CLEP Humanities

"Abandon all hope, ye who enter here" is a line that belongs to (A) Dante's The Divine Comedy (B) Petrarch's love poems (C) Sigmund Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams (D) Milton's Paradise Lost (E) the Old Testament

(A) Dante's The Divine Comedy

Which is the setting for most of the events in A Tale of Two Cities? (A) France during the French Revolution (B) Russia during the Napoleonic Wars (C) England during the Crimean War (D) Germany during the First World War (E) Spain during the Spanish Civil War

(A) France during the French Revolution

The figurine shown above is of which of the following origins? (A) Mayan (B) African (C) Inuit (D) Celtic (E) Ancient Greek

(A) Mayan

Two artists who used striking light and dark contrasts are (A) Rembrandt van Rijn and Artemisia Gentileschi (B) Sandro Botticelli and Sofonisba Anguissola (C) Georges Seurat and Claude Monet (D) Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque (E) Michelangelo Buonarroti and Judith Leyster

(A) Rembrandt van Rijn and Artemisia Gentileschi

The theme of the work is the (A) sacrifice of Isaac (B) expulsion from Eden (C) reincarnation of Vishnu (D) creation of Adam (E) flight of Icarus

(D) creation of Adam

Brave New World, 1984, and The Handmaid's Tale all deal with (A) star-crossed lovers (B) the problems of the aged (C) extrasensory phenomena (D) Platonic love (E) dystopian futures

(E) dystopian futures

This question refers to the following symphony. Mozart's Symphony in D major, No. 35, is divided into the following four parts. Allegro con spirito Andante Menuetto Finale: presto The parts are known as (A) arias (B) themes (C) codas (D) acts (E) movements

(E) movements

The vessel in the above photograph reflects the style of which of the following civilizations? (A) Early Dynastic Egypt (B) Pre‐Columbian Incan (C) Ming Dynasty China (D) Hellenistic Greece (E) Medieval Scandinavia

(B) Pre‐Columbian Incan

Which is the setting for events in War and Peace? (A) France during the French Revolution (B) Russia during the Napoleonic Wars (C) England during the Crimean War (D) Germany during the First World War (E) Spain during the Spanish Civil War

(B) Russia during the Napoleonic Wars

This question refers to the following excerpt from a play. The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes: 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes Line (5) The throned monarch better than his crown; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this sceptred sway; (10) It is enthroned in the hearts of kings . . . . Lines 1-3 use which of the following figures of speech? (A) Alliteration (B) Simile (C) Onomatopoeia (D) Hyperbole (E) Apostrophe

(B) Simile

The work is located in the (A) Alhambra (B) Sistine Chapel (C) Parthenon (D) palace at Versailles (E) Cathedral of Notre-Dame

(B) Sistine Chapel

Which describes Dionysus? (A) Son of Zeus and Hera, he is the god of fire and the forge. (B) The god of revelry and wine, he later became patron of the theater. (C) His daughter was born full-grown from his forehead. (D) Euripides was the first to depict him with bow and arrow; in art, he was represented first as a youth and later as a small child. (E) He is the god of the sun, the patron of poetry, and the ideal of male beauty.

(B) The god of revelry and wine, he later became patron of the theater.

Which of the following satirizes the eighteenth-century doctrine "whatever is, is right" in this "best of all possible worlds"? (A) James Joyce's Ulysses (B) Voltaire's Candide (C) Daniel Defoe's Moll Flanders (D) Victor Hugo's Les Miserables (E) Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

(B) Voltaire's Candide

Sometimes called a religion, sometimes referred to as "the religion of no religion," sometimes identified simply as "a way of life," its development can be traced from its origins in India in the sixth century B.C.E., to Japan in the twelfth century C.E. by way of China and Korea, and to the United States in the twentieth century. To which of the following does the statement above refer? (A) Hinduism (B) Zen Buddhism (C) Islam (D) Confucianism (E) Shintoism

(B) Zen Buddhism

Choral music without instrumental accompaniment is known as (A) improvisation (B) a cappella (C) atonality (D) modulation (E) harmony

(B) a cappella

A short narrative used to answer a difficult moral question or to offer a moral truth is called (A) a parody (B) a parable (C) a satire (D) a fable (E) an allegory

(B) a parable

Flashback refers to (A) the repetition of key elements of a drama (B) a scene showing events that happened at an earlier time (C) a rapidly changing series of images (D) the lighting design for a play or movie (E) the outcome of the main plot in a dramatic piece

