CLEP HUMANITIES EXAM WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE
B.Eliot once said that nothing in art is really original. The artist merely recreates what is
already there. This line is reminiscent of a similar observation made by Chaucer
centuries before - ANSWER Who was the first black actor to star in the role of Emperor
Jones?
A) Canada Lee
B) Paul Robeson
C) Ossie Davis
D) Bill Cosby
E) James Earl Jones
B. Robeson was not able to amass much fortune out of his fame or talent in this country
because of his leftist political views, but he paved the way for many artists of his race -
ANSWER In Chinese landscape painting, the human figure is hardly visible. Why?
A) It's traditional.
B) It's expressive of Chinese contempt of mankind.
C) It shows the proper relation of man to nature in Chinese thought.
D) It shows man as the conqueror of nature.
E) It is the nature of landscape painting
The correct answer is C. The resurgence of Eastern thought today conflicts with
Western thought that Nature is to serve man.-ANSWER Rembrandt van Rijn created
sixty
A) paintings.
B) landscapes.
C) paintings of Christ on the cross.
D) self-portraits.
,E) paintings on classical
D. The first artist who expressed his state of mind and mood in self-portraits was
Rembrandt. They record more than forty years of his life - ANSWER The philosophy of
Zen Buddhism tries to promote serenity through
A) self-consciousness.
B) hatred of one's enemy.
C) creativity.
D) worship of Buddha.
E) the attainment of satori
The harmony with everyone is at the core of every person's work - ANSWER Gianlorenzo
Berninis famous sculpture The Ecstasy of St. Theresa comes from which period?
A) Baroque
B) Renaissance
C) Mannerist
D) Gothic
E) Modern
A. The Baroque qualities are extreme dramatic action caught, as in a photograph; an
elaborate harmony achieved by spiral or zigzag interplay of lines; and fullness, and even
sensuality, of the conception - ANSWER The father was a famous painter and the son
became a leading force in the French cinema of the 1930s and 1940s. What is the family
name?
A) Cocteau
B) Renoir
C) Malle
D) Cézanne
E) Degas
,B.Pierre Auguste Renoir was the father; and Jean Renoir, his son - ANSWER Which of
the following is NOT a polemical film?
A) Sergei Eisenstein'sPotemkin
B) Frank Capra's It Happened One Night
C) Sergei Eisenstein'sAlexander Nevsky
D) Marcel Ophuls's The Sorrow and the Pity
E) Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times
B The furor resulting from Clark Gable's appearance in an undershirt sent sales of the
garment soaring-ANSWER How would you describe Hamlet's frame of mind at the
beginning of the play?
A) Melancholy
B) Sleepy
C) Amused
D) Barely suppressing his anger
E) Ranting
The correct answer is D. Hamlet's wit and puns contain his anger at his mother and
uncle - ANSWER Hamlet plays on the meanings of kin, kind, seems and common. This
kind of play on words is also called
A) punning.
B) ambiguity.
C) confusion.
D) innuendo.
E) litotes
A. These words spoken by others have their meaning turned to different, sinister
meanings by Hamlet. - ANSWER Hamlet's primary reason for killing Polonius is related
to A) revenge B) to drive Ophelia to madness. C) mistaken identity. D) to anger Laertes.
E) to inherit the throne.
, C. Hamlet believes that Claudius is on the other side of a curtain and thrusts his sword
through it. He is full of regret upon finding out that he slays Polonius instead. - ANSWER
Which one of the following novels is NOT set in Hollywood?
A) The Day of the Locust
B) The Loved One
C) The Betsy
D) Daniel Martin
E) The Killer Angels
E. This is a book about the Battle of Gettysburg.-ANSWER Virginia Woolf was
A) an English actress.
B) a sister of Thomas Wolfe.
C) an experimental novelist.
D) a follower of Isadora Duncan.
E) the first woman to attend Cambridge University
The correct answer is C. She wrote To the Lighthouseand The Waves, among
others.-ANSER What artistic movement is identified with Zurich 107, during World War
I?
A) Expressionism
B) Impressionism
C) Cubism
D) Dadaism
E) Fauvism
The correct answer is D.Tristan Tzara was the founder - ANSWER Who was NOT a major
influence on modern architecture?
