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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. God of the Sea






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






3. A sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person






4. Is an illuminated manuscript Gospel book in Latin - containing the four Gospels of the New Testament together with various prefatory texts and tables.






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






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






7. Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson






8. Goddess of Wisdom






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






10. 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.






11. The use of an object to represent another object or idea.






12. God of the sea






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






14. Messenger of the Gods and Finance






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






16. School of nonsense and anti-art






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






18. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






19. Science fiction writer






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






21. God of War






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

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23. A Spanish painter best known for co-founding the Cubist movement and for the wide variety of styles embodied in his work. 'Guernica'






24. Art which shows figures both religious or non-religious - more realistic - emphasis on nature - three dimensional with perspective - people are active and show great emotion






25. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






26. Spanish surrealist painter






27. He used light and shadows to convey moods and emotions-Painted the Blinding of Samson






28. Greatest playwright of all time; wrote MacBeth - King Lear - Hamlet - Romeo and Juliet; introduced new words to the English language. Histories - tragedies - comedies






29. A line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage






30. Author of the first real historical drama and first English tragedy - The Tragedy of Doctor Faustus - Edward the Second






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






32. Mannerism painter






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






34. French feminist who wrote the treatise titled ' The Second Sex'






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






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






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






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






39. Spanish writer best remembered for 'Don Quixote' which satirizes chivalry and influenced the development of the novel form (1547-1616)






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






41. Music consistently constructed on a pattern of the twelve chromatic tones selected prior to composition.






42. The Italian sculptor and goldsmith who was best known for the doors to the baptistery of Florence's cathedral - and another set of doors which was called 'The Gates to Paradise'. He also wrote one of the earliest autobiographies by an artist - which






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

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44. Wrote Billy Budd - Sailor; Moby Dick; classified as a Dark Romantic; American novelist - short story writer - essayist - and poet






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






46. Spanish surrealist painter






47. 20th Century American composer






48. Goddess of Love and Beauty






49. 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






50. Norwegian composer. 'Peer Gynt'