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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Wrote 'Appalachian Spring'






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






3. Wrote 'Appalachian Spring'






4. Three dimensional work of art - statue






5. Scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas






6. One-foot line






7. The Starry Night






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






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






10. French 20th century architect






11. Spanish rhythm in 3/4 time






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






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






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






15. Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson






16. Who designed the Brooklyn bridge?






17. Beautiful Italian singing






18. Possibly the most famous English satirist and author of Gulliver's Travels and A Modest Proposal - Swift (1667 - 1745) was a clergyman and Irishman - which often made hilarious impact in his writings (such as A Tale of a Tub and the aforementioned Mo






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






20. Noted for his direct style - clear - sharp prose and critical wit - Gulliver's Travels - Tale of a Tub






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






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






23. Impressionistic Music






24. A term that was originally coined during the Renaissance - it was a belief that man was the center of the universe. Humanism in general is a philosophy that centers around the capabilities of man.






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






26. French impressionist painter; nude female paintings






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






28. Chiefly responsible for bringing literature to the middle-class - The Canterbury Tales






29. Author of Faerie Queene in Elizabethan era - one of the greatest moral epics in any language






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






31. Goddess of Animals






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






33. French 20th century architect






34. Most famous American architect; Kaufman house also called 'Falling Water' Guggenheim museum - New York City Branch.






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






36. 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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37. Long days journey into night - the iceman center - ah wilderness - desire under the elms - mourning become electric

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38. Free-standing statues of nude male youths






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






40. Death of a Salesman






41. French female author of more than eighty novels who took a man's name and dressed in male attire to protest the treatment of women






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






43. American composer; Appalachian Spring;Fanfare for teh common man; Hoe Down;Americana; 10 honorary doctrine






44. Story of man - Christian - journey faces hobglobins/dragons

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45. Theodore Gericault - 1791-1824 - Eugene Delacroix - 1798-1863






46. One unit of meter in poetry






47. Tragic figure of the play - moorish general - desdemonas husband






48. Wrote 'The Human Comedy'






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






50. Faulstaf wants sends identical love letters to two women - they are friends and read them together - they want to get him back so they trick him - their husbands think they are cheating on them so they want to catch them - the wives tell them of thei