Humanities
CLEP- Exam
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2026(graded A+)
Often read as a children's classic, it is in reality a scathing
indictment of human meanness and greed. In its four books, the
Lilliputians are deranged, the Yahoos obscene.
The Title Of the work is:
A. Tom Jones
B. David Copperfield
C. The Pilgrim's Progress
D. Gulliver's Travels
E. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
D. Gulliver's Travels
Which of the following deals with the bigotry an anguished African
American family faces when it attempts to move into an all-white
suburb?
A. Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms
B. Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
,C. Ossie Davis' Purlie Victorious
D. Edward Albee's Who Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
E. Lorrain Hansberry's A Raisin In the Sun
E. Lorrain Hansberry's A Raisin In the Sun
Which of the following has as its central theme a long journey up a
river in Africa?
A. Lord of the Flies
B. Middlemarch
C. Catch-22
D. Heart of Darkness
E. Vanity Fair
D. Heart of Darkness
Which of the following is often a symbol of new life arising from
death?
A. A Gorgon
B. The Minotaur
C. A Unicorn
D. A Griffin
E. The Phoenix
E. The Phoenix
The Lute is most similiar to the modern
A. Guitar
B. Piano
C. Violin
D. Accordian
E. Flute
A. Guitar
The Troubadours of the Middle Ages are best described as:
A. Poet-Musicians
B. Moralistic Orators
C. Freelance Illustrators
D. Character Actors
E. Religious Philosophers
A. Poet-Musicians
The work shown above is an example of which of the following?
A. Fresco
B. Tapestry
,C. Bas-Relief
D. Mosaic
E. Triptych
C. Bas-Relief
The sculpture shown above is by:
A. Henry Moore
B. Louise Nevelson
C. Edgar Degas
D. Gianlorenzo Bernini
E. Auguste Rodin
E. Auguste Rodin
The figurine shown above is which of the following origins?
A. Mayan
B. African
C. Inuit
D. Celtic
E. Ancient Greek
A. Mayan
Which excerpt contains several examples of onomatopoeia?
A. "Where the bees sucks, there suck I,
In a cowslip's bell I lie;"
B. "Exult O shores, and ring O bells!
, But I with mournful tread
Walk the deck my captain lies
Fallen cold and dead."
C. "Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,"
D. "O, what a noble mind is here o'erthrown!...
And I...
Now see that noble and most severeign reason
Like sweet bells jangled out of time, and harsh;"
E. "Oh the bells, bells, bells!
What a tale their terror tells of despair
Yet the ear, it fully knows,
By the twanging
And the clanging....
In the jangling,
And the wrangling,"
E. "Oh the Bells, bells, bells".....
Which is from Hamlet?
A. "Where the bees sucks, there suck I,
In a cowslip's bell I lie;"
B. "Exult O shores, and ring O bells!
But I with mournful tread
Walk the deck my captain lies
Fallen cold and dead."
C. "Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,"
D. "O, what a noble mind is here o'erthrown!...
And I...
Now see that noble and most severeign reason
Like sweet bells jangled out of time, and harsh;"
E. "Oh the bells, bells, bells!
What a tale their terror tells of despair
Yet the ear, it fully knows,
By the twanging
And the clanging....
In the jangling,
And the wrangling,"
D. O What a noble Mind is here o'erthrown!
Which alludes to Abraham Lincoln's death?
A. "Where the bees sucks, there suck I,
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