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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 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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Tools None |
Literature - Nonfiction
- Part four of the Humanities test. Concepts include: literary passages, authors, and their works.
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Time Required 1 hour |
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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 1 hour |
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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 1 hour |
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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 1 hour |
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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 1 hour |
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Tools None |
Simulated Humanities Exam
This is a full length simulated CLEP exam providing a similar experience to the the actual College Board Humanities exam. This timed CLEP exam 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 140 |
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


