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CLEP Humanities All In One

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A capella singers






2. Messenger of the Gods and Finance






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






4. Noted for its rich use of ornamental domes - colorful mosaics - and lavish decorations






5. Japanese Artist - Thirty six view of Mt. Fuji - most famous Japanese mountain






6. One of Duncan's generals; wants to become King of Scotland; murders Duncan and slays anyone in the way of his kingship






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

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8. Architect refurbished St. Paul's Cathedral






9. Spanish artist color plate 82-The Persistence of Memroy; best known and most sensational of the Surrealists.






10. Frank Lloyd Wright designed what?






11. Artist of 'Jack in the Pulpit IV' (1930) - 'Petunia' (1925) - 'Cow's Skull - Red - White - and Blue' (1931) - and 'Red Amaryllis' (1937) - Realistic nature images with strong - vibrant colors identify the works of O'Keeffe

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12. Was an iconic and highly influential British filmmaker and producer - who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and thriller genres.






13. Stained glass - pointed arches and ribbed vaulting






14. Wrote 'The Human Comedy'






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






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






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






18. God of Wine






19. Wrote Anna Karenina - War and Peace; Russian writer - realistic fiction






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






21. 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






22. 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.






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






24. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






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






26. God of Love






27. Both describes the Chinese manner of thought - and a major Chinese religion - Largely adopted from Buddhism - Taoism incorporates many gods - the head of which is the Jade Emperor - with the Emperor of the Eastern Mountain serving as second-in-comman






28. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






29. An Irish novelist who wrote Ulysses - a stream of consciousness book based loosely on Odyssey






30. What type of column has scrolls - and is taller?






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






32. Science fiction writer






33. Gross exaggeration for effect - not to be taken literately. Example: My feet are 'KILLING' me.






34. Wrote Pride and Prejudice






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

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36. A musical composition for voices and orchestra






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






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

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39. Composer - conductor and pianist






40. The use of an object to represent another object or idea.






41. Who is the architect of this building? (Uses glass walls - abstract - etc.)






42. American novelist - essayist and satirist - Huckleberry Finn - Tom Sawyer






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






44. American composer; Adagio for Strings Abing; Chinese Music;The moon reflected on the second springs.






45. Norwegian composer. 'Peer Gynt'






46. Russian romantic composer; 4 piano concerti; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Vocalise; called the last Romantic






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






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






49. Leucippus and Democritus






50. Greek philosopher; socratic method--questioning; sentenced to death for corrupting Athens youth. Believed writing distorted ideas. His ideas were recorded by his followers (Plato).