Question 1

Martin Luther King Jr.was influenced by all of the following EXCEPT

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A) the New Testament and the teachings of Jesus. 
B) the philosophy of Nietzsche. 
C) the writings of Thoreau. 
D) the example of Gandhi. 
A) the New Testament and the teachings of Jesus. 
B) the philosophy of Nietzsche. 
C) the writings of Thoreau. 
D) the example of Gandhi.

Question 2

The sculptor Louise Nevelson worked in a(n)

Accepted Answer

A) pop art style. 
B) abstract expressionist style. 
C) neorealist style. 
D) style inspired by Rodin. 
A) pop art style. 
B) abstract expressionist style. 
C) neorealist style. 
D) style inspired by Rodin.

Question 3

Who of the following insisted on the existence of the authentic God,known as the "God behind God"?

Accepted Answer

A) Teilhard de Chardin 
B) Paul Tillich 
C) Martin Buber 
D) Karl Barth 
A) Teilhard de Chardin 
B) Paul Tillich 
C) Martin Buber 
D) Karl Barth

Question 4

The writer Doris Lessing is noted for

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A) the bleak vision of her "absurdist" plays. 
B) the obscurity of her enigmatic poetry. 
C) showing contradictions between opposing social groups in her realist novels. 
D) humour of her romantic short stories. 
A) the bleak vision of her "absurdist" plays. 
B) the obscurity of her enigmatic poetry. 
C) showing contradictions between opposing social groups in her realist novels. 
D) humour of her romantic short stories.

Question 5

The most famous pop artist was

Accepted Answer

A) Picasso. 
B) David Smith. 
C) Andy Warhol. 
D) Jasper Johns. 
A) Picasso. 
B) David Smith. 
C) Andy Warhol. 
D) Jasper Johns.

Question 6

What is meant by pop art? Which artists were associated with this movement?

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Pop art is a movement that emerged in th

Question 7

Which of the following playwrights created a work using the witch trials of Salem,Massachusetts,to symbolize the communist investigation undertaken by the Un-American Activities Committee of the U.S.House of Representatives?

Accepted Answer

A) Tennessee Williams 
B) John Osborne 
C) Harold Pinter 
D) Arthur Miller 
A) Tennessee Williams 
B) John Osborne 
C) Harold Pinter 
D) Arthur Miller

Question 8

Which of the following nations enjoyed an average of 10 percent annual growth in its gross domestic product between 1950 and 1973?

Accepted Answer

A) Great Britain 
B) Japan 
C) the United States 
D) the Soviet Union 
A) Great Britain 
B) Japan 
C) the United States 
D) the Soviet Union

Question 9

Which two abstract expressionists showed the way to pop art?

Accepted Answer

A) Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning 
B) Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg 
C) Mark Rothko and Helen Frankenthaler 
D) Kenneth Noland and Morris Louis 
A) Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning 
B) Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg 
C) Mark Rothko and Helen Frankenthaler 
D) Kenneth Noland and Morris Louis

Question 10

Which of the following countries was NOT part of the American bloc during the cold war?

Accepted Answer

A) Japan 
B) West Germany 
C) Italy 
D) China 
A) Japan 
B) West Germany 
C) Italy 
D) China

Question 11

Who of the following wrote a play that spawned a movement called the angry young men?

Accepted Answer

A) Eugene Ionesco 
B) Tennessee Williams 
C) Arthur Miller 
D) John Osborne 
A) Eugene Ionesco 
B) Tennessee Williams 
C) Arthur Miller 
D) John Osborne

Question 12

Which of the following nations was NOT among the original members of the European Economic Community (or the Common Market)when it was established in 1957?

Accepted Answer

A) Great Britain 
B) Belgium 
C) Luxembourg 
D) Italy 
A) Great Britain 
B) Belgium 
C) Luxembourg 
D) Italy

Question 13

Who of the following described a universe that depends on the "I-Thou" relationship?

