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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A prolific German baroque composer remembered best for his oratorio Messiah (1685-1759)






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






3. External support for the walls of Gothic buildings was provided by what?






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

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5. 6th Century B.C. - a Greek philosopher and mathematician - founder of a religous movement called Pythagoreanism






6. God of the Sun - poetry - music and oracles






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






8. United States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington






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






10. 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.






11. Goddess of the Hearth - the Home and the Roman state






12. Rebirth






13. 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.






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






15. United States sculptor who first created mobiles and stabiles (1898-1976)






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






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






18. Chinese Painter; harp player in a pavillion






19. Pen name of the novelist and humorist Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Wrote Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn






20. 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.






21. 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.






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






23. God of Commerce - The messenger of Zeus






24. Architect refurbished St. Paul's Cathedral






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






26. One of the greatest sculptors of the 19th century - The Thinker: The Kiss 12.2






27. Wrote Two Treatises on Government - also published An Essay Concerning Human Understanding to outline the principles of empiricism.






28. Wrote 'The Three Musketeers' and 'The Man in the Iron Mask' and The Count of Monte-Cristo






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






30. Opaque watercolor






31. Literature whose primary aim is to expound some moral - political - or other teaching.






32. Composer - conductor and pianist






33. Artist of 'The Starry Night' (1889) - also painted 'Sunflowers' and 'Night Cafe'






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






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






36. Spanish artist color plate 82-The Persistence of Memroy; best known and most sensational of the Surrealists.






37. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






38. Architect refurbished St. Paul's Cathedral






39. Popular in the 1920s and 30s - art deco work contains geometric three-dimensional forms and curvy surfaces. Subjects are typically men and women from high society jazz age.






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






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






42. Spanish surrealist painter






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






44. Italian director that made films of fantasy and boroque style. 'La Dolce Vita'






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






46. Six tone octave scale in which all successive tones are a whole step apart.






47. One unit of meter in poetry






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






49. Movement in Church design towards theme of 'Christ - the Light of the World' - Gothic structure (reflected God's transcendence - power - and beauty). Built higher - allowed large stain glass windows. Served as visual catechism for those living during






50. Spanish surrealist painter