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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. High quality rugs made by Persian Muslims - valued for their exquisite designs - vivid colors and skillful make. These rugs were in great demand from China to Europe - greatly improving the Abbasid's economy.






2. Created the motion picture titled 'The Kiss'






3. Found on Easter Island - The South Pacific






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






5. French for 'fool the eye.' A two-dimensional representation that is so naturalistic that it looks actual or real (or three-dimensional).

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6. Visual artist and poet who defined neoclassical convention - Songs of Innocence - Songs of Cxperience






7. A painting - drawing - or sculpture of Mary - the Mother of Jesus - holding the dead body of Jesus. The word means 'pity' in Italian.






8. Wrote 'Appalachian Spring'






9. 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






10. Were English writers of the 1840s and 1850s. Known as the Bell Brothers..'Wuthering Heights'






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






12. Late 20th century style in which brief patter is textures - and other musical fragments are repeated for an extended period of time with trance-like persistence.






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

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14. Repititions of geometric lines






15. A brace or support placed on the outside of a building






16. Fast






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






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






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

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20. Russian film maker who pioneered the use of montage and is considered among the most influential film makers in the history of motion pictures






21. Spanish surrealist painter






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






23. Wrote Rivals






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






25. Slow






26. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






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






28. Romantic novelist whose liberal social and political views underscore her work - Frankenstein - the Last Man






29. One of Socrates' students; was considered by many to be the GREATEST philosopher of western civilization. Explained his ideas about government in a work entitled The Republic. In his ideal state - the people were divided into three different groups.






30. God of the Underworld and Death






31. 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.






32. 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






33. 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






34. A technique of painting using pigment mixed with egg yolk






35. 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.






36. The ranaissance artist who led the way in establishing a new style of employing deep space - modeling - and anatomical correctness.






37. Famous photographer of the Civil War - brought the war to the people






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






39. Carried the motion picture into the new era with his silent epics (The Birth of a Nation - Intolerance - etc.) which introduced serious plots and elaborate productions to filmmaking.






40. Russian composer






41. Ralph Waldo Emerson - Henry David Thoreau






42. Most famous example of Byzantine architecture - it was built under Justinian I and is considered one of the most perfect buildings in the world. Constructed of interlocking domes.






43. A capella singers






44. God of Wine and Theatre






45. Famous for black and white erotic paintings






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






47. Wrote operas






48. Wrote 'The Human Comedy'






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






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