(B) a scene showing events that happened at an earlier time

Saint Thomas Aquinas is reputed to have said, "Beware the man of one book." Such an expression is commonly called (A) an anecdote (B) an aphorism (C) a pun (D) an apostrophe (E) an anagram

(B) an aphorism

Classicism is defined by (A) a profound belief in the existence of the gods (B) linearity of forms, simplicity, proportion and symmetry (C) a proliferation of adornment (D) a prevalence of sentiments over reason (E) a search for identity in Greek philosophy

(B) linearity of forms, simplicity, proportion and symmetry

The rediscovery of classical texts and ideas, an emphasis on reason, and the development of linear perspective in art were characteristic of which of the following movements in Europe? (A) the Inquisition (B) the Renaissance (C) Romanticism (D) Impressionism (E) Cubism

(B) the Renaissance

All of the following are percussion instruments EXCEPT (A) the triangle (B) the harp (C) the gong (D) tympani (E) cymbals

(B) the harp

This question refers to the following symphony. Mozart's Symphony in D major, No. 35, is divided into the following four parts. Allegro con spirito Andante Menuetto Finale: presto Which two parts have the fastest tempos? (A) 1 and 2 (B) 1 and 3 (C) 1 and 4 (D) 2 and 3 (E) 2 and 4

(C) 1 and 4

The Decameron was written by (A) Ovid (B) Virgil (C) Giovanni Boccaccio (D) Dante (E) Sir Thomas Malory

(C) Giovanni Boccaccio

In the Iliad, Achilles kills Hector because (A) the war between Greeks and Trojans had already lasted too much (B) Hector had kidnapped Helen (C) Hector had killed Achilles's friend Patroclus (D) the Trojans were losing the war and needed a shocking victory (E) the Trojans had the support of the goddess Aphrodite

(C) Hector had killed Achilles's friend Patroclus

Oedipus Rex is a play by Sophocles in which (A) Oedipus kills his mother (B) Oedipus conquers Troy (C) Jocasta marries her son (D) Oedipus travels through the sea to reach his home (E) Jocasta kills her husband in order to seize power

(C) Jocasta marries her son

This philosopher adapted Plato's ideas and founded Neo-Platonism (A) Aristotle (B) Thomas Aquinas (C) Plotinus (D) Marsilio Ficino (E) René Descartes

(C) Plotinus

Refer to the following periods or movements in art and music history. To which do Delacroix and Brahms belong? (A) Renaissance (B) Baroque (C) Romantic (D) Impressionist (E) Modern

(C) Romantic

This painting is one of the most known works by (A) Leonardo Da Vinci (B) Jacques Délacroix (C) Sandro Botticelli (D) Rafael Sanzio (E) Pablo Picasso

(C) Sandro Botticelli

Mrs. Dalloway, A Room of One's Own, and To the Lighthouse are all works written by (A) Ernest Hemingway (B) Jane Austen (C) Virginia Woolf (D) Zora Neale Hurston (E) Mary Wollstonecraft

(C) Virginia Woolf

Vasco da Gama was (A) a Spanish politician (B) the author of the Poem of Mio Cid (C) a Portuguese explorer who reached India (D) the first navigator who traveled around the world (E) the discoverer of Brazil

(C) a Portuguese explorer who reached India

Socrates was ordered to drink hemlock because (A) he had murdered someone (B) he plagiarized Plato's works (C) he questioned the existence and the authority of the gods (D) he was considered immoral and a drunken (E) B and C

(C) he questioned the existence and the authority of the gods

King Richard the Lionheart participated in (A) the fall of the Roman empire (B) defense of Spain against the Moors (C) the Third Crusade (D) the capture of Paris (E) Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

(C) the Third Crusade

The term "Machiavellian" is most likely to be applied to which of the following? (A) A politician who is ambitious, unscrupulous, and deceitful (B) A scientist who is engaged in developing a new and radical theory of astronomy (C) A social worker who is trying to improve the conditions of the lower classes (D) An academician who is outlining a history of Western art (E) A diplomat who is plotting against the supremacy of the government in power

(A) A politician who is ambitious, unscrupulous, and deceitful

The style of the statue shown above can best be described as (A) African (B) Mayan (C) ancient Greek (D) Qing Dynasty (E) contemporary American

