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Humanities test 1- CLEP withverified solutions 2024
In ancient Egyptian architecture, the large, sloping walls which flank
the entrance to a temple complex are called
A. pyramids
B. mastabas
C. tombs
D. pylons
E. obelisks - answer D. 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
A. fools
B. flagellants
C. minnesingers
D. mimes
,E. joculators - answer B. flagellants
An a priori truth is known to be true
A. independently of experience.
B. after careful experimentation or observation.
C. as a result of mathematical calculation.
D. only by God.
E. because its denial is a contradiction. - answer A. independently of
experience.
The fourth degree of a major scale is given what name?
A. Tonic
B. Dominant
C. Leading tone
D. Subdominant
E. Mediant - answer D. Subdominant
A natural minor scale contains five whole steps and two half steps.
Between which scale degrees do the half steps occur?
A. 2-3, 5-6
,B. 3-4, 7-8
C. 1-2, 7-8
D. 2-3, 7-8
E. 3-4 - answer A. 2-3, 5-6
An example of the use of primitivism can be found in which musical
selection?
A. "Prélude á l'après-midi d'un faune"
B. "Le Sacre du Printemps"
C. "Salome"
D. "Wozzeck"
E. "The Liberty Bell" - answer B. "Le Sacre du Printemps"
Which of the following is the earliest and clearest demonstration of
the principles of romanticism?
A. Pope's "The Rape of the Lock"
B. Rousseau's The Social Contract
C. Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience
D. James's Daisy Miller
, E. Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet - answer C. Blake's Songs of
Innocence and Experience
Which of the following works is known for defining the parameters
of existentialism?
A. L'Étranger
B. Le Morte D'Arthur
C. Candide
D. Saint Joan
E. Le Misanthrope - answer A. L'Étranger
Which American classic is known for its comprehensive description
of frontier families' lives in the Midwest during the nineteenth
century?
A. The Last of the Mohicans
B. The History of the Dividing Line
C. On Plymouth Plantation
D. My Antonia
E. Huckleberry Finn - answer D. My Antonia
Which of the following is a "coming of age" novel that utilizes the
concept of the anti-hero?
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