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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Writer of 'This Side of Paradise' and 'The Great Gatsby' who coined the term 'Jazz Age'






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






3. English novelist - Great Expectations - Oliver Twist






4. Who is the architect of this building? (Uses glass walls - abstract - etc.)






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






6. Paralleled the age of roman literature under Augustus followed the greeks






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






8. Beautiful Italian singing






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






10. Based on the practices of li and jen - was based on the ethical system of being neighborly-






11. Instead of dealing with recognizable imagery - abstract art focuses on colors and form.






12. Seven-foot line






13. Norwegian Playwright who carried realism into the dramatic presentation of domesticlife. Wrote 'A Doll's House'






14. 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.






15. A capella singers






16. Famous for black and white erotic paintings






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






18. One of Socrates' students; was considered by many to be the GREATEST philosopher of western civilization. Explained his ideas about government in a work entitled The Republic. In his ideal state - the people were divided into three different groups.






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

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






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






22. Goddess of the Hearth - the Home and the Roman state






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






24. Cow's Skull with Calico Roses

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25. Messenger of the Gods and Finance






26. One of the first women of Impressionist painters; Young Girl by the Window






27. A radically unconventional group formed by Antisthenes in Greece in 400 A.D. This group considered virtue to be the only - not just the highest - good. They were largely self-sufficient - celibate (abstaining from sexual intercourse) - and ascetic (r






28. Stained glass - pointed arches and ribbed vaulting






29. 1900 to the Present






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






31. Influential in establishing the heroic couplet - Alexander's Feast - heroic stanzas






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






33. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies '1812 Overture' and 'The Nutcracker'






34. Architect; Guggenheim museum Spain branch; see figure 14.19 on page 366






35. Born in 1508 - ______________ was greatly influenced by Renaissance philosophers and artists - and was made architectural advisor to the Vatican in 1570. His great architectural works include Villa Foscari - Teatro Olimpico - and Palazzo Chiericati -






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






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






38. Noted for its rich use of ornamental domes - colorful mosaics - and lavish decorations






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






40. 20 -000 Leagues Under the Sea - Around the World in Eighty Days. He is considered the Father of Science Fiction.






41. Wrote Anna Karenina - War and Peace; Russian writer - realistic fiction






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






43. A famous cathedral In France






44. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






45. Church in Ravenna - Italy built by Justinian. Known for color - mosaics - and gold.






46. Gainsborough (1727-1788) was one of the first great landscape artists of his time - and was recognized for painting every section of his works himself






47. What does the symbol ' mean in poetry?






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






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






50. Composed 'Symphonie Fantastique'