(A) African

Which is a group of composers of opera? (A) Georges Bizet, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Richard Wagner (B) Robert Altman, Ingmar Bergman, Federico Fellini (C) John Cage, Aaron Copland, Paul Hindemith (D) Allen Ginsberg, Sylvia Plath, Gwendolyn Brooks (E) I. M. Pei, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright

(A) Georges Bizet, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Richard Wagner

Which is a group of poets? (A) Percy Bysshe Shelley, S. T. Coleridge, John Donne (B) Henry Moore, Christo, Maya Lin (C) Martin Luther, John Calvin, John Knox (D) Sergey Eisenstein, Martin Scorsese, David Lynch (E) Arturo Toscanini, Pierre Boulez, Georg Solti

(A) Percy Bysshe Shelley, S. T. Coleridge, John Donne

This question refers to the following excerpt from a play. The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes: 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes Line (5) The throned monarch better than his crown; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this sceptred sway; (10) It is enthroned in the hearts of kings . . . . The lines are spoken by (A) Portia in The Merchant of Venice (B) Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra (C) Desdemona in Othello (D) Katherine in The Taming of the Shrew (E) Rosalind in As You Like It

(A) Portia in The Merchant of Venice

Refer to the following periods or movements in art and music history. To which do Leonardo and Palestrina belong? (A) Renaissance (B) Baroque (C) Romantic (D) Impressionist (E) Modern

(A) Renaissance

Artists associated with this nineteenth-century movement created images based on emotion, imagination, and the irrational. Which of the following movements is referred to above? (A) Romanticism (B) Art Deco (C) Art Nouveau (D) Social Realism (E) Abstract Expressionism

(A) Romanticism

Which of the following, although he is sometimes called a tragic hero, is also recognized as the villain of John Milton's epic, Paradise Lost? (A) Satan (B) Gabriel (C) Samson (D) Adam (E) Demigorgon

(A) Satan

West Side Story, by Leonard Bernstein, takes its story primarily from which of the following sources? (A) Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (B) immigrants' oral history traditions (C) Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin (D) the work of the muckraker journalists (E) The epic poem The Song of Roland

(A) Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

The work pictured above is (A) a fresco (B) a stabile (C) a woodcut (D) an illumination (E) an etching

(A) a fresco

This question refers to the following lines of poetry. Fear no more the heat o' the sun, Nor the furious winter's rages; Thou thy worldly task hast done, Home art gone, and ta'en thy wages: Golden lads and girls all must, Line (5) As chimney-sweepers, come to dust. Fear no more the frown o' the great; Thou art past the tyrant's stroke; Care no more to clothe and eat; To thee the reed is as the oak: (10) The scepter, learning, physic, must All follow this, and come to dust. Fear no more the lightning flash, Nor the all-dreaded thunder stone; Fear not slander, censure rash; (15) Thou hast finished joy and moan: All lovers young, all lovers must Consign to thee, and come to dust. "To thee the reed is as the oak" (line 10) suggests that (A) distinctions no longer matter (B) little trees are as strong as big trees (C) all things change (D) ignorance causes fear (E) nature is unknowable

(A) distinctions no longer matter

The lute is most similar to the modern (A) guitar (B) piano (C) violin (D) accordion (E) flute

(A) guitar

Saint Augustine is considered a Neo-Platonic Christian because (A) he envisioned the City of Men as a bad replica of the City of God (B) he adapted Plato's teachings to his own democratic agenda (C) he found the way to reach true love through the knowledge of the City of Men (D) most of his contemporaries were pagan Neo-Platonics (E) he believed in Platonic love

(A) he envisioned the City of Men as a bad replica of the City of God

The terms "adagio," "cadenza," and "opus" are all associated with (A) music (B) theater (C) painting (D) sculpture (E) poetry

(A) music

An aria is usually found in, and associated with, which of the following genres of the arts? (A) opera (B) sculpture (C) tapestry (D) ballet (E) pantomime

(A) opera

The troubadours of the Middle Ages are best described as (A) poet-musicians (B) moralistic orators (C) freelance illustrators (D) character actors (E) religious philosophers

(A) poet-musicians

What is the correct chronological order of the following composers? George Frideric Handel Philip Glass Franz Liszt (A) 1, 2, 3 (B) 1, 3, 2 (C) 2, 1, 3 (D) 2, 3, 1 (E) 3, 1, 2

