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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Clothed upright statues of women - often of goddesses (generally the Archaic period)






2. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






3. French Painter - Impressionism - did horses and ballet dancers






4. Place known for the earliest documented Jazz






5. God of the sea






6. Death of a Salesman






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






8. The repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables established in a line of poetry






9. An epic is a longer poem written in lofty style - presenting characters of high social class in a series of adventures. It is tied to one hero of epic proportions - yet the entire poem details the history of a nation or race. Example: the Odyssey and






10. Rebirth






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






12. Art produced from c. 450 BC to c. 700 AD by the Celts; mostly portable objects; Stone carvings - Crosses with interlace patterns - metal work - manuscripts






13. Painted 'The Bathers'






14. Goddess of Fortune






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






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






17. Opaque watercolor






18. Spanish surrealist painter






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






20. Paul Gauguin






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

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22. God of the Underworld and Death






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






24. School of nonsense and anti-art






25. Composed 'Rite of Spring'






26. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






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






28. Both wrote music based on Don Juan






29. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






30. God of Wine and Theatre






31. Pre-Socrates






32. Ralph Waldo Emerson - Henry David Thoreau






33. Wrote 'The Human Comedy'






34. DNA of the song






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






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






37. Long-Long






38. Designed by Mayans - this was once a temple - next to the Pyramid of Sacrifice. Located at Uxmal - it was used for sacrificial ceremonies as late as 1673.






39. Stained glass - pointed arches and ribbed vaulting






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






41. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






42. An arrangement of colored tiles to form a decorative surface.






43. A prolific German baroque composer remembered best for his oratorio Messiah (1685-1759)






44. Florentine genius of the early Renaissance built the dome of Florence Cathedral - the Pazzi Chapel - and was instrumental in developing geometrical perspective in painting






45. A contradiction of a story as it appears to its characters - and what the audience knows as true.






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






47. 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






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






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






50. Made the first talking movie in 1927..The 'Jazz Singer'






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