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CLEP Humanities All In One

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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






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






3. God of Time - Harvest and Agriculture






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

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






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






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






8. 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






9. The King of the Gods and the God of the sky






10. An English maker of pottery and china - he developed mass production of quality porcelain. Signature blue or pink with cameo inset.






11. Wrote Robinson Crusoe; known as the father of the English novel






12. Gods of Inspiration for literature - Science - and the arts






13. God of Wine






14. An Italian painter - sculptor - and architect of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Among many achievements in a life of nearly ninety years - sculpted the David and several versions of the Pieta - painted the ceiling and rear wall of the Sistine






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






16. A Spanish painter best known for co-founding the Cubist movement and for the wide variety of styles embodied in his work. 'Guernica'






17. The idea that matter is made out of atoms






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






19. The farmer/ merchant caste in Hinduism






20. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






21. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies '1812 Overture' and 'The Nutcracker'






22. Eight-foot line






23. Noted for his direct style - clear - sharp prose and critical wit - Gulliver's Travels - Tale of a Tub






24. Impressionistic Music






25. A musical composition for voices and orchestra






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






27. 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






28. Story of a Great battle between Greece and Troy






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






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






31. Fast






32. Caused considerable conflict over the years with his open expectation of the impending fall of humanity. He believed that humanity was inherently good - but once corrupted by civilization - there was no turning back.






33. Russian composer






34. 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






35. French 20th century architect






36. French 20th century architect






37. The most slender and ornate of the three Greek columns. Known for its decorative capital of delicately carved acanthus leaves.






38. Decorative drinking cup or goblet






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






40. Author of the first real historical drama and first English tragedy - The Tragedy of Doctor Faustus - Edward the Second






41. Palace constructed by Louis XIV outside of Paris to glorify his rule and subdue the nobility. Exp. of Baroque style in France






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

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43. Spanish surrealist painter






44. (1876) 19th-20th c. Romanian sculptor known for highly simplified archetypical human and animal forms (The Kiss; Bird in Space)






45. A curtain or drop made of gauzelike fabric. when lighted from the front it is opaque but is transparent if lighted from the back






46. Russian Composer; Paris; Ballets; won acceptance from the public; Firebird; Petrouchka; The right of Spring; Master of rhythm






47. Known as the Father of Taoism - Sixth century B.C. philosopher Lao Tzu (or 'Old Sage') is credited with starting the philosophy of Taoism. Some scholars believe that he was a slightly older contemporary of Confucius.






48. Court dances






49. Composed 'Symphonie Fantastique'






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