(B) 1, 3, 2

It was a school of the early twentieth century whose adherents designed buildings and objects in a functional style consistent with the era of mass production. Its use of industrial materials served as a basis for the International Style. The school described above is known as (A) Art Deco (B) Bauhaus (C) Neoclassicism (D) the Baroque (E) Cubism

(B) Bauhaus

Which is a group of composers? (A) Jacob Epstein, Käthe Kollwitz, Auguste Rodin (B) Maurice Ravel, Jacques Offenbach, Jules Massenet (C) François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, Claude Chabrol (D) Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir, Berthe Morisot (E) Charles Lamb, Thomas De Quincey, John Ruskin

(B) Maurice Ravel, Jacques Offenbach, Jules Massenet

He believed that tragedy causes the proper purgation of those emotions of pity and fear which it has aroused. The author and concept referred to in the sentence above are (A) Plato . . . hubris (B) Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz . . . monad (C) Aristotle . . . catharsis (D) John Locke . . . tabula rasa (E) Immanuel Kant . . . the categorical imperative

(C) Aristotle . . . catharsis

The vase shown above was most likely created in (A) South America (B) the Pacific Islands (C) Asia (D) North America (E) Africa

(C) Asia

Rationalism and empiricism are represented by these two philosophers (A) Aristotle and Hume (B) Leibniz and Marx (C) Descartes and Locke (D) Heidegger and Sartre (E) Kant and Plato

(C) Descartes and Locke

The work of the artist Giotto strongly influenced which of the following? (A) Ancient Roman sculpture (B) Persian miniatures (C) Early Renaissance painting (D) European Romantic painting (E) American Colonial folk art

(C) Early Renaissance painting

Jason and the Argonauts (A) participated in the Trojan war (B) helped Odysseus to return to Ithaca (C) traveled to the Black Sea to seize the Golden Fleece (D) were exiled and conquered new lands in Asia (E) decided to rebel against the tyranny in Athens

(C) traveled to the Black Sea to seize the Golden Fleece

This question refers to the following plays by William Shakespeare. The Tempest Hamlet A Midsummer Night's Dream Macbeth Much Ado About Nothing Which two plays are tragedies? (A) 1 and 3 (B) 1 and 5 (C) 2 and 3 (D) 2 and 4 (E) 4 and 5

(D) 2 and 4

Which is a group of twentieth-century poets? (A) Georges Bizet, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Richard Wagner (B) Robert Altman, Ingmar Bergman, Federico Fellini (C) John Cage, Aaron Copland, Paul Hindemith (D) Allen Ginsberg, Sylvia Plath, Gwendolyn Brooks (E) I. M. Pei, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright

(D) Allen Ginsberg, Sylvia Plath, Gwendolyn Brooks

Renowned for his waltzes, mazurkas and studios, this composer represented the spirit of romantic nationalism (A) Johan Sebastian Bach (B) Igor Stravinsky (C) Dimitri Shostakovich (D) Frédéric Chopin (E) Phillip Glass

(D) Frédéric Chopin

Pioneers of cinematography are (A) John Houston and Vittorio de Sica (B) François Truffaut and Cecil B. Demile (C) Oliver Stone and Alfonso Cuarón (D) Georges Melies and the Lumiere Brothers (E) Martin Scorsese and Michael Cimino

(D) Georges Melies and the Lumiere Brothers

Which of the following insists on the necessity of living a simple, natural, individualistic life? (A) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's The Song of Hiawatha (B) Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (C) Nathaniel Hawthorne's The House of the Seven Gables (D) Henry David Thoreau's Walden (E) Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven

(D) Henry David Thoreau's Walden

Which of the following composers was Picasso's closest musical contemporary? (A) Claudio Monteverdi (B) Franz Joseph Haydn (C) Frédéric Chopin (D) Igor Stravinsky (E) Ludwig van Beethoven

(D) Igor Stravinsky

Refer to the following periods or movements in art and music history. To which do Debussy and Renoir belong? (A) Renaissance (B) Baroque (C) Romantic (D) Impressionist (E) Modern

(D) Impressionist

The development of photography in the 19th century had which of the following effects on the arts? (A) It led to the death of painting, since subjects could be rendered more accurately in a photograph. (B) Photographers were immediately accepted as artists, and their works displayed in major museums. (C) Technology became an important component of every major art form, from music to poetry to theater. (D) It gave rise to the realist movement, which emphasized a kind of photographic objectivity in the depiction of its subjects. (E) It led to the late 19th century practice of including photographic portraits of painters along with their works at galleries.

