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Humanities clep 2
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Undergraduate 4
11/06/2012

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Pylons
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Egyptian architecture the large sloping walls which flank temple entrances
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Flagellants
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improvised performance held in church courtyards, playing the role of redeemer with acts of scourging and whipping made them move or gesture
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A Priori
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truth that is independently of experience
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Subdominant musical term
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4th degree of a major scale
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a natural minor sclae contains 5 whole steps and 2 half steps between which scale degrees do the half steps occur
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2-3, 5-6
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an example of the use of primitivism can be found in which musical selection
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Le Sacre du Printemps
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Early demonstration of principles of romanticism
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Blake's Songs of innocence and experience
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what is a work known for defining extentialism
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l'etranger
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what is an american classic known for description of American frontiers
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My Antonia
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What is a coming of age novel that uses the concept of anti hero
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Catcher in the rye
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What is a poignant poem elegies Abe Lincoln
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When lilacs last in the dooryard bloomed
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African American playwrights who won awards and critical recognition for their plays in the 1920's
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Zora Neale Hurston and Marita Bonner
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A well made play will not have
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episodic structure
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frank lloyd wright designed which museum
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solomon R Guggenheim museum in NY
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glissade ballet term
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placing and applying body weight to one foot that is against the floor while sliding the other foot into 5th position
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