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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A stringed guitar-like instrument from India






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






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






4. Place known for the earliest documented Jazz






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






6. Decorative drinking cup or goblet






7. Spanish surrealist painter






8. A story were characters or objects represent abstract idea or qualities. i.e. Goodness - Evil - Love - Death - etc...






9. Japanese Artist - Thirty six view of Mt. Fuji - most famous Japanese mountain






10. Mannerism painter






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






12. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






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






14. 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






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






16. God of Fire - the Forge and Blacksmiths






17. A capella singers






18. United States satirical novelist and literary critic (1912-1989)






19. Composed 'Symphonie Fantastique'






20. God of War






21. Composed 'Rite of Spring'






22. Cow's Skull with Calico Roses

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23. Spanish rhythm in 3/4 time






24. English novelist - Great Expectations - Oliver Twist






25. Court dances






26. Italian sculptor renowned as a pioneer of the Renaissance style with his natural - lifelike figures - such as the bronze statue David.






27. Wrote 'Appalachian Spring'






28. One-foot line






29. Figure of speech that give human traits to animals - objects - or ideas. Example: the storm lashed the naked - helpless shore.






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






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






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






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






34. God of the sea






35. African American author of the Harlem Renaissance.






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






37. Subject is lying down away from the artist and looking over her shoulder






38. 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.






39. Plato and Aristotle






40. The basis for early Christian architecture; - created in the period of recognition - it had a dome shape at both ends similar to an apse - it had libaries - and it's official meaning was a meeting place in which the romans would meet to discuss thin






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






42. One of the greatest sculptors of the 19th century - The Thinker: The Kiss 12.2






43. Movement in Church design towards theme of 'Christ - the Light of the World' - Gothic structure (reflected God's transcendence - power - and beauty). Built higher - allowed large stain glass windows. Served as visual catechism for those living during






44. A tall - four-sided shaft of stone that rises to a pointed pyramidal top.






45. An English maker of pottery and china - he developed mass production of quality porcelain. Signature blue or pink with cameo inset.






46. God of Wildlife






47. Goddess of Marriage






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






49. Wrote Rivals






50. 1.Michelangelo 2.Leonardo de Vinci 3.Raphael