CLEP Humanities: The Best Test Preparation for the CLEP [With CDROM]

This is a great book. If you have knowledge of the topics you should do ok. It is not for someone looking for the easy credit. I did this and it was brutal, I did pass. It would have been easir to take the regular class. If I had not been in the desert I would have choosen the class.

This was my first CLEP exam and I was a little intimidated. I borrowed a bunch of study guides from the library, including this one. This book soon became fundamental in my studies. Unlike the "CLEP Official Study Guide", it has FULL practice exams and explanations. A plus because I used the wrong answers to know were I needed to focus my studies. "Kaplan CLEP" is also a good guide for tests. Between the two guides there are plenty of practice exams. It is a very challenging test due to the multiple subject matters. Further studying is crucial. I made timelines for each of the following: literature, visual art, architecture, philosophy and music. Then I cross referenced them with each other and became acquainted with the artist/philosopher and the associated movements in each period. If I didn't know something, I looked it up on [...] or [...]. I studied for a month and got a 71 out of the 80 maximum points.

Very good book that helped me pass. I do recommend looking at as many humanities practice exams as you can, getting other study guides, and study the important highlighter stuff online and in books. But this book really gives you an idea of what questions might pop up. This book goes into a lot of detail. Some of the questions may seem rough, just keep on taking the practice tests and a lot of the information will seep into your sub-conscious. Also study online, wikipedia is awesome for any information. I also got a few clep study guides from the library. "Cracking the clep" is another good book because it tells you what books to study from art, music, poetry, and how to understand this stuff. The Peterson's book "Clep Success"(got from the library) has some questions that will come up on the test, and I went to barnes and nobles and checked out the official collegeboard clep tests, just sat in the store and learned there for a while, didn't buy it cause i'm cheap. Basically, take as many practice tests as you can and study all the books outlined in "Cracking the clep". And you'll pass. I got a 61 and I didn't really have any prior knowledge to a lot of this material. Study, study, study, and you'll pass. And don't get discouraged.

REA has done again on December 21, 2005 when they came out with this stand alone CLEP Humanties study guide! Unlike most reviewers I have taken this CLEP test several times. But don't be scared off by this fact-when I first took the CLEP Humanities test it was for a law school and at the time there was no computer or REA study guide at the time and I did awful-I got a 380 which at the time was really bad. Of course back then the non-CBT test went a lot slower and you had a quarter point subtracted from your final score for every wrong answer so you spent a lot more of your test time agonizing as there was no possible reward for guessing with out at least looking the question over thourougly. To pass the Humanities CLEP test you will need to take the sample test every day for at least a month until you have memorized the material but in order to push yourself over the top you will at the very least need to purchase College Boards official study guide for the CLEP exams and with pencil and paper test yourself with the 50 or so questions in the humanities sample exam until you have memorized the material in that book as well. You will need both books to pass this CLEP exam-that is unless of course you have a magnificent knowledge of humanities from previous college coursework. If you have never taken a CLEP test before I strongly recommend that you take a much easier CLEP test first such as Principles of Marketing.