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CLEP Humanities All In One

Subjects : clep, humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Norwegian composer. 'Peer Gynt'






2. 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






3. Fast






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






5. A prolific German baroque composer remembered best for his oratorio Messiah (1685-1759)






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

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7. Florentine genius of the early Renaissance built the dome of Florence Cathedral - the Pazzi Chapel - and was instrumental in developing geometrical perspective in painting






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






9. Repititions of geometric lines






10. Using two or more types of media together to create an art object such as glitter or beads on a painting






11. Repititions of geometric lines






12. 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






13. A story were characters or objects represent abstract idea or qualities. i.e. Goodness - Evil - Love - Death - etc...






14. Composer - conductor and pianist






15. The farmer/ merchant caste in Hinduism






16. Paint onto wet plaster on a wall






17. He used light and shadows to convey moods and emotions-Painted the Blinding of Samson






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






19. Wrote 'Appalachian Spring'






20. French 20th century architect






21. God of sun - light - truth - healing






22. Paint onto wet plaster on a wall






23. 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






24. Slow






25. Laborer caste in Hinduism






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






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






28. Three dimensional work of art - statue






29. French female author of more than eighty novels who took a man's name and dressed in male attire to protest the treatment of women






30. One-foot line






31. French Impressionistic composer; Bolero: Gaspard de la nuit; 3 pieces to it (on Dine) 1st piece of Gaspar






32. The idea that matter is made out of atoms






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






34. Story of man - Christian - journey faces hobglobins/dragons

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35. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






36. Story of man - Christian - journey faces hobglobins/dragons

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37. French Painter - Post impressionism - pointellism (using several small dots of color to create a larger image)Sunday Afternoon on the island of La Grande Jatte






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






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






40. Greatest playwright of all time; wrote MacBeth - King Lear - Hamlet - Romeo and Juliet; introduced new words to the English language. Histories - tragedies - comedies






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






42. Messenger of the Gods and Finance






43. Wrote Waiting for Godot. The only scenery for the play was a cyclorama (a giant curtain onthe back of the stage) and a single tree with one branch and one leaf.






44. A line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage






45. A classic form of Japanese drama involving heroic themes - a chorus - and dance






46. Consists of lines that do not have regular meter or rhyme






47. Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson






48. British abstract sculptor






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






50. Long-Short-Short