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CLEP Humanities All In One

Subjects : clep, humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. One-foot line






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






3. God of love and beauty






4. Opaque watercolor






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






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






7. Wrote 'The Human Comedy'






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






9. The repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables established in a line of poetry






10. A Dutch painter who used a great deal of light. He enjoyed painting people doing everyday things.






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






12. United States film actress who appeared in films by D. W. Griffith (1896-1993)






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






14. Knowm for lean prose and ardently masculine themes and characters - The Old Man and the Sea - a Farewell to Arms - the Sun Also Rises






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






16. Transitional movement in the 1880's connecting Impressionism and cubism in the visual arts






17. A stringed guitar-like instrument from India






18. 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.






19. Created the motion picture titled 'The Kiss'






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






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






22. Mannerism painter






23. 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






24. What does the symbol U mean in poetry?






25. Euripidedes - Aeschylus - and Sophodes






26. 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).






27. A tall - four-sided shaft of stone that rises to a pointed pyramidal top.






28. Plato and Aristotle






29. French impressionist painter; nude female paintings






30. Novelist who won Nobel Peace prize - advanced humanitarian causes. 'Americans in China'






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






32. Messenger of the Gods and Finance






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






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






35. God of the sea






36. Style of art that attempts to portray the imagery of the subconscious mind






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






38. Foremost architect of Baroque - Ecstasy of St. Theresa - David - Apollo and Daphne - Aeneas






39. 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.






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






41. Beautiful Italian singing






42. Short-Short






43. Wrote 'The Human Comedy'






44. Patterns or pictures made by embedding small pieces of stone or glass in cement on surfaces such as walls and floors






45. The Color Purple






46. Fast






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






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






49. Free-standing statues of nude male youths






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