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CLEP Humanities
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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Time Required 1 hour |
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Literature - Poetry
Part two of the Humanities test. Concepts include: literary passages, authors, and their works.
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Time Required 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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Time Required 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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Time Required 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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Time Required 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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Time Required 2 hours |
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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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Time Required 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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Time Required 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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Time Required 90 Minutes |
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Questions 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
- Bartleby.com
- Bibliomania
- DePaul University School for New Learning: Writing Guide
- California State University, Stanislaus: Perspectives in American Literature
- James Madison University: English and American Literature—Online Books for Educators
- Sam Houston State University: American Literature Anthology Writers' Index
- The Society of Early Americanists
- Washington State University: Dr. Donna Campbell's Literature Page


