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2025/2026 CLEP WESTERN CIVILIZATION 1&2 EXAM
BANK WITH CURRENTLTY COMPLETE TESTING
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED CORRECT
ANSWERS/GUARANTEED PASS/TOP-RATED A+.
CLEP
Ace your CLEP Western Civilization exam with this
comprehensive review guide, designed to master key historical
events, philosophical movements, and cultural developments
from antiquity to the modern era. This resource delivers high-
yield practice questions and detailed explanations covering
political institutions, major conflicts, and artistic achievements
Sargon of Akkad (c. 2371-2316 B.C.E) is best known for:
...... ANSWER ....... (C) unifying Mesopotamia by
conquering the Sumerian city-states and creating a vast
empire.
All of the following are true of the Minoans EXCEPT: ......
ANSWER ....... (D) They invented the first alphabet.
The pyramids in Egypt provide evidence of all of the following
EXCEPT: ...... ANSWER ....... (A) ancient techniques of
harnessing the flooding of the Nile for agriculture.
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The Iliad of Homer is an epic poem based on: ...... ANSWER
....... (C) the war against Troy waged by the Mycenaeans.
The Greek polis, or city-state, was all of the following
EXCEPT: ...... ANSWER ....... (D) a source of inspiration
for the establishment of a classless society.
The building shown is the: ...... ANSWER ....... (A)
Parthenon in Athens
"Unhappiness is not caused by external events in
themselves, but rather by our opinions about external
events. It is within our power to change our thoughts about
an event, and we can free ourselves from unhappiness by
freeing ourselves from desire. Thus, if we no longer desire
events to turn out one way or another, we will never be
disappointed by them, and we can live a tranquil life, free
from worry and unhappiness."
The outlook on life describes above represents the teaching
of which Greek school of philosophy? ...... ANSWER .......
(E) Stoicism
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During the Middle Ages, Constantinople was attacked by all
of the following EXCEPT: ...... ANSWER ....... (B) Mongols.
Medieval Europeans were indebted to the Muslims for all of
the following EXCEPT: ...... ANSWER ....... (E) the
moldboard plow.
The Frankish barbarians converted to Catholic Christianity
during the reign of the Merovingian king named: ......
ANSWER ....... (B) Clovis.
Which of the following did Pope Gregory I (590-604) NOT do?
...... ANSWER ....... (A) Acknowledge the spiritual
primacy of the patriarch of Constantinople.
Philip IV (the Fair) of France did all of the following to
increase his revenue EXCEPT: ...... ANSWER ....... (D)
summon the Estates-General.
An artist of the northern Renaissance whose paintings show
a preoccupation with grotesque and fantastic subjects in
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nightmarish scenes of great complexity was: ...... ANSWER
....... (C) Hieronymus Bosch.
All of the following were features of the Counter Reformation
EXCEPT: ...... ANSWER ....... (E) the weakening of the
pope's spiritual authority within the Roman Catholic
Church.
The first international peace treaty that brought stability to
the ancient Near East was negotiated between the Hittites
and the: ...... ANSWER ....... (E) Egyptians.
The ziggurat was: ...... ANSWER ....... (B) a kind of
Mesopotamian temple.
The table below shows the number of households that were
taxed in a district of France in a given year (at ten-year
intervals). Look in book for table.
The table supports the thesis that: ...... ANSWER .......
(D)European population declined or was stagnating
before the Black Death struck.
2025/2026 CLEP WESTERN CIVILIZATION 1&2 EXAM
BANK WITH CURRENTLTY COMPLETE TESTING
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED CORRECT
ANSWERS/GUARANTEED PASS/TOP-RATED A+.
CLEP
Ace your CLEP Western Civilization exam with this
comprehensive review guide, designed to master key historical
events, philosophical movements, and cultural developments
from antiquity to the modern era. This resource delivers high-
yield practice questions and detailed explanations covering
political institutions, major conflicts, and artistic achievements
Sargon of Akkad (c. 2371-2316 B.C.E) is best known for:
...... ANSWER ....... (C) unifying Mesopotamia by
conquering the Sumerian city-states and creating a vast
empire.
All of the following are true of the Minoans EXCEPT: ......
ANSWER ....... (D) They invented the first alphabet.
The pyramids in Egypt provide evidence of all of the following
EXCEPT: ...... ANSWER ....... (A) ancient techniques of
harnessing the flooding of the Nile for agriculture.
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The Iliad of Homer is an epic poem based on: ...... ANSWER
....... (C) the war against Troy waged by the Mycenaeans.
The Greek polis, or city-state, was all of the following
EXCEPT: ...... ANSWER ....... (D) a source of inspiration
for the establishment of a classless society.
The building shown is the: ...... ANSWER ....... (A)
Parthenon in Athens
"Unhappiness is not caused by external events in
themselves, but rather by our opinions about external
events. It is within our power to change our thoughts about
an event, and we can free ourselves from unhappiness by
freeing ourselves from desire. Thus, if we no longer desire
events to turn out one way or another, we will never be
disappointed by them, and we can live a tranquil life, free
from worry and unhappiness."
The outlook on life describes above represents the teaching
of which Greek school of philosophy? ...... ANSWER .......
(E) Stoicism
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During the Middle Ages, Constantinople was attacked by all
of the following EXCEPT: ...... ANSWER ....... (B) Mongols.
Medieval Europeans were indebted to the Muslims for all of
the following EXCEPT: ...... ANSWER ....... (E) the
moldboard plow.
The Frankish barbarians converted to Catholic Christianity
during the reign of the Merovingian king named: ......
ANSWER ....... (B) Clovis.
Which of the following did Pope Gregory I (590-604) NOT do?
...... ANSWER ....... (A) Acknowledge the spiritual
primacy of the patriarch of Constantinople.
Philip IV (the Fair) of France did all of the following to
increase his revenue EXCEPT: ...... ANSWER ....... (D)
summon the Estates-General.
An artist of the northern Renaissance whose paintings show
a preoccupation with grotesque and fantastic subjects in
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nightmarish scenes of great complexity was: ...... ANSWER
....... (C) Hieronymus Bosch.
All of the following were features of the Counter Reformation
EXCEPT: ...... ANSWER ....... (E) the weakening of the
pope's spiritual authority within the Roman Catholic
Church.
The first international peace treaty that brought stability to
the ancient Near East was negotiated between the Hittites
and the: ...... ANSWER ....... (E) Egyptians.
The ziggurat was: ...... ANSWER ....... (B) a kind of
Mesopotamian temple.
The table below shows the number of households that were
taxed in a district of France in a given year (at ten-year
intervals). Look in book for table.
The table supports the thesis that: ...... ANSWER .......
(D)European population declined or was stagnating
before the Black Death struck.
