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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Fast






2. God of the underworld - and wealth






3. Norwegian composer. 'Peer Gynt'






4. Student of Martin Heidegger - wrote 'Truth and Method' - considered to be the father of Hermeneutics - largely argued that it is impossible to be unbiased in anything - and even historical accounts are forever biased by our own experiences. As factua






5. Beuatiful with ornate borders






6. 1900 to the Present






7. Addressing of a person or thing that is not actually their. Example: Romeo - Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?!






8. Goddess of Fortune






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






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






11. Paint onto wet plaster on a wall






12. Court dances






13. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






14. A tall - four-sided shaft of stone that rises to a pointed pyramidal top.






15. German composer who developed the Romantic style of both lyrical and classical music






16. 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.






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






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






19. Science fiction writer






20. 698-721. hiberno-saxon. mix of christian imagery & northern animal interlace style. classical style: curtain






21. French impressionist painter; nude female paintings






22. 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






23. Long-Long






24. Mannerism painter






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






26. Goddess of Agriculture






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






28. Goldsmith and sculptor - wrote one of the first autobiographies






29. Italian Renaissance artist that painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling and sculpted the statue of David.






30. Most important of the French Romantic painters; profoundly shaped the work of the Impressionists.






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






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. 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.






34. Patterns or pictures made by embedding small pieces of stone or glass in cement on surfaces such as walls and floors






35. (1469-1527) Wrote The Prince which contained a secular method of ruling a country. 'End justifies the means.'






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






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






38. A plain - sturdy column with a plain capital






39. School of nonsense and anti-art






40. The farmer/ merchant caste in Hinduism






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






42. Were English writers of the 1840s and 1850s. Known as the Bell Brothers..'Wuthering Heights'






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






44. Paint onto wet plaster on a wall






45. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






46. 20th Century American composer






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






48. Italian director that made films of fantasy and boroque style. 'La Dolce Vita'






49. God of Wine






50. Famous artists: Jean-Francois Millet - Eugene Delacroix - J.M.W. Turner - and William Blake - Covering the late eighteenth to early nineteenth centuries - the works of this period stressed the inherent goodness in humanity and shied away from earlier