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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Is a form of writing that blends criticism with humor and wit. Ridiculing with purpose of inspiring reform.






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






3. A musical composition for voices and orchestra






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






5. Decorative drinking cup or goblet






6. The ranaissance artist who led the way in establishing a new style of employing deep space - modeling - and anatomical correctness.






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






8. French composer (born in Poland) and pianist of the romantic school. Known as the 'poet of the piano'






9. The oldest surviving complete illuminated gospel book in the insular style; probably created between 650-700 in Northumbria (northern England/southern Scotland)






10. French 20th century architect






11. High quality rugs made by Persian Muslims - valued for their exquisite designs - vivid colors and skillful make. These rugs were in great demand from China to Europe - greatly improving the Abbasid's economy.






12. Fast






13. Painted 'The Bathers'






14. School of nonsense and anti-art






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






16. What type of column has scrolls - and is taller?






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






18. American Playwright: The Crucible; Death of a Salesman; All My Sons






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






20. 1900 to the Present






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






22. Long-Short-Short






23. Famous French impressionist composer






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






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






26. Paint onto wet plaster on a wall






27. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designed the ____________ __________ in Spain.






28. Decorative drinking cup or goblet






29. Place known for the earliest documented Jazz






30. Decorative drinking cup or goblet






31. A Dutch painter who used a great deal of light. He enjoyed painting people doing everyday things.






32. Mannerism painter






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






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






35. Georges Pierre Seurat






36. Beuatiful with ornate borders






37. 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






38. Three-foot line






39. Opaque watercolor






40. Short-Short-Long






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






42. A curtain or drop made of gauzelike fabric. when lighted from the front it is opaque but is transparent if lighted from the back






43. Laborer caste in Hinduism






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






45. Wrote operas






46. 20 -000 Leagues Under the Sea - Around the World in Eighty Days. He is considered the Father of Science Fiction.






47. The Italian sculptor and goldsmith who was best known for the doors to the baptistery of Florence's cathedral - and another set of doors which was called 'The Gates to Paradise'. He also wrote one of the earliest autobiographies by an artist - which






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






49. Euripidedes - Aeschylus - and Sophodes






50. British abstract sculptor