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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Perfected literary conversation and introduced everyday speech to theater






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






3. An imitation of the style identified with the art and literature of ancient Greece and Rome. Usually associated with European art and literature from the mid-1600s through the eighteenth century.






4. Early 20th century style of painting and to a lesser degrees sculpture that used geometric shapes as underlying primary forms. In contrast to Impressionism - which it succeeded - the primary concern of Cubism was with from rather than color






5. British team writing light-hearted song/story format; Opereta - 'Pirates of Penzance' and Mikado






6. American Science Fiction writer..'Fahrenheit 451'






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






8. Russian critic who founded the Ballet Russe






9. Famous for black and white erotic paintings






10. British abstract sculptor






11. Court dances






12. French Post Impressionistic painter; Pointillism; Neo Impressionism or pointilism






13. A prolific German baroque composer remembered best for his oratorio Messiah (1685-1759)






14. God of the sea






15. (1469-1527) Wrote The Prince which contained a secular method of ruling a country. 'End justifies the means.'






16. Goddess of Hunting






17. Wrote Rivals






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






19. Bessanio along with others are courting a girl - they have to pick a certain box - Bessanio picks the right one and is allowed to marry her






20. Science fiction writer






21. Composed 'Rite of Spring'






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






23. Played the xylophone and marimba






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






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






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






27. Norwegian composer. 'Peer Gynt'






28. God of Doors and beginnings and endings






29. Novelist who won Nobel Peace prize - advanced humanitarian causes. 'Americans in China'






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






31. Wrote Robinson Crusoe; known as the father of the English novel






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






33. United States sculptor who first created mobiles and stabiles (1898-1976)






34. Wrote 'Les Miserables' which criticized the French Revolution






35. A musical composition for voices and orchestra






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






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






38. Painted 'The Bathers'






39. Norwegian composer. 'Peer Gynt'






40. A stringed guitar-like instrument from India






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






42. 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






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






44. The farmer/ merchant caste in Hinduism






45. Opaque watercolor






46. American realist painter - 'Christina's World'






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






48. Architect who like a statue at every corner






49. French Impressionistic music composer; won the Prix de Rome (award given by the French government) Prelude to the afternoon of a Faun; LaMer






50. 20th Century American composer