CLEP HUMANITIES EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
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Harper Lee - To Kill a mocking bird - ANSWER Atticus Finch, Boo Radley and Mayella
Ewell are all characters featured in which novel
Willy Loman, the protagonist of the play Death of a salesman by Arthur Miller - A proud
believer in the american dream and of success that can be easily achieved this anxious,
illusionary traveling salesman becomes increasingly frustrated as he realizes that
neither he nor his sons have achieved his dream and consequently his mental state
rapidly beings to deteriorate
Elizabethean poets group - Edmund Spencer
Christopher Marlow
Philip Sidney
Surrealism - ANSWER The artists who participated in this 20th century art movement
created works specifically designed to express the imagery experiences in dreams and
were heavily influenced by the Freudian concept of the unconsious
Romatic period - ANSWER Liszt, Chopin Verdi
Modern period - ANSWER Debussy, Puccini and Rachmaninoff
Baroque - ANSWER Bernini, Rembrandt, and Caravaggio
Billy Wilder - ANSWER The films Sunset Boulevard, Double Indemnity and Some Like it
Hot are directed by
,Neil Simon - ANSWER -Barefoot in the park
-the odd couple
-biloxi blues
Don Giovanni - ANSWER Written by Mozart, this opera follows the story of a young
ill-mannered nobleman who horribly treats everyone in his life until his loutish ways
bring him to a terrifying yet well-deserved end
Gustav Holst - ANSWER Which composer is known for 'The planets' a 7-part orchestral
piece that features a movement for each of the 7 extraterrestrial plants know to exist at
the time
Group of film directors - ANSWER Jean-Luc Godard
Francois Truffaut
Federico Fellini
Group of playwrights - ANSWER Anton Chekhov
Harold Pinter
Noel Coward
A Colonnade - ANSWER A row of columns that carries an entablature or arches is known
as a
Group of novelists - ANSWER Joseph Heller
Leo Tolstoy
Kurt Vonnegut
Desiderius Erasmus - ANSWER In Praise of folly, a 16th century essay that decried the
ongoing corruption in the roman catholic church, was written by
,Reasons people write prose - ANSWER -If he wishes to tell a long story, filled with many
characters and subplots, interlaced with motifs symbols, and themes the writer chooses
to write a novel.
- Novella or short story: He would have this option when he is confident that he can tell
his story more succinctly and with less complexity.
Coppelia by Leo Delibes - ANSWER A strange inventor creates a dancing, life-sized doll
with which a young man, mistaking it for a real girl, falls in love, much to the dismay of
his jilted fiance, who later dresses up as the doll to win back his heart. This ballet play is
callled
Post Impressionism - ANSWER Van Gogh, Seurat and Rodin are most associated with
which art movement?
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte - ANWER A young girl who suffered through frequent
abuse both as an orphan being raised by her aunt and as a student in a strict boarding
school becomes a governess and falls in love with the master of the house, only to have
her wedding plans interrupted by a stunning secret from his past. Novel.
Antonio Vivaldi - ANWER Bach's closest contemporary
Dante Alighieri - ANSWER The divine comedy, is an epic written by
Casablanca - ANSWER In the midst of WW2, a Cynical nightclub owner is faced with the
dilemma of choosing between being with the woman he loves or assisting her and her
husband, a Czech resistance leader, to safety escape from nazi-occupied,
vichy-cotrolled north africa.
