Humanities CLEP Practice Exam
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2026(graded A+)
In ancient English architecture, the large, sloping walls which flank
the entrance to a temple complex are called
pylons
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
an 'a priori' truth is known to be true
independently of experience
the fourth degree of a major scale is given what name
subdominant
a natural minor scale contains five whole steps and two half steps.
between which scale degrees do the half steps occur?
2-3, 5-6
An example of the use of primitivism can be found in which musical
selection?
"Le Sacre du Printemps"
Which of the following is the earliest and clearest demonstration of
the principles of romanticism?
Blake's "Songs of Innocence and Experience"
Which of the following works is known for defining the parameters
of existentialism?
"L'Etranger"
, Which American classic is known for its comprehensive description
of frontier families' lives in the Midwest during the nineteenth
century?
"My Antonia"
Which of the following is a "coming of age" novel that utilizes the
concept of anti-hero?
"Catcher in the Rye"
Of the following poems, which is known as one of the most poignant
elegies to President Abraham Lincoln?
"When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed"
Which of the following is an important feature of the building
pictured above? (picture)
the use of curvilinear forms to suggest organic growth or motion
(pictures are the answers) Which example is intent on a naturalistic
rendering of an animal's anatomy?
D (animal statue)
Which example uses animals as a metaphor for human behavior?
A (animals sitting at tables, sitting a fire pit, woshipping)
In which example are animals seen in a magic or ritual context?
E (animals seen galloping - horse, bull with horns, etc.)
The example pictured above most likely presents which of the
following? (a classical picture, one man standing in the front with
his hand to his ear, women sitting in a chair behind him looking
excited, man next to the women in another chair, chair with book
knocked to the ground in the front of the picture)
an eighteenth century satire on human foibles
Which of the following lines is an example of iambic parameter?
Her deck / once red / with he/roes' blood /
U/U/U/U/
O God, do you hear it, this persecution,
These my sufferings from this hateful
Woman, this monster, murderess of children?
Still what I can do that I will do:
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