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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






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






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






4. Impressionistic Music






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






6. 20 -000 Leagues Under the Sea - Around the World in Eighty Days. He is considered the Father of Science Fiction.






7. Considered America's greatest architect. Pioneered the concept that a building should blend into and harmonize with its surroundings rather than following classical designs.






8. Took inspiration from Schiller's 'Ode to Joy'






9. Wrote 'The Three Musketeers' and 'The Man in the Iron Mask' and The Count of Monte-Cristo






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






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






12. A brace or support placed on the outside of a building






13. Movement in Church design towards theme of 'Christ - the Light of the World' - Gothic structure (reflected God's transcendence - power - and beauty). Built higher - allowed large stain glass windows. Served as visual catechism for those living during






14. Architect refurbished St. Paul's Cathedral






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






16. The Color Purple






17. One of the greatest sculptors of the 19th century - The Thinker: The Kiss 12.2






18. Modernist poet and theorist - The Waste Land






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






20. The repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables established in a line of poetry






21. French 20th century architect






22. 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






23. French impressionist painter






24. Writer of 'This Side of Paradise' and 'The Great Gatsby' who coined the term 'Jazz Age'






25. Played the xylophone and marimba






26. Scientist - educator - abolitionist - philosopher - economist - political theorist - and statesman who defined the colonial new world in his writings; principal figure of the American enlightenment - Poor Richard's Almanac - Observations on the Incr






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






28. Norwegian composer. 'Peer Gynt'






29. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






30. Free-standing statues of nude male youths






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






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






33. Long-Long






34. 1900 to the Present






35. Paint onto wet plaster on a wall






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






37. French impressionist painter






38. Science fiction writer






39. Goddess of Wisdom






40. French for 'fool the eye.' A two-dimensional representation that is so naturalistic that it looks actual or real (or three-dimensional).

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41. Artist of 'Liberty Leading People' (1831) and 'The Massacre of Chios' (1824) - Known for his dramatic imagery






42. An example of Byzantine architecture - name this church.






43. French 20th century architect






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






45. 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






46. Chinese Painter; harp player in a pavillion






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






48. Spanish writer best remembered for 'Don Quixote' which satirizes chivalry and influenced the development of the novel form (1547-1616)






49. God of the Sun - poetry - music and oracles






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