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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Science fiction writer






2. Goddess of Flowers and Spring






3. Free-standing statues of nude male youths






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






5. Spanish surrealist painter






6. Famous photographer of the Civil War - brought the war to the people






7. 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






8. The hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father






9. A technique of painting using pigment mixed with egg yolk






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






11. Action painting - put his canvas on the floor and brought his whole body into action while he splashed and dripped colors in swirling configurations






12. 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






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






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






15. God of Time - Harvest and Agriculture






16. 20 -000 Leagues Under the Sea - Around the World in Eighty Days. He is considered the Father of Science Fiction.






17. Court dances






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






19. Wrote 'The Human Comedy'






20. Greek philosopher; socratic method--questioning; sentenced to death for corrupting Athens youth. Believed writing distorted ideas. His ideas were recorded by his followers (Plato).






21. Popular in the 1920s and 30s - art deco work contains geometric three-dimensional forms and curvy surfaces. Subjects are typically men and women from high society jazz age.






22. Russian film maker who pioneered the use of montage and is considered among the most influential film makers in the history of motion pictures






23. Austrian composer; leader of the 2nd Viennese school: Invented serialism same as 12 tone system; wrote Pierrot Lunaire Landmark piece of music moonstruck Pierrot.






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






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






26. A style of art in the mid to late 16th century that permitted artists to express their own 'manner' or feelings in contrast to the symmetry and simplicity of the art of the High Renaissance.






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






28. One of Duncan's generals; wants to become King of Scotland; murders Duncan and slays anyone in the way of his kingship






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






30. Six tone octave scale in which all successive tones are a whole step apart.






31. London's Great Fire of 1666 led to ___________'s appointment as Surveyor General - overseeing all the reconstruction work on the royal palaces.






32. Played the xylophone and marimba






33. Leader of the Spanish Art Nouveau movement - _____________ designed Casa Mila and Casa Batllo in Barcelona.






34. A stringed guitar-like instrument from India






35. Both describes the Chinese manner of thought - and a major Chinese religion - Largely adopted from Buddhism - Taoism incorporates many gods - the head of which is the Jade Emperor - with the Emperor of the Eastern Mountain serving as second-in-comman






36. Wrote Waiting for Godot. The only scenery for the play was a cyclorama (a giant curtain onthe back of the stage) and a single tree with one branch and one leaf.






37. Beuatiful with ornate borders






38. Decorative drinking cup or goblet






39. United States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington






40. United States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington






41. Architectural style of medieval Europe - characterized by semi-circular arches - massive quality - thick walls - round arches - sturdy piers - groin vaults - large towers - decorative arcading. Crossed England from France.






42. 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






43. Were English writers of the 1840s and 1850s. Known as the Bell Brothers..'Wuthering Heights'






44. 20th Century American composer






45. The farmer/ merchant caste in Hinduism






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






47. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






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






49. Spanish surrealist painter






50. Famous photographer of the Civil War - brought the war to the people