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humanities-clep You are about to start our Humanities CLEP course. This quiz practice will prove your prowess in Literature and the Arts, and help you successfully pass the CLEP Humanities exam. We will help you by providing an equally rigorous practice exam course that simulates what you will experience on exam day. First, lets break down what you will find on the exam.

CLEP Humanities Practice

Welcome to the CLEP Humanities Quiz. These tests are grouped into several sections to make your study easier. The sections include the following:

Literature - Drama

Part one of the Humanities test. Basic Literature/Drama concepts: literary passages, authors, and their works.

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Literature - Poetry

Part two of the Humanities test. Concepts include: literary passages, authors, and their works.

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1 hour
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Literature - Fiction

Part three of the Humanities test. Concepts include: literary passages, authors, and their works.

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2 hours
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Literature - Nonfiction

Part four of the Humanities test. Concepts include: literary passages, authors, and their works.

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2 hours
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The Arts - Visual arts: painting, sculpture, etc.

Part five of the Humanities test. Concepts include: artists, their works, and their history.

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2 hours
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The Arts - Visual arts: architecture

Part six of the Humanities test. Concepts include: architects, their works, styles, and place in history.

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The Arts - Performing arts: music

Part seven of the Humanities test. Concepts include: Music history, instruments, composition, etc.

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2 hours
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The Arts - Performing arts: film, dance, etc

Part eight of the Humanities test. Concepts include: composition, artists, directors, performers, and their history.

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2 hours
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Simulated Exam - CLEP Humanties Practice Test

This is a full length simulated CLEP exam providing a similar experience to the the actual College Board CLEP exam. This timed CLEP test is geared to prepare you for the pace and format that you'll need to succeed. Use it to test your knowledge while getting as close as you can to the real-life conditions of the exam.

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90 Minutes
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115

Humanities Resources

Read the Humanities exam description.

Textbooks

  • Barnet and Bedau, Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing: A Brief Guide to Argument (Bedford/St. Martin's)
  • Bishop and Strickland, The Subject Is Writing: Essays by Teachers and Students (Boynton/Cook)
  • Bullock, The Norton Field Guide to Writing (W.W. Norton)
  • Eschholz and Rosa, Subject and Strategy: A Writer's Reader (Bedford/St. Martin's)
  • Graff and Birkenstein, They Say/I Say: The Moves that Matter in Persuasive Writing (W.W. Norton)
  • Hacker, A Writer's Reference (Bedford/St. Martin's)

Online Resources