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Free Sample CLEP Humanities Exam Prep Quiz
Below is a brief non-functioning CLEP quiz example from our Humanities database to illustrate the different subtopics, as well as the question answer format.
Sample Question 1 |
| From the database of CLEP Humanities - Visual Arts: Painting/Sculpture |
Unfinished 1796 painting of George Washington An American painter, he is considered one of the foremost portraitists. His best known work was the unfinished 1796 painting of George Washington, also known as The Athenaeum, and left unfinished before his death in 1828.
A. Gilbert Stuart The answer is A, Gilbert Stuart. Stuarts painting of George Washington has appeared on the U.S. one dollar bill for over a century. |
Sample Question 2 |
| From the database of CLEP Humanities - Performing Arts: Music |
Scordatura This renowned Italian violinist was known for his Scordatura (Italian for "mistuning", an alternate tuning method used for the open strings of a string instrument) rebirth.
A. Niccolo Paganini The answer is A, Niccolo Paganini. |
Sample Question 3 |
| From the database of CLEP Humanities - Performing Arts: Music |
| A German Composer, ___________ changed music history through his ide of Gesamtkunstwerk (total artwork), which was an amalgamation of poetry, visual effects, music, and dramatic works. This was all present in his celebrated Der Ring des Nibelungen (1876).
A. Franz Liszt The answer is C, Richard Wagner. |
Sample Question 4 |
| From the database of CLEP Humanities - Visual Arts: Painting/Sculpture |
Purple Robe (1937) He was a French painter known primarily for mastering his expressions with bright, thick uses of color. He is most closely associated with Fauvism and Modernism.
A. Gauguin The answer is D, Henri Matisse. |
Sample Question 5 |
| From the database of CLEP Humanities |
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Romanticism is defined as:
A. The revolt in the late 18th century against aristocratic social and political norms of the Age of Enlightenment and a reaction against the scientific rationalization of nature and manifested in literature, music, and paintings with an emphasis on feeling and creative imagination. The answer is A. |
Sample Question 6 |
| From the database of Humanities - Literature - Drama |
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Shakespeare's comedic play "_________________" reintroduces the character Falstaff from Henry IV so that he can attempt to woo two woman at the same time with the same letter. Unfortunately for him, they discover his plan and have playful revenge on him.
A. A Midsummer Night's Dream The answer is C, The Merry Wives of Windsor. |
Sample Question 7 |
| From the database of CLEP Humanities - Literature - Poetry |
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The following closing stanza belongs to which poem?
A. O, My Luve is Like a Red Red Rose The answer is A, O, My Luve is Like a Red Red Rose, by Robert Burns. |