Test your basic knowledge |

CLEP Humanities All In One

Subjects : clep, humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The works of ancient Greece and Rome; Homer - Sophocles - and Aeschylus. Major philosophers included Socrates - Plato - and Aristotle. Aristotle's Poetics described the art of tragedy; Socrates set down the foundation for a humanist philosophy later






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






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

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


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






5. Italian sculptor renowned as a pioneer of the Renaissance style with his natural - lifelike figures - such as the bronze statue David.






6. French impressionist painter






7. 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.






8. Scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas






9. Court dances






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






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






12. Composed 'Symphonie Fantastique'






13. Most important of the French Romantic painters; profoundly shaped the work of the Impressionists.






14. Most important of the French Romantic painters; profoundly shaped the work of the Impressionists.






15. Spanish surrealist painter






16. 1900 to the Present






17. Famous photographer of the Civil War - brought the war to the people






18. Wrote Billy Budd - Sailor; Moby Dick; classified as a Dark Romantic; American novelist - short story writer - essayist - and poet






19. God of Doors and beginnings and endings






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






21. Paralleled the age of roman literature under Augustus followed the greeks






22. 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






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






24. 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






25. Russian critic who founded the Ballet Russe






26. Is the last accepted pagan philosophy and was founded by Plotinus around 300 AD and based around the ideas of Plato. Disregarding the idea of separate - opposite realms of being (such as good and evil) - Plotinus instead mapped out a logical order to






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






28. Spanish surrealist painter






29. Created the motion picture titled 'The Kiss'






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






31. Painted 'The Bathers'






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






33. Known as the Father of Taoism - Sixth century B.C. philosopher Lao Tzu (or 'Old Sage') is credited with starting the philosophy of Taoism. Some scholars believe that he was a slightly older contemporary of Confucius.






34. A Spanish painter best known for co-founding the Cubist movement and for the wide variety of styles embodied in his work. 'Guernica'






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






36. 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.






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






38. Most famous American architect; Kaufman house also called 'Falling Water' Guggenheim museum - New York City Branch.






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






40. 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






41. God of Commerce - The messenger of Zeus






42. Famous artists: Henri Matisse - Raoul Dufy - and Andre Derain - Lasting for three short years (1905-1908) - fauvism served as the foundation for much of subsequent twentieth-century art. Its work was full of vibrant colors and boldly distorted figure






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






44. Pre-Socrates






45. Austrian composer; leader of the 2nd Viennese school: Invented serialism same as 12 tone system; wrote Pierrot Lunaire Landmark piece of music moonstruck Pierrot.






46. A radically unconventional group formed by Antisthenes in Greece in 400 A.D. This group considered virtue to be the only - not just the highest - good. They were largely self-sufficient - celibate (abstaining from sexual intercourse) - and ascetic (r






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






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






49. Rebirth






50. God of Wildlife