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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. His works provided the basis for love poetry and popularized the theme of humanism - The Cazoniere






2. A musical composition for voices and orchestra






3. Twentieth-century novelist - used the stream-of-consciousness technique in his novel The Sound of Fury - whose intense drama is seen through the eyes of an idiot.






4. Opaque watercolor






5. Wrote 'Appalachian Spring'






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






7. DNA of the song






8. Romantic novelist whose liberal social and political views underscore her work - Frankenstein - the Last Man






9. The Persistence of Memory






10. A taller - thinner column with scroll shapes on its capital






11. Rebirth






12. Artist of 'Clock Explosion' - 'Persistence of Memory' - 'The Elephants' - and 'The Meditative Rose' - painted very precise - and nightmarish scenes






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






14. Art produced from c. 450 BC to c. 700 AD by the Celts; mostly portable objects; Stone carvings - Crosses with interlace patterns - metal work - manuscripts






15. Slow






16. Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson






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






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






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






20. A capella singers






21. Leucippus and Democritus






22. Russian critic who founded the Ballet Russe






23. Goddess of Love and Beauty






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






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






26. Wrote the play 'A Raisin in the Sun' about a working-class African American family struggling against poverty and racism.






27. Italian Renaissance artist that painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling and sculpted the statue of David.






28. Wrote Rivals






29. Believe in the four noble truths: existence is suffering - suffering is caused by need - suffering can cease - and there is a path to the cessation of suffering. Though Buddhists do not believe in a god - they follow the teachings of the mortal Budd






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

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31. The 'old' stone age - during which humankind produced the first sculptures and paintings






32. Was an iconic and highly influential British filmmaker and producer - who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and thriller genres.






33. Female Movie Director/Producer who motivated women to do film...Big - A League of Their Own - Jumping Jack Flash






34. Perfected literary conversation and introduced everyday speech to theater






35. Six-foot line






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






37. Implied comparison between two normally unrelated things - indicating a likeness between them. Words can also be used to replace other words. Example: His room is a dump.






38. A contradiction of a story as it appears to its characters - and what the audience knows as true.






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






40. Russian Composer; Paris; Ballets; won acceptance from the public; Firebird; Petrouchka; The right of Spring; Master of rhythm






41. Spanish artist color plate 82-The Persistence of Memroy; best known and most sensational of the Surrealists.






42. A famous cathedral In France






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

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

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45. The final unraveling of the plot in any story.






46. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






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






48. Famous artists: Henri Matisse - Raoul Dufy - and Andre Derain - Lasting for three short years (1905-1908) - fauvism served as the foundation for much of subsequent twentieth-century art. Its work was full of vibrant colors and boldly distorted figure






49. Refers to the classical revival in European art - architecture - and interior design that lasted from the mid-eighteenth to the early nineteenth century






50. Wrote Pride and Prejudice