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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. Plato's teacher - declared that the gods had named him the wisest of all humanity - because he was the only one who knew how little he knew - he was later condemned to death by drinking poison hemlock by fellow Athenians for his alleged atheism.






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






3. 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.






4. Implied comparison between two normally unrelated things - indicating a likeness between them. Words can also be used to replace other words. Example: His room is a dump.






5. The last phase of the Stone Age - marked by the domestication of animals - the development of agriculture - and the manufacture of pottery






6. African American author of the Harlem Renaissance.






7. 1900 to the Present






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






9. Spanish Romantic Painter - Disaster of war series - Third Day of May - Rembrandt influence - moral issues - court painter to Charles IV






10. Artist of 'Liberty Leading People' (1831) and 'The Massacre of Chios' (1824) - Known for his dramatic imagery






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






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






13. Plato and Aristotle






14. French impressionist painter






15. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






16. Painted 'The Bathers'






17. 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






18. African American writer who wrote Oak and Ivy and about the lives of slavery






19. Wrote operas






20. Modernist poet and theorist - The Waste Land






21. Wrote Anna Karenina - War and Peace; Russian writer - realistic fiction






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






23. Impressionistic Music






24. 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.






25. Considered the greatest English poet and dramatist -Hamlet - King Lear - Macbeth - Romeo and Juliet - Twelfth Night - Richard III - Julius Caesar - Much Ado






26. French 20th century architect






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

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28. An imitation of the style identified with the art and literature of ancient Greece and Rome. Usually associated with European art and literature from the mid-1600s through the eighteenth century.






29. (1876) 19th-20th c. Romanian sculptor known for highly simplified archetypical human and animal forms (The Kiss; Bird in Space)






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






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






32. Opaque watercolor






33. Science fiction writer






34. Popularized the use of allegory - The Faerie Queen - Amoretti






35. Played the xylophone and marimba






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






37. German composer who developed the Romantic style of both lyrical and classical music






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






39. A wooden box where religious relics are stored or displayed






40. Ancient Greek philosopher - wrote Republic and Symposium - credited with being the most influential force on Western philosophy of all time. He taught the likes of Aristotle - and expressed his philosophical beliefs largely through fictional dialogue






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






42. What type of column has scrolls - and is taller?






43. 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.






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






45. American who became a British citizen; won the Nobel Peace prize in literature; wrote poetry and drama. 'Murder in the Cathedral'.






46. The hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father






47. Russian composer






48. 1.Michelangelo 2.Leonardo de Vinci 3.Raphael






49. Is an illuminated manuscript Gospel book in Latin - containing the four Gospels of the New Testament together with various prefatory texts and tables.






50. 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