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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The King of the Gods and the God of the sky






2. Italian sculptor renowned as a pioneer of the Renaissance style with his natural - lifelike figures - such as the bronze statue David.






3. Any system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material






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






5. A technique of painting using pigment mixed with egg yolk






6. A classic form of Japanese drama involving heroic themes - a chorus - and dance






7. Beautiful Italian singing






8. Court dances






9. Artist of 'Jack in the Pulpit IV' (1930) - 'Petunia' (1925) - 'Cow's Skull - Red - White - and Blue' (1931) - and 'Red Amaryllis' (1937) - Realistic nature images with strong - vibrant colors identify the works of O'Keeffe

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10. Found on Easter Island - The South Pacific






11. The text of the opera






12. Paint onto wet plaster on a wall






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






14. Is the belief that Satan represented all things material - and God all things of light; each human being is a composite of matter (Satan) and godly light (God) - and suffered not from sin - but from contact with matter. Founded by Mani Who believed h






15. 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






16. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






17. Created the motion picture titled 'The Kiss'






18. Famous photographer of the Civil War - brought the war to the people






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






20. Wrote 'Appalachian Spring'






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






22. Clothed upright statues of women - often of goddesses (generally the Archaic period)






23. Laborer caste in Hinduism






24. The works of ancient Greece and Rome; Homer - Sophocles - and Aeschylus. Major philosophers included Socrates - Plato - and Aristotle. Aristotle's Poetics described the art of tragedy; Socrates set down the foundation for a humanist philosophy later






25. Norwegian composer. 'Peer Gynt'






26. Eight-foot line






27. God of Wildlife






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






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






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






31. Composed 'Symphonie Fantastique'






32. Russian critic who founded the Ballet Russe






33. Pre-Socrates






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






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






36. God of the underworld - and wealth






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






38. Frank Lloyd Wright designed what?






39. A capella singers






40. Wrote 'Frankenstein' which was a criticism of man controlling nature - 'Gothic literature' Daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft






41. An epic is a longer poem written in lofty style - presenting characters of high social class in a series of adventures. It is tied to one hero of epic proportions - yet the entire poem details the history of a nation or race. Example: the Odyssey and






42. The idea that matter is made out of atoms






43. The warrior caste in Hinduism






44. The text of the opera






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






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






47. 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






48. Free-standing statues of nude male youths






49. German metaphysician - began his string of successful philosophical publications with Critique of Pure Reason in 1781 - believed that reality extended only so far as an individual's personal degree of 'knowing -' and it is impossible to 'know' thing






50. Lion's Gate at Mycenae was constructed with the _______ ____ ________ system - or a large stone horizontal beam resting on two vertical ones.