(D) It gave rise to the realist movement, which emphasized a kind of photographic objectivity in the depiction of its subjects

A composer and organist of the Baroque period, he created such works as the Brandenburg Concerti, the Goldberg Variations, and the Well-Tempered Clavier. The composer described is (A) Franz Joseph Haydn (B) Hector Berlioz (C) Franz Schubert (D) Johann Sebastian Bach (E) Ludwig van Beethoven

(D) Johann Sebastian Bach

Tartuffe, The Misanthrope, and The Bourgeois Gentleman are all comedies written by (A) Gustave Flaubert (B) Henrik Ibsen (C) Victor Hugo (D) Molière (E) August Strindberg

(D) Molière

Which of the following terms describes a literary or dramatic form of discourse in which a character reveals thoughts in a monologue? (A) Denouement (B) Understatement (C) Scenario (D) Soliloquy (E) Exposition

(D) Soliloquy

This question refers to the following excerpt from a play. The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes: 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes Line (5) The throned monarch better than his crown; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this sceptred sway; (10) It is enthroned in the hearts of kings . . . . Which of the following is closest in meaning to "becomes" in line 5? (A) Reaches (B) Develops (C) Happens (D) Suits (E) Grows

(D) Suits

Dante Alighieri chooses Virgil as his guide in their descent into Inferno because (A) Virgil had been his mentor in Florence (B) Dante wanted to portray the decay of the Roman empire (C) Virgil knew Beatrice and wanted to introduce her to Dante (D) Virgil represented the light of reason before the revelation of God (E) they were both poets who wrote in the same language

(D) Virgil represented the light of reason before the revelation of God

These three Greek authors were historians (A) Socrates, Plato, Aristotle (B) Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (C) Pericles, Anaximander, Leonidas (D) Xenophon, Thucydides, Herodotus (E) Titus Livius, Marcus Aurelius, Polibius

(D) Xenophon, Thucydides, Herodotus

Odysseus escaped from Polyphemus the cyclops (A) by resisting the chant of the mermaids (B) by marrying Calypso the nymph (C) by telling him a different story every night (D) by deceiving him and piercing his only eye (E) by bribing the guards of his prison

(D) by deceiving him and piercing his only eye

Christopher Columbus was sure that he would reach Asia because (A) he knew he would have to cross the American continent (B) he would follow Marco Polo's route (C) the Catholic Kings of Spain commanded him to do so (D) he knew the earth was not flat (E) he had spoken to messengers from the Chinese court

(D) he knew the earth was not flat

Virgil was a Roman poet who (A) narrated the return of Aeneas to Greece right after the fall of Troy (B) was exiled by emperor Augustus (C) wrote the Eclogues and the Tristia (D) made of Aeneas the hero who foresaw the grandeur of Rome (E) committed suicide for opposing Julius Caesar

(D) made of Aeneas the hero who foresaw the grandeur of Rome

Aristotle considered that only these two literary genres were worth of attention because they had a mimetic or figurative relation with the world, as opposed to a diegetic or directly representative relation (A) novel and short story (B) epic poetry and opera (C) comedy and soap-opera (D) tragedy and epic poetry (E) lyric poetry and personal diary

(D) tragedy and epic poetry

Fagin, Pip, and Ebenezer Scrooge are characters created by (A) George Eliot (B) Elizabeth Barrett Browning (C) Sir Walter Scott (D) Edith Wharton (E) Charles Dickens

(E) Charles Dickens

Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque are associated with which art movement? (A) German Expressionism (B) Fauvism (C) Futurism (D) Surrealism (E) Cubism

(E) Cubism

During his travels, his overexcited imagination invariably blinds him to reality; he thinks windmills are giants, flocks of sheep are armies, and galley slaves are oppressed gentlemen. The sentence above describes (A) Rasselas (B) Robinson Crusoe (C) Sir Lancelot (D) Robin Hood (E) Don Quixote

(E) Don Quixote

La Dolce Vita, La Strada, and 8 1∕2 are films directed by (A) Alfred Hitchcock (B) Cecil B. DeMille (C) Ingmar Bergman (D) Robert Altman (E) Federico Fellini

(E) Federico Fellini

Which philosopher wrote Thus Spoke Zarathustra, which became the inspiration for a tone-poem of the same name by Richard Strauss? (A) Jean-Paul Sartre (B) Immanuel Kant (C) Jean-Jacques Rousseau (D) Arthur Schopenhauer (E) Friedrich Nietzsche

(E) Friedrich Nietzsche

Which describes Apollo? (A) Son of Zeus and Hera, he is the god of fire and the forge. (B) The god of revelry and wine, he later became patron of the theater. (C) His daughter was born full-grown from his forehead. (D) Euripides was the first to depict him with bow and arrow; in art, he was represented first as a youth and later as a small child. (E) He is the god of the sun, the patron of poetry, and the ideal of male beauty.

