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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Wrote Billy Budd - Sailor; Moby Dick; classified as a Dark Romantic; American novelist - short story writer - essayist - and poet






2. Abstract sculptor who used rounding techniques and very little detail






3. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






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






5. Believe in the four noble truths: existence is suffering - suffering is caused by need - suffering can cease - and there is a path to the cessation of suffering. Though Buddhists do not believe in a god - they follow the teachings of the mortal Budd






6. A capella singers






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






8. Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson






9. A tapestry that recounts the battle of hastings - A piece of linen about 1 Ft.8 in. Wide by 213 ft.long covered with embroidery representing the incidents of Willam the conqueror's expedition to England.






10. Instead of dealing with recognizable imagery - abstract art focuses on colors and form.






11. Both wrote music based on Don Juan






12. Beuatiful with ornate borders






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






14. Wrote 'Les Miserables' which criticized the French Revolution






15. The text of the opera






16. The text of the opera






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






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






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






20. Impressionistic Music






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






22. Wrote Pride and Prejudice






23. 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






24. A capella singers






25. 20 -000 Leagues Under the Sea - Around the World in Eighty Days. He is considered the Father of Science Fiction.






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






27. Wrote operas






28. Based on the practices of li and jen - was based on the ethical system of being neighborly-






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






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






31. What type of column is a simple - plain shaft?






32. Russian composer






33. God of War






34. An arrangement of colored tiles to form a decorative surface.






35. Decorative drinking cup or goblet






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






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






38. It is assigning lines that have the same rhyme at the end - a matching letter.






39. Architect refurbished St. Paul's Cathedral






40. French Painter - Impressionism - did horses and ballet dancers






41. Most famous example of Byzantine architecture - it was built under Justinian I and is considered one of the most perfect buildings in the world. Constructed of interlocking domes.






42. A pre-socratic Greek philosopher born in Italy. Denied the existence of time - plurality - and motion. NO Change. Founder of Metaphysics.






43. A sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person






44. This building was built in Rome and contains remains of may Roman Emperors






45. In drama - a character speaks alone on stage to allow his/her thoughts and ideas to be conveyed to the audience






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






47. The basis for early Christian architecture; - created in the period of recognition - it had a dome shape at both ends similar to an apse - it had libaries - and it's official meaning was a meeting place in which the romans would meet to discuss thin






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






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






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