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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Fast






2. United States satirical novelist and literary critic (1912-1989)






3. Goldsmith and sculptor - wrote one of the first autobiographies






4. Georges Pierre Seurat






5. Stoics believed that restraining emotion is the key to happiness. The majority of their beliefs are similar to the Cynics.






6. African American author of the Harlem Renaissance.






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






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






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






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






11. One of the leading painters of the Florentine renaissance - developed a highly personal style. The Birth of Venus






12. Famous artists: Jean-Francois Millet - Eugene Delacroix - J.M.W. Turner - and William Blake - Covering the late eighteenth to early nineteenth centuries - the works of this period stressed the inherent goodness in humanity and shied away from earlier






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






14. A painting - drawing - or sculpture of Mary - the Mother of Jesus - holding the dead body of Jesus. The word means 'pity' in Italian.






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






16. Focuses on the direct relationship between the individual and the universe and/or God. Well-known existentialists include Martin Heidegger and Jean-Paul Sartre - with S






17. Created the motion picture titled 'The Kiss'






18. Long-Long






19. Student of Martin Heidegger - wrote 'Truth and Method' - considered to be the father of Hermeneutics - largely argued that it is impossible to be unbiased in anything - and even historical accounts are forever biased by our own experiences. As factua






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






21. British team writing light-hearted song/story format; Opereta - 'Pirates of Penzance' and Mikado






22. 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.






23. Made a valuable contribution to American folk music by capturing the plaintive spirit of the slaves. 'Camptown Races'






24. Beautiful Italian singing






25. United States architect (born in Germany) who built unornamented steel frame and glass skyscrapers (1886-1969)






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






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






28. Famous artists: El Greco - Jacopo Tintoretto - and Antoine Caron - An Italian art form from 1520-1600 - the mannerism movement sought to go against the strict proportionality of the High Renaissance by deliberately skewing scales and figures - with h






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






30. Ancient Greek philosopher who formulated paradoxes that defended the belief that motion and change are illusory (circa 495-430 BC)






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






32. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






33. Famous artists during this time: Leonardo da Vinci - Rafael - and Michaelangelo - From 1490 to 1520 - High Renaissance style was composed of order - grace - and harmony - with perfectly proportioned subjects.






34. Spanish surrealist painter






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






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






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






38. 1900 to the Present






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






40. Female Movie Director/Producer who motivated women to do film...Big - A League of Their Own - Jumping Jack Flash






41. Bessanio along with others are courting a girl - they have to pick a certain box - Bessanio picks the right one and is allowed to marry her






42. Eight-foot line






43. Born in 1508 - ______________ was greatly influenced by Renaissance philosophers and artists - and was made architectural advisor to the Vatican in 1570. His great architectural works include Villa Foscari - Teatro Olimpico - and Palazzo Chiericati -






44. Painter - sculpter - architect - engineer - musician; invented the court painter of the king of France; 'Mona Lisa -' 'The Last Supper'(classical) - 'Vitruvian Man'(anatomy)






45. Court dances






46. Long-Short-Short






47. Norwegian composer. 'Peer Gynt'






48. Wrote Pride and Prejudice






49. Bessanio along with others are courting a girl - they have to pick a certain box - Bessanio picks the right one and is allowed to marry her






50. 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.