HUMANITIES CLEP FINAL PAPER 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS CORRECT
ANSWERS
⩥ Which of the following deals with the bigotry an anguished African
American family faces when it attempts to move into an all-white
suburb?
A. Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms
B. Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
C. Ossie Davis' Purlie Victorious
D. Edward Albee's Who Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
E. Lorrain Hansberry's A Raisin In the Sun. Answer: E. Lorrain
Hansberry's A Raisin In the Sun
⩥ Which of the following has as its central theme a long journey up a
river in Africa?
A. Lord of the Flies
B. Middlemarch
C. Catch-22
D. Heart of Darkness
E. Vanity Fair. Answer: D. Heart of Darkness
,⩥ 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. Answer: E. The Phoenix
⩥ The Lute is most similiar to the modern
A. Guitar
B. Piano
C. Violin
D. Accordian
E. Flute. Answer: A. Guitar
⩥ 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. Answer: A. Poet-Musicians
,⩥ The work shown above is an example of which of the following?
A. Fresco
B. Tapestry
C. Bas-Relief
D. Mosaic
E. Triptych. Answer: C. Bas-Relief
⩥ The sculpture shown above is by:
A. Henry Moore
B. Louise Nevelson
C. Edgar Degas
D. Gianlorenzo Bernini
E. Auguste Rodin. Answer: E. Auguste Rodin
⩥ The figurine shown above is which of the following origins?
A. Mayan
B. African
C. Inuit
D. Celtic
E. Ancient Greek. Answer: A. Mayan
⩥ Which excerpt contains several examples of onomatopoeia?
, A. "Where the bees sucks, there suck I,
In a cowslip's bell I lie;"
B. "Exult O shores, and ring O bells!
But I with mournful tread
Walk the deck my captain lies
Fallen cold and dead."
C. "Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,"
D. "O, what a noble mind is here o'erthrown!...
And I...
Now see that noble and most severeign reason
Like sweet bells jangled out of time, and harsh;"
E. "Oh the bells, bells, bells!
What a tale their terror tells of despair
Yet the ear, it fully knows,
By the twanging
And the clanging....
In the jangling,
And the wrangling,". Answer: E. "Oh the Bells, bells, bells".....
⩥ Which is from Hamlet?
COMPLETE QUESTIONS CORRECT
ANSWERS
⩥ Which of the following deals with the bigotry an anguished African
American family faces when it attempts to move into an all-white
suburb?
A. Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms
B. Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
C. Ossie Davis' Purlie Victorious
D. Edward Albee's Who Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
E. Lorrain Hansberry's A Raisin In the Sun. Answer: E. Lorrain
Hansberry's A Raisin In the Sun
⩥ Which of the following has as its central theme a long journey up a
river in Africa?
A. Lord of the Flies
B. Middlemarch
C. Catch-22
D. Heart of Darkness
E. Vanity Fair. Answer: D. Heart of Darkness
,⩥ 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. Answer: E. The Phoenix
⩥ The Lute is most similiar to the modern
A. Guitar
B. Piano
C. Violin
D. Accordian
E. Flute. Answer: A. Guitar
⩥ 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. Answer: A. Poet-Musicians
,⩥ The work shown above is an example of which of the following?
A. Fresco
B. Tapestry
C. Bas-Relief
D. Mosaic
E. Triptych. Answer: C. Bas-Relief
⩥ The sculpture shown above is by:
A. Henry Moore
B. Louise Nevelson
C. Edgar Degas
D. Gianlorenzo Bernini
E. Auguste Rodin. Answer: E. Auguste Rodin
⩥ The figurine shown above is which of the following origins?
A. Mayan
B. African
C. Inuit
D. Celtic
E. Ancient Greek. Answer: A. Mayan
⩥ Which excerpt contains several examples of onomatopoeia?
, A. "Where the bees sucks, there suck I,
In a cowslip's bell I lie;"
B. "Exult O shores, and ring O bells!
But I with mournful tread
Walk the deck my captain lies
Fallen cold and dead."
C. "Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,"
D. "O, what a noble mind is here o'erthrown!...
And I...
Now see that noble and most severeign reason
Like sweet bells jangled out of time, and harsh;"
E. "Oh the bells, bells, bells!
What a tale their terror tells of despair
Yet the ear, it fully knows,
By the twanging
And the clanging....
In the jangling,
And the wrangling,". Answer: E. "Oh the Bells, bells, bells".....
⩥ Which is from Hamlet?
