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






2. 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.






3. An English writer who wrote 'Vindication of the Rights of Women' - arguing that women are not naturally inferior to men - but appear to be so because of lack of education






4. Architect refurbished St. Paul's Cathedral






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






6. Founded by the prophet Mohammad - Followers - called Muslims - go by the book of the Qur'an - the word of God as told to Mohammed. There are five basic principles to Islam: first - there is only one God - and Mohammed is the only mouthpiece of God; s






7. Wrote 'Frankenstein' which was a criticism of man controlling nature - 'Gothic literature' Daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft






8. Wrote 'Appalachian Spring'






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






10. 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.






11. Author of Faerie Queene in Elizabethan era - one of the greatest moral epics in any language






12. 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






13. Theodore Gericault - 1791-1824 - Eugene Delacroix - 1798-1863






14. Cow's Skull with Calico Roses

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






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






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






18. Beautiful Italian singing






19. Both describes the Chinese manner of thought - and a major Chinese religion - Largely adopted from Buddhism - Taoism incorporates many gods - the head of which is the Jade Emperor - with the Emperor of the Eastern Mountain serving as second-in-comman






20. African American author of the Harlem Renaissance.






21. Noted for its rich use of ornamental domes - colorful mosaics - and lavish decorations






22. French Post Impressionistic painter; Pointillism; Neo Impressionism or pointilism






23. God of rain - clouds - thunderbolts.






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






25. Tall - 4 sided pillar of stone that rises to a point






26. 19th century French syle of painting that tried to capture the painter's immediate impressions - usually of the outdoors. In music - a term associated witht the music of Debussy and Ravel






27. 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






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






29. The repetition of initial constant sounds. Example: The fair breeze blew - the white foam flew - the furrow followed free.






30. Opaque watercolor






31. French composer (born in Poland) and pianist of the romantic school. Known as the 'poet of the piano'






32. Russian critic who founded the Ballet Russe






33. Science fiction writer






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






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






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






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






38. Wrote Leviathan - and believed that human life on its own was 'solitary - poor - nasty - brutish - and short.' - argued for a strong - even brutal government in order to keep humanity from becoming savages.






39. God of Love






40. 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






41. One-foot line






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






43. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






44. The use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning. i.e. hiss - hiss - buzz - buzz.






45. The text of the opera






46. Science fiction writer






47. A presocratic Greek philosopher who said that fire is the origin of all things and that permanence is an illusion as all things are in perpetual flux (All is change).






48. (1469-1527) Wrote The Prince which contained a secular method of ruling a country. 'End justifies the means.'






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






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