Plato - ANSWER The republic, an ancient Greek dialogue that describes justice and
attempts to define the characteristics of a just city and a just man was written by
Gothic Architecture - ANSWER Notre Dame cathedral in Paris is the example of which
, type of architecture
line from Othello - ANSWER "I kissed thee ere I killed thee, no way but this, killing
myself, to die upon a kiss"
Quotation from Macbeth - ANSWER "double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and
cauldron bubble"
Quotation from Julius Caesar - ANSWER "coward die many times before their deaths the
valiant never taste of death but once"
Rene Descartes - ANSWER Often called the father of modern philosophy, his writing,
particularly medications on first philosophy, played a major role in the development of
western philosophy since the 17th century. He is also considered one of the major
figured in the school of rationalism. The philosopher is
George Gershwin - ANSWER Which 20th century composer wrote Rhapsody in Blue
A tale of two cities - ANSWER Took place amongst the events that led to the french
revolution
Oliver Twist - ANSWER Follows the story of a young orphan boy as he struggles to cope
with his difficult existence
Originally Described the structure of a 5 act drama but now used to analyze fiction as
well - ANSWER Freytag's Pyramid
Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur - ANSWER Romance (novel) later written in prose
Phonic - ANSWER Language is
CORRECT (A+) LATEST UPDATE
Harper Lee - To Kill a mocking bird - ANSWER Atticus Finch, Boo Radley and Mayella
Ewell are all characters featured in which novel
Willy Loman, the protagonist of the play Death of a salesman by Arthur Miller - A proud
believer in the american dream and of success that can be easily achieved this anxious,
illusionary traveling salesman becomes increasingly frustrated as he realizes that
neither he nor his sons have achieved his dream and consequently his mental state
rapidly beings to deteriorate
Elizabethean poets group - Edmund Spencer
Christopher Marlow
Philip Sidney
Surrealism - ANSWER The artists who participated in this 20th century art movement
created works specifically designed to express the imagery experiences in dreams and
were heavily influenced by the Freudian concept of the unconsious
Romatic period - ANSWER Liszt, Chopin Verdi
Modern period - ANSWER Debussy, Puccini and Rachmaninoff
Baroque - ANSWER Bernini, Rembrandt, and Caravaggio
Billy Wilder - ANSWER The films Sunset Boulevard, Double Indemnity and Some Like it
Hot are directed by
,Neil Simon - ANSWER -Barefoot in the park
-the odd couple
-biloxi blues
Don Giovanni - ANSWER Written by Mozart, this opera follows the story of a young
ill-mannered nobleman who horribly treats everyone in his life until his loutish ways
bring him to a terrifying yet well-deserved end
Gustav Holst - ANSWER Which composer is known for 'The planets' a 7-part orchestral
piece that features a movement for each of the 7 extraterrestrial plants know to exist at
the time
Group of film directors - ANSWER Jean-Luc Godard
Francois Truffaut
Federico Fellini
Group of playwrights - ANSWER Anton Chekhov
Harold Pinter
Noel Coward
A Colonnade - ANSWER A row of columns that carries an entablature or arches is known
as a
Group of novelists - ANSWER Joseph Heller
Leo Tolstoy
Kurt Vonnegut
Desiderius Erasmus - ANSWER In Praise of folly, a 16th century essay that decried the
ongoing corruption in the roman catholic church, was written by
,Reasons people write prose - ANSWER -If he wishes to tell a long story, filled with many
characters and subplots, interlaced with motifs symbols, and themes the writer chooses
to write a novel.
- Novella or short story: He would have this option when he is confident that he can tell
his story more succinctly and with less complexity.
Coppelia by Leo Delibes - ANSWER A strange inventor creates a dancing, life-sized doll
with which a young man, mistaking it for a real girl, falls in love, much to the dismay of
his jilted fiance, who later dresses up as the doll to win back his heart. This ballet play is
callled
Post Impressionism - ANSWER Van Gogh, Seurat and Rodin are most associated with
which art movement?
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte - ANWER A young girl who suffered through frequent
abuse both as an orphan being raised by her aunt and as a student in a strict boarding
school becomes a governess and falls in love with the master of the house, only to have
her wedding plans interrupted by a stunning secret from his past. Novel.
Antonio Vivaldi - ANWER Bach's closest contemporary
Dante Alighieri - ANSWER The divine comedy, is an epic written by
Casablanca - ANSWER In the midst of WW2, a Cynical nightclub owner is faced with the
dilemma of choosing between being with the woman he loves or assisting her and her
husband, a Czech resistance leader, to safety escape from nazi-occupied,
vichy-cotrolled north africa.
Plato - ANSWER The republic, an ancient Greek dialogue that describes justice and
attempts to define the characteristics of a just city and a just man was written by
Gothic Architecture - ANSWER Notre Dame cathedral in Paris is the example of which
, type of architecture
line from Othello - ANSWER "I kissed thee ere I killed thee, no way but this, killing
myself, to die upon a kiss"
Quotation from Macbeth - ANSWER "double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and
cauldron bubble"
Quotation from Julius Caesar - ANSWER "coward die many times before their deaths the
valiant never taste of death but once"
Rene Descartes - ANSWER Often called the father of modern philosophy, his writing,
particularly medications on first philosophy, played a major role in the development of
western philosophy since the 17th century. He is also considered one of the major
figured in the school of rationalism. The philosopher is
George Gershwin - ANSWER Which 20th century composer wrote Rhapsody in Blue
A tale of two cities - ANSWER Took place amongst the events that led to the french
revolution
Oliver Twist - ANSWER Follows the story of a young orphan boy as he struggles to cope
with his difficult existence
Originally Described the structure of a 5 act drama but now used to analyze fiction as
well - ANSWER Freytag's Pyramid
Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur - ANSWER Romance (novel) later written in prose
Phonic - ANSWER Language is
