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. | show 🗑
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| show | flagellants
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| show | Independently of experiance, or from first
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| The fourth degree of a major scale is given what name? | show 🗑
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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? | show 🗑
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| An example of the use of primitivism can be found in which musical selection? | show 🗑
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| Which of the following is the earliest and clearest demonstration of the principles of romanticism? | show 🗑
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| Which of the following works is known for defining the parameters of existentialism? | show 🗑
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| show | 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? | show 🗑
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| show | example of iambic pentameter
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| show | Zora Neale Hurston and Marita Bonner
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| Soloman R. Guggenheim Museum New York Archeiect | show 🗑
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| show | 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 | show 🗑
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| show | One foot in front of the other while one step apart
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| The predecessor of the modern-day piano is the _____ | show 🗑
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| A poem set to music is a(n) _____ | show 🗑
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| A high male voice is classified as a(n) | show 🗑
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| show | W.B Yeats
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| The idea of evolution is propounded by which of the following English writers? | show 🗑
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| show | Hawthornese's The Scarlet Letter
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| show | Sons and lovers
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| Known for its transcendentalist underpinnings, this early American work also emphasizes the importance of self-reliance. | show 🗑
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| show | A poem dialogue written for performance
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| show | 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 | show 🗑
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| "Cyclopean" is a term which is often used to refer to the masonry building of which of the following civilizations? | show 🗑
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| show | An indubidable foundation for knowlege
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| Which analysis represents a through-composed form? | show 🗑
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| Which of the following can be a synonym for Gregorian chant? | show 🗑
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| Which composer is best known for his technique of weaving favorite melodies, often patriotic, into his compositions? | show 🗑
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| Which of the following is perhaps the most curious – even hilarious – novel written in the eighteenth century? | show 🗑
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| show | Macbeth
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| In which of the following tales is a house presented as a personification of a family? | show 🗑
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| show | Clark's The Oxbow Incident
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| show | Wlat Whitman
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| show | The wild duck
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| show | A man of stature duped by a hypocrite
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| An insula refers to a(n) | show 🗑
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| show | Idealism
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| Which jazz saxophonist was named "Bird"? | show 🗑
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| show | John Coltrane
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| show | Rodeo
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| What novel of adventure presents the most detailed picture of eighteenth-century English manorial and city life? | show 🗑
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| The important literary concept of the "pathetic fallacy" was first set forth in | show 🗑
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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 | show 🗑
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| show | James Macpherson
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| As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from an uneasy dream he found himself transformed into a gigantic insect. | show 🗑
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| The best definition for the original use of scapegoat is | show 🗑
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| show | Basilica
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| show | 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 | show 🗑
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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? | show 🗑
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| Which of the following is considered among the body of literature currently termed "American Ethnic"? | show 🗑
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| One of the most famous and prophetic descriptions of settlements in the young American nation was | show 🗑
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| Which of the following modern novels describes the difficulties faced by African-Americans in twentieth-century America? | show 🗑
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| show | Jules Vern's Journey to the center of the eart
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| show | 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 | show 🗑
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| show | The Duke of Dauphin
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| show | An abrupt fall from beautiful to funny
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| show | 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? | show 🗑
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| The unglazed opening in the center of the dome of the Pantheon in Rome is called a(n) | show 🗑
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| show | 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." | show 🗑
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| show | pressing down a valve
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| show | F Clef
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| One of the greatest modern chronicles of a famous incident during the Civil War is | show 🗑
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| show | Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf
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| show | My Antonia
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| show | Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray
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| One of the greatest Diarists of the Restoration | show 🗑
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| show | Ralf Waldo Emerson
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