Test your basic knowledge |

CLEP Humanities All In One

Subjects : clep, humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Russian critic who founded the Ballet Russe






2. French 20th century architect






3. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






4. Leucippus and Democritus






5. 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






6. United States sculptor who first created mobiles and stabiles (1898-1976)






7. Composer - conductor and pianist






8. Famous French impressionist composer






9. The warrior caste in Hinduism






10. Published Phenomenology of Mind in 1807 and Philosophy of Right in 1821 - According to the Hegelian dialectic - one thought (i.e. being) invariably leads to a thought of its antithesis (not being) - and the two must come together to form an entirely






11. American Science Fiction writer..'Fahrenheit 451'






12. Goddess of Agriculture






13. Took inspiration from Schiller's 'Ode to Joy'






14. Libertine whose focused prose - Social Contract






15. Lion's Gate at Mycenae was constructed with the _______ ____ ________ system - or a large stone horizontal beam resting on two vertical ones.






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






17. Decorative drinking cup or goblet






18. Real name was Domenicos Theotocopoulos - Much of his work expressed religious ecstasy - and El Greco painted many revealing works of devoted ascetics - most notable of which was Burial of the Count Orgaz. An expressionist - his work often included fl






19. Wrote Pride and Prejudice






20. God of the underworld - and wealth






21. God of Commerce - The messenger of Zeus






22. A stringed guitar-like instrument from India






23. Founded by the prophet Mohammad - Followers - called Muslims - go by the book of the Qur'an - the word of God as told to Mohammed. There are five basic principles to Islam: first - there is only one God - and Mohammed is the only mouthpiece of God; s






24. French Painter - Post impressionism - pointellism (using several small dots of color to create a larger image)Sunday Afternoon on the island of La Grande Jatte






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






26. Foremost literary critic of the romantic period - Rime of the Ancient Mariner






27. The central or dominating idea of a work.






28. French female author of more than eighty novels who took a man's name and dressed in male attire to protest the treatment of women






29. A direct comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'. Example: John swims like a fish.






30. English novelist - Great Expectations - Oliver Twist






31. Architect who liked a statue at every corner






32. Using two or more types of media together to create an art object such as glitter or beads on a painting






33. Beautiful Italian singing






34. Members of the highest caste in Hinduism






35. Patterns or pictures made by embedding small pieces of stone or glass in cement on surfaces such as walls and floors






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






37. Poetry written in iambic pentameter without end rhyme






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






39. 19th century French syle of painting that tried to capture the painter's immediate impressions - usually of the outdoors. In music - a term associated witht the music of Debussy and Ravel






40. An artistic movement that emerged in the early 1960s; pop artists took images from popular culture and transformed them into works of fine art






41. School of nonsense and anti-art






42. Rebirth






43. Three dimensional work of art - statue






44. Author of Faerie Queene in Elizabethan era - one of the greatest moral epics in any language






45. Short-Short-Long






46. Russian composer






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






48. 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.






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






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