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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Created the motion picture titled 'The Kiss'






2. Wrote 'Les Miserables' which criticized the French Revolution






3. Stoics believed that restraining emotion is the key to happiness. The majority of their beliefs are similar to the Cynics.






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






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






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






7. Considered America's greatest architect. Pioneered the concept that a building should blend into and harmonize with its surroundings rather than following classical designs.






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






9. Story of a Great battle between Greece and Troy






10. Les Demoiselles d'Avignon - Girl Before a Mirror






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






12. Artist of 'Clock Explosion' - 'Persistence of Memory' - 'The Elephants' - and 'The Meditative Rose' - painted very precise - and nightmarish scenes






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






14. The text of the opera






15. French 20th century architect






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






17. One unit of meter in poetry






18. Short-Long






19. Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson






20. A presocratic Greek philosopher who said that fire is the origin of all things and that permanence is an illusion as all things are in perpetual flux (All is change).






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






22. Place known for the earliest documented Jazz






23. Character who comes to a bad end as a result of own behavior or character flaw






24. 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






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






26. Short-Short






27. United States film actress who appeared in films by D. W. Griffith (1896-1993)






28. One-foot line






29. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






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






31. African American author of the Harlem Renaissance.






32. Four-foot line






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






34. The hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters






35. French impressionist painter; nude female paintings






36. 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 -






37. 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






38. Composer - conductor and pianist






39. Repititions of geometric lines






40. Ancient Greek philosopher - wrote Republic and Symposium - credited with being the most influential force on Western philosophy of all time. He taught the likes of Aristotle - and expressed his philosophical beliefs largely through fictional dialogue






41. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






42. Beuatiful with ornate borders






43. Painter - sculpter - architect - engineer - musician; invented the court painter of the king of France; 'Mona Lisa -' 'The Last Supper'(classical) - 'Vitruvian Man'(anatomy)






44. Fast






45. Is the belief that Satan represented all things material - and God all things of light; each human being is a composite of matter (Satan) and godly light (God) - and suffered not from sin - but from contact with matter. Founded by Mani Who believed h






46. Most famous American architect; Kaufman house also called 'Falling Water' Guggenheim museum - New York City Branch.






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






48. Two-foot line






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






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