Humanities CLEP practice test questions
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| In ancient Egyptian architecture, the large sloping walls which flank the entrance to a temple complex are called pyramids. mastabas. tombs. pylons. obelisks. | Pylons
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| An improvised performance, usually held in churchyards or city squares, that was performed in a circle and involved playing the role of redeemers, by the act of scourging and whipping themselves, which made them move and gesture, was performed by | flagellants
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| An a priori truth is one that is known to be true | Independently of experiance, or from first
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| The fourth degree of a major scale is given what name? | subdominant
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| A natural minor scale contains five whole steps and two half steps. Between which scale degrees do the half steps occur? | 2-3 and 5-6
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| An example of the use of primitivism can be found in which musical selection? | Stravinsky's "le Sacre du Printemps"
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| Which of the following is the earliest and clearest demonstration of the principles of romanticism? | William Blake (1757 - 1827)
Songs of Innocence and Experiance
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| Which of the following works is known for defining the parameters of existentialism? | L'Etranger
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| Which of the following is a "coming of age" novel that utilizes the concept of the anti-hero? | Catcher in the Rye
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| Of the following poems, which is known as one of the most poignant elegies to President Abraham Lincoln? | Whitman's " When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed"
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| U/U/U/U/U/ | example of iambic pentameter
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| African-American playwrights who won awards and critical recognition for their plays in the 1920s | Zora Neale Hurston and Marita Bonner
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| Soloman R. Guggenheim Museum New York Archeiect | Frank Lloyd Wright
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| glissade | Placing and applying body weight to one foot that is against the floor while sliding the other foot into fifth position
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| improper balance | Weight proportioned incorrectly
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| fourth position crossed? | One foot in front of the other while one step apart
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| The predecessor of the modern-day piano is the _____ | Harpsichord
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| A poem set to music is a(n) _____ | art song or lieder
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| A high male voice is classified as a(n) | tenor
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| Which of the following well-known writers is famous for his verses about the struggle for Irish independence? | W.B Yeats
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| The idea of evolution is propounded by which of the following English writers? | Charles Darwin
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| Which of the following early American novels deals with the author's personal attempt to exorcise many of the negative aspects of his Puritan heritage? | Hawthornese's The Scarlet Letter
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| Though condemned as indecent and controversial, this modern English autobiographical novel is now acclaimed for its originality. | Sons and lovers
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| Known for its transcendentalist underpinnings, this early American work also emphasizes the importance of self-reliance. | Thoreau's Walden
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| Poetic drama is best described as | A poem dialogue written for performance
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| The Three Penny Opera is best described as | an epic drama
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| The belief that a human being has an absolute power to choose his or her own destiny is a hallmark of | Existentialism
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| "Cyclopean" is a term which is often used to refer to the masonry building of which of the following civilizations? | Mycenean
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| Descartes used his cogito argument ("I think; therefore, I am") to establish | An indubidable foundation for knowlege
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| Which analysis represents a through-composed form? | ABCDE
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| Which of the following can be a synonym for Gregorian chant? | plainchant
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| Which composer is best known for his technique of weaving favorite melodies, often patriotic, into his compositions? | Charles Ives
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| Which of the following is perhaps the most curious – even hilarious – novel written in the eighteenth century? | Tristram Shandy (Lawance Sterne)
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| Which Shakespeare play is considered by many critics to be the Bard's finest study of guilt and conscience following a crime? | Macbeth
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| In which of the following tales is a house presented as a personification of a family? | Hawthorne's The House of Seven Gables
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| Which of the following is a twentieth-century novel about the Wild West written in the tradition of realistic movement? | Clark's The Oxbow Incident
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| Which of the following poets is known as an American original who experimented with extensive works of detailed images and free verse? | Wlat Whitman
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| play focuses on a marriage built on a lie and problems with eyesight? | The wild duck
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| Tartuffe is best described as a play about | A man of stature duped by a hypocrite
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| An insula refers to a(n) | multi-story roman apartment block
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| Berkeley's famous dictum, "Esse est percipi" ("To be is to be perceived"), is associated most strongly with the outlook known as | Idealism
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| Which jazz saxophonist was named "Bird"? | Charlie Parker
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| Which jazz tenor saxophonist is famous for his "Giant Steps"? | John Coltrane
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| A collaboration between Aaron Copland and the dance-choreographer Agnes de Mille resulted in the creation of which ballet suite? | Rodeo
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| What novel of adventure presents the most detailed picture of eighteenth-century English manorial and city life? | Henry Fielding's Tom Jones (1707-1754)
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| The important literary concept of the "pathetic fallacy" was first set forth in | Ruskin's Modern Painters
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| A reaction against utilitarianism – the theory of ethics formulated in England in the eighteenth century – can be seen in nineteenth-century literature, such as | Dicken's David Copperfield
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| Which of the following writers participated energetically in the Celtic Revival of the eighteenth century? | James Macpherson
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| As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from an uneasy dream he found himself transformed into a gigantic insect. | Kafka's The Metamorphosis
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| The best definition for the original use of scapegoat is | A Victim sacrificed for the redemption of the tribe
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| Which of the following types of ancient Roman architecture most directly influenced the development of early Christian church planning? | Basilica
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| Dance was originated by | Savage Hunters
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| The logical fallacy involved in concluding that the universe itself must have a cause because every event in the universe has cause is | The fallacy of composition
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| The themes of many musical compositions are often that of folk music. Which composer is most famous for his folk music settings for wind ensemble? | Percy Grainger
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| Which of the following is considered among the body of literature currently termed "American Ethnic"? | Roth's Goodbye Columbus
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| One of the most famous and prophetic descriptions of settlements in the young American nation was | Alex de Tocqueville's Letters from an American Farmer
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| Which of the following modern novels describes the difficulties faced by African-Americans in twentieth-century America? | Ralph Wllison's The Invisible Man
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| Which of the following nineteenth-century novels was used as an accurate travel guide well into this century? | Jules Vern's Journey to the center of the eart
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| Which of the following novels recalls a time of medieval chivalry? | Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe
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| It has been said that Victorian poetry is essentially a continuation of the poetry of the romantic movement. This can be seen in | Arnold's veneration of Wordsworth
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| Which of the following is one of the most hilarious stories in Huckleberry Finn — one which demonstrates both the accepting nature and eventual canniness of the heartland Americans? | The Duke of Dauphin
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| Which of the following best defines the term bathos? | An abrupt fall from beautiful to funny
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| Which poet gave us the term "negative capability"? | John Keats
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| If all tragedies are finished by death, and all comedies by a marriage, then which of the following is the best example of tragedy? | A death of a Salesman
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| The unglazed opening in the center of the dome of the Pantheon in Rome is called a(n) | oculus meaning eye
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| Parallel feet, flat-footed steps, undulating torso, body isolation, and syncopated rhythms refer to | Jazz Dance
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| The hero of what nineteenth century novel states that "...vanity is a weakness indeed. But pride– where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation." | Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
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| A trumpet can play different notes by adjusting the lip or by doing what? | pressing down a valve
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| What is another name for the bass clef? | F Clef
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| One of the greatest modern chronicles of a famous incident during the Civil War is | Catton's A Stillness at Appomatox
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| Edward albee's drama of the trials and tribulations of a university professor and his wife | Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf
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| Which American classic is known for its comprehensive description of frontier families' lives in the Midwest during the nineteenth century? | My Antonia
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| Which of the following is among the most famous of English works by the group of writers called the "Decadents"? | Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray
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| One of the greatest Diarists of the Restoration | Samuel Pepys
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| 1800s minister who promoted a philisophical movement called transcendentalism | Ralf Waldo Emerson
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