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CLEP Humanities Lesson 4 Exam Questions And
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Emily Dickinson - ANSWER -American Romantic Poet -Only published 5 poems -Her poetic genius was discovered after her death -Excelled at imagery -"Because I Could Not Stop for Death"
Walt Whitman - ANSWER -American Romantic Poet -Poetry should be in the language of the common person -His poetry contains spelling and grammatical errors -Freely talked about love between different races -"Leaves of Grass"
Symbolism - ANSWER -Truth cannot be expressed by words, and must be felt as emotion created by poetry -If we try to denote the truth by expressing it verbally, we fail, but if we recreate emotion through art then we will understand it intuitively
Nathaniel Hawthorne - ANSWER -American Romantic Novelist -Author of The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter - ANSWER -Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne It is the story of a woman in Puritan New England who gives birth to an illegitimate child. She is required to wear the scarlet letter "A" sewn onto her clothes, as branding her as an adulterer. Her child's father she refuses to name, and the letter, she wears as a
badge of pride. She feels that she has done no wrong against human nature or human feeling. She is the personification of the Romantic philosophy that humankind is innately good.
Herman Melville - ANSWER -American Romantic Novelist -Authored Moby Dick -Wrote from experience in great detail about New England seafaring life
Moby Dick - ANSWER -Written by Herman Melville white whale-among the Symbols in the novel, are the forces of nature beyond the human control. He decides to fight it out with nature rather than learning to live with it. Origin of species -ANSWER -Nonfiction novel by Charles Darwin -Discovery of animals on a desolate uninhabited island led him to discover the theory of evolution -only the best adapted species survived
Realism - ANSWER Wrote of real life and the survival of humans despite nature, not because of it
A Doll's House - ANSWER -First work of women's liberation When a man takes on a long-term sickness, his wife takes over in the family's affairs: working, managing finances, and making decisions, all while nursing him back to health. When the husband gets well again, he expects all of the family authority to be returned to him. She finds that she cannot and does not want to do so, and she leaves him--one scandalous proposition for its time.
The Red Badge of Courage - ANS -Written by Stephen Crane -Describes how a young man runs away from home for the adventure of the Civil War -The title refers to a wound received in battle, which proves a soldier's courage. In his first battle the protagonist retreats in cowardice from what he thinks will be certain death and decides he will become a deserter. Instead, he joins another regiment, becomes a hero, and earns his red badge of courage.
Gregorian Chant - ANSWER Chants were done in monophony. All voices sang the same note
Guido d'Arezzo - ANSWER Created the system of musical notation we still use today in 990 A.D.
Polyphony - ANSWER Multiple lines of music performed at the same time
Counterpoint - ANSWER Two melodies with slightly different rhythms that enhance each other
Johann Sebastian Bach - ANSWER -Most famous Baroque composer -A church organist
- Wrote many extended liturgical
- Wrote many oratorios "The St John Passion" "The St Matthew Passion" "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"
Oratorios - ANSWER Works based on religious texts "The St John Passion" "The St Matthew Passion"
Johann Pachelbel - ANSWER -Baroque composer "Canon in D" is often played in weddings
Georg Friedrich - ANSWER -Baroque composer
-Wrote oratorios, operas and concertos "The Messiah"
Opera - ANSWER -Developed during the baroque period -Essentially a play set to music -Golden era was in the 1800s -Richard Wagner Giuseppe Verdi Classicism - ANSWER Signaled a movement away from the heavy ornamentation of the baroque period Wolfgang Mozart - ANSWER -Classical Opera -"The Marriage of Figaro" -"The Magic Flute" Ludwig von Beethoven - ANSWER -Classicist -Wrote nine symphonies -Evolved from classicism to romanticism -Ninth symphony contained "Ode to Joy" Romanticism - ANSWER -Replaced classicism in the early 1800s -Composers tried to bring emotion to music
Internationalism - ANSWER -Cannot easily identify the composer's nationality based upon his music
Jazz - ANSWER -African American Southern US -combines: African, American and European folk
String Section - ANSWER -Sections of an opera -violins
Ballet - ANSWER -Originated in Italy in the 1400's -Then became popular in Russia, England and France -France took center -Classical music is usually played
