeze blew - the white foam flew - the furrow followed free.







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