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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An Irish novelist who wrote Ulysses - a stream of consciousness book based loosely on Odyssey






2. Painter - sculpter - architect - engineer - musician; invented the court painter of the king of France; 'Mona Lisa -' 'The Last Supper'(classical) - 'Vitruvian Man'(anatomy)






3. The text of the opera






4. Poetry written in iambic pentameter without end rhyme






5. Late 20th century musical style in which brief patterns - textures - and other musical fragments are repeated for an extended period of time with trance-like persistence.






6. Atomic Bomb - Robert Openheimer was in charge






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






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






9. God of the underworld - and wealth






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






11. 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






12. The language used to represent things - actions - or ideas - in a descriptive manner. Example: the brook - babbling and bubbling around rocks and stones.






13. Famous ballet dancer - known as 'the mother of dance'






14. Russian critic who founded the Ballet Russe






15. Figure of speech that give human traits to animals - objects - or ideas. Example: the storm lashed the naked - helpless shore.






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






17. A theatrical representation of a story performed to music by ballet dancers. Originally based on court dance






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






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






20. Wrote Two Treatises on Government - also published An Essay Concerning Human Understanding to outline the principles of empiricism.






21. African American writer who wrote Oak and Ivy and about the lives of slavery






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






23. Opaque watercolor






24. Ancient Greek philosopher who formulated paradoxes that defended the belief that motion and change are illusory (circa 495-430 BC)






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






26. 698-721. hiberno-saxon. mix of christian imagery & northern animal interlace style. classical style: curtain






27. Court dances






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






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






30. Four-foot line






31. 19th century French syle of painting that tried to capture the painter's immediate impressions - usually of the outdoors. In music - a term associated witht the music of Debussy and Ravel






32. Russian romantic composer; 4 piano concerti; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Vocalise; called the last Romantic






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






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






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






36. Spanish Romantic Painter - Disaster of war series - Third Day of May - Rembrandt influence - moral issues - court painter to Charles IV






37. Foremost literary critic of the romantic period - Rime of the Ancient Mariner






38. French 20th century architect






39. Rebirth






40. French Post Impressionistic painter; Pointillism; Neo Impressionism or pointilism






41. God of Fire - the Forge and Blacksmiths






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






43. The use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning. i.e. hiss - hiss - buzz - buzz.






44. French Painter - Impressionism - did horses and ballet dancers






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






46. One of first artists to break away from Italio-Byzantine style - Giotto's teacher - Duccio's 'Virgin in Majesty'






47. Greek philosopher. A pupil of Plato - the tutor of Alexander the Great - and the author of works on logic - metaphysics - ethics - natural sciences - politics - and poetics - he profoundly influenced Western thought. In his philosophical system - whi






48. Science fiction writer






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






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