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CLEP Humanities All In One

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Novelist who won Nobel Peace prize - advanced humanitarian causes. 'Americans in China'






2. Chiefly responsible for bringing literature to the middle-class - The Canterbury Tales






3. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






4. Composed 'Rite of Spring'






5. God of War






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






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






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






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






10. Pre-Socrates






11. Slow






12. French for 'fool the eye.' A two-dimensional representation that is so naturalistic that it looks actual or real (or three-dimensional).

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13. Plato and Aristotle






14. The Starry Night






15. Painted 'The Bathers'






16. Goddess of Wisdom






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






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






19. Were English writers of the 1840s and 1850s. Known as the Bell Brothers..'Wuthering Heights'






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






21. Stained glass - pointed arches and ribbed vaulting






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






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






24. Both wrote music based on Don Juan






25. One of Socrates' students; was considered by many to be the GREATEST philosopher of western civilization. Explained his ideas about government in a work entitled The Republic. In his ideal state - the people were divided into three different groups.






26. French impressionist painter; nude female paintings






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






28. The most slender and ornate of the three Greek columns. Known for its decorative capital of delicately carved acanthus leaves.






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






30. Story of a Great battle between Greece and Troy






31. 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.






32. Long-Short-Short






33. An artistic movement that emerged in the early 1960s; pop artists took images from popular culture and transformed them into works of fine art






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






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






36. A term that was originally coined during the Renaissance - it was a belief that man was the center of the universe. Humanism in general is a philosophy that centers around the capabilities of man.






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






38. Leader of the Spanish Art Nouveau movement - _____________ designed Casa Mila and Casa Batllo in Barcelona.






39. French Impressionistic music composer; won the Prix de Rome (award given by the French government) Prelude to the afternoon of a Faun; LaMer






40. artist of Return of the Prodigal Son (1636) - Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp (1632) - Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer (1653) - and The Night Watch - Showed a particular interest in painting the poor and downtrodden - considered the best Dutch






41. Five-foot line






42. Repititions of geometric lines






43. 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.






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






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

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






47. 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






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






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






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