(E) He is the god of the sun, the patron of poetry, and the ideal of male beauty.

Which is a group of architects? (A) Georges Bizet, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Richard Wagner (B) Robert Altman, Ingmar Bergman, Federico Fellini (C) John Cage, Aaron Copland, Paul Hindemith (D) Allen Ginsberg, Sylvia Plath, Gwendolyn Brooks (E) I. M. Pei, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright

(E) I. M. Pei, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright

He composed in a wide variety of musical genres, including nine symphonies, 32 piano sonatas, and an opera. The composer is (A) Sergei Rachmaninoff (B) George Frideric Handel (C) Ralph Vaughan Williams (D) Gustav Mahler (E) Ludwig van Beethoven

(E) Ludwig van Beethoven

This painting represents (A) the Mona Lisa (B) the splendor of the Baroque period (C) an ancient Greek myth from a romantic perspective (D) the birth of Athene (E) None of the Above

(E) None of the Above

Which of the following Shakespearean plays was used as the basis for a libretto for a Verdi opera? (A) A Midsummer Night's Dream (B) Julius Caesar (C) Measure for Measure (D) The Taming of the Shrew (E) Othello

(E) Othello

The philosopher that proposed the existence of a world of ideas truer than the world of material appearance was (A) Aristotle (B) Locke (C) Descartes (D) Hume (E) Plato

(E) Plato

Which of the following is often a symbol of new life arising from death? (A) A gorgon (B) The minotaur (C) A unicorn (D) A griffin (E) The phoenix

(E) The phoenix

One day in the life of the protagonist is the subject of (A) In Search of the Lost Time, by Marcel Proust (B) For Whom the Bells Toll, by Ernest Hemingway (C) The Waste Land, by T. S. Eliot (D) The Castle, by Franz Kafka (E) Ulysses, by James Joyce

(E) Ulysses, by James Joyce

This question refers to the following lines of poetry. Fear no more the heat o' the sun, Nor the furious winter's rages; Thou thy worldly task hast done, Home art gone, and ta'en thy wages: Golden lads and girls all must, Line (5) As chimney-sweepers, come to dust. Fear no more the frown o' the great; Thou art past the tyrant's stroke; Care no more to clothe and eat; To thee the reed is as the oak: (10) The scepter, learning, physic, must All follow this, and come to dust. Fear no more the lightning flash, Nor the all-dreaded thunder stone; Fear not slander, censure rash; (15) Thou hast finished joy and moan: All lovers young, all lovers must Consign to thee, and come to dust. The rhyme scheme of each stanza is (A) aabbcc (B) ababab (C) aaaabb (D) abcabc (E) ababcc

(E) ababcc

This question refers to the following lines of poetry. Fear no more the heat o' the sun, Nor the furious winter's rages; Thou thy worldly task hast done, Home art gone, and ta'en thy wages: Golden lads and girls all must, Line (5) As chimney-sweepers, come to dust. Fear no more the frown o' the great; Thou art past the tyrant's stroke; Care no more to clothe and eat; To thee the reed is as the oak: (10) The scepter, learning, physic, must All follow this, and come to dust. Fear no more the lightning flash, Nor the all-dreaded thunder stone; Fear not slander, censure rash; (15) Thou hast finished joy and moan: All lovers young, all lovers must Consign to thee, and come to dust. The poem is addressed to (A) young lovers (B) doctors (C) kings (D) scholars (E) the dead

(E) the dead

Horace is famous for writing poems on (A) the war between Rome and Cartago (B) the expansion of the Roman empire under Marcus Aurelius (C) the assassination of Julius Caesar (D) the fall of the Republic and the beginning of the Empire (E) topoi such as carpe diem and beatus ille

(E) topoi such as carpe diem and beatus ille