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CLEP Humanities All In One

Subjects : clep, humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Long days journey into night - the iceman center - ah wilderness - desire under the elms - mourning become electric

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2. 20 -000 Leagues Under the Sea - Around the World in Eighty Days. He is considered the Father of Science Fiction.






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






4. Method of composition by which the composer extends the technique of twelve tone composition to other areas such as rhythm dynamics timbre and duration. Most important invention in the 20th century.






5. 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.






6. Leader of the Spanish Art Nouveau movement - _____________ designed Casa Mila and Casa Batllo in Barcelona.






7. God of Wildlife






8. God of War






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






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






11. One of the first to use cubism - painted 'The Old Guitar Player' (1905) - predominantly painted in blue tones






12. Fast






13. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






14. Fanciful but graceful asymmetric ornamentation in art and architecture that originated in France in the 18th century






15. Greek philosopher. A pupil of Plato - the tutor of Alexander the Great - and the author of works on logic - metaphysics - ethics - natural sciences - politics - and poetics - he profoundly influenced Western thought. In his philosophical system - whi






16. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






17. I and the Village






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






19. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designed the ____________ __________ in Spain.






20. Any system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material






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






22. 'Father of Western Philosophy'. Greek philosopher who taught that the universe had originated from water.






23. Atomic Bomb - Robert Openheimer was in charge






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






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

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26. God of the Sea






27. 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






28. American Playwright: The Crucible; Death of a Salesman; All My Sons






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






30. Known for ragtime music - piano player. Composed 'The Entertainment'






31. Science fiction writer






32. A famous cathedral In France






33. Famous ballet dancer - known as 'the mother of dance'






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






35. Paint onto wet plaster on a wall






36. Theodore Gericault - 1791-1824 - Eugene Delacroix - 1798-1863






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






38. Greek philosopher; socratic method--questioning; sentenced to death for corrupting Athens youth. Believed writing distorted ideas. His ideas were recorded by his followers (Plato).






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






40. A plain - sturdy column with a plain capital






41. Realist novelist - Great Expectations - A Tale of Two Cities. Oliver Twist - A Christmas Carol - The Pickwick Papers






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






43. Greek philosopher. A pupil of Plato - the tutor of Alexander the Great - and the author of works on logic - metaphysics - ethics - natural sciences - politics - and poetics - he profoundly influenced Western thought. In his philosophical system - whi






44. A sect of hedonism (Pursuit of or devotion to pleasure) that believes that pleasure of the mind - not just the senses - is the ultimate good. Thoroughly defended by Ancient Greek philosophers - the base of this belief system is that the goal of every






45. A classic form of Japanese drama involving heroic themes - a chorus - and dance






46. Fast






47. The farmer/ merchant caste in Hinduism






48. Science fiction writer






49. God of Wisdom






50. A capella singers