A) Paul Klee
SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE
B.Eliot once said that nothing in art is really original. The artist merely recreates what is
already there. This line is reminiscent of a similar observation made by Chaucer
centuries before - ANSWER Who was the first black actor to star in the role of Emperor
Jones?
A) Canada Lee
B) Paul Robeson
C) Ossie Davis
D) Bill Cosby
E) James Earl Jones
B. Robeson was not able to amass much fortune out of his fame or talent in this country
because of his leftist political views, but he paved the way for many artists of his race -
ANSWER In Chinese landscape painting, the human figure is hardly visible. Why?
A) It's traditional.
B) It's expressive of Chinese contempt of mankind.
C) It shows the proper relation of man to nature in Chinese thought.
D) It shows man as the conqueror of nature.
E) It is the nature of landscape painting
The correct answer is C. The resurgence of Eastern thought today conflicts with
Western thought that Nature is to serve man.-ANSWER Rembrandt van Rijn created
sixty
A) paintings.
B) landscapes.
C) paintings of Christ on the cross.
D) self-portraits.
,E) paintings on classical
D. The first artist who expressed his state of mind and mood in self-portraits was
Rembrandt. They record more than forty years of his life - ANSWER The philosophy of
Zen Buddhism tries to promote serenity through
A) self-consciousness.
B) hatred of one's enemy.
C) creativity.
D) worship of Buddha.
E) the attainment of satori
The harmony with everyone is at the core of every person's work - ANSWER Gianlorenzo
Berninis famous sculpture The Ecstasy of St. Theresa comes from which period?
A) Baroque
B) Renaissance
C) Mannerist
D) Gothic
E) Modern
A. The Baroque qualities are extreme dramatic action caught, as in a photograph; an
elaborate harmony achieved by spiral or zigzag interplay of lines; and fullness, and even
sensuality, of the conception - ANSWER The father was a famous painter and the son
became a leading force in the French cinema of the 1930s and 1940s. What is the family
name?
A) Cocteau
B) Renoir
C) Malle
D) Cézanne
E) Degas
,B.Pierre Auguste Renoir was the father; and Jean Renoir, his son - ANSWER Which of
the following is NOT a polemical film?
A) Sergei Eisenstein'sPotemkin
B) Frank Capra's It Happened One Night
C) Sergei Eisenstein'sAlexander Nevsky
D) Marcel Ophuls's The Sorrow and the Pity
E) Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times
B The furor resulting from Clark Gable's appearance in an undershirt sent sales of the
garment soaring-ANSWER How would you describe Hamlet's frame of mind at the
beginning of the play?
A) Melancholy
B) Sleepy
C) Amused
D) Barely suppressing his anger
E) Ranting
The correct answer is D. Hamlet's wit and puns contain his anger at his mother and
uncle - ANSWER Hamlet plays on the meanings of kin, kind, seems and common. This
kind of play on words is also called
A) punning.
B) ambiguity.
C) confusion.
D) innuendo.
E) litotes
A. These words spoken by others have their meaning turned to different, sinister
meanings by Hamlet. - ANSWER Hamlet's primary reason for killing Polonius is related
to A) revenge B) to drive Ophelia to madness. C) mistaken identity. D) to anger Laertes.
E) to inherit the throne.
, C. Hamlet believes that Claudius is on the other side of a curtain and thrusts his sword
through it. He is full of regret upon finding out that he slays Polonius instead. - ANSWER
Which one of the following novels is NOT set in Hollywood?
A) The Day of the Locust
B) The Loved One
C) The Betsy
D) Daniel Martin
E) The Killer Angels
E. This is a book about the Battle of Gettysburg.-ANSWER Virginia Woolf was
A) an English actress.
B) a sister of Thomas Wolfe.
C) an experimental novelist.
D) a follower of Isadora Duncan.
E) the first woman to attend Cambridge University
The correct answer is C. She wrote To the Lighthouseand The Waves, among
others.-ANSER What artistic movement is identified with Zurich 107, during World War
I?
A) Expressionism
B) Impressionism
C) Cubism
D) Dadaism
E) Fauvism
The correct answer is D.Tristan Tzara was the founder - ANSWER Who was NOT a major
influence on modern architecture?
A) Paul Klee