Accepted Answer

A) Teilhard de Chardin 
B) Paul Tillich 
C) Martin Buber 
D) Karl Barth 
A) Teilhard de Chardin 
B) Paul Tillich 
C) Martin Buber 
D) Karl Barth

Question 14

Which of the following was/were among the chief influences on Jean-Paul Sartre's literary works?

Accepted Answer

A) his Roman Catholic heritage 
B) existentialism and Marxism 
C) structuralism and logical positivism 
D) realism and naturalism 
A) his Roman Catholic heritage 
B) existentialism and Marxism 
C) structuralism and logical positivism 
D) realism and naturalism

Question 15

The most significant poet produced by the beat generation of the 1950s was

Accepted Answer

A) Allen Ginsberg. 
B) Richard Wright. 
C) James Baldwin. 
D) Robert Frost. 
A) Allen Ginsberg. 
B) Richard Wright. 
C) James Baldwin. 
D) Robert Frost.

Question 16

Define the term late modernism.What are its chief characteristics?

Accepted Answer

Late modernism refers to a period in art

Question 17

The European Economic Community was initiated in 1957 by what two pioneering countries?

Accepted Answer

A) France and Britain 
B) Germany and Britain 
C) France and Belgium 
D) France and Germany 
A) France and Britain 
B) Germany and Britain 
C) France and Belgium 
D) France and Germany

Question 18

What is meant by the term cold war? Which nations were involved in this conflict,and what were the causes of this "war"?

Accepted Answer

The term "Cold War" refers to the period

Question 19

Identify the major developments of film in the late modernist period.How were these developments similar to and distinct from contemporary trends in other artistic media?

Accepted Answer

The late modernist period in film saw se

Question 20

Which of the following was a military alliance formed by the Eastern bloc in 1955?

Accepted Answer

A) North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 
B) Iron Curtain 
C) Warsaw Pact 
D) League of Nations 
A) North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 
B) Iron Curtain 
C) Warsaw Pact 
D) League of Nations

Exam 22: The Age of Anxiety and Late Modernism 1945-1970

Martin Luther King Jr.was influenced by all of the following EXCEPT

The sculptor Louise Nevelson worked in a(n)

Who of the following insisted on the existence of the authentic God,known as the "God behind God"?

The writer Doris Lessing is noted for

The most famous pop artist was

What is meant by pop art? Which artists were associated with this movement?

Which of the following playwrights created a work using the witch trials of Salem,Massachusetts,to symbolize the communist investigation undertaken by the Un-American Activities Committee of the U.S.House of Representatives?

Which of the following nations enjoyed an average of 10 percent annual growth in its gross domestic product between 1950 and 1973?

Which two abstract expressionists showed the way to pop art?

Which of the following countries was NOT part of the American bloc during the cold war?

Who of the following wrote a play that spawned a movement called the angry young men?

Which of the following nations was NOT among the original members of the European Economic Community (or the Common Market)when it was established in 1957?

Who of the following described a universe that depends on the "I-Thou" relationship?

Which of the following was/were among the chief influences on Jean-Paul Sartre's literary works?

The most significant poet produced by the beat generation of the 1950s was

Define the term late modernism.What are its chief characteristics?

The European Economic Community was initiated in 1957 by what two pioneering countries?

What is meant by the term cold war? Which nations were involved in this conflict,and what were the causes of this "war"?

Identify the major developments of film in the late modernist period.How were these developments similar to and distinct from contemporary trends in other artistic media?

Which of the following was a military alliance formed by the Eastern bloc in 1955?

Prehistory and the Rise of Civilization in the Near East and Egypt

The Aegean: the Minoans,the Mycenaeans,and the Greeks of the Archaic Age

Classical Greece: the Hellenic Age

The Hellenistic World

Classical Rome: From Republic to Empire

Judaism and the Rise of Christianity

Late Antiquity: the Transformation of the Roman Empire and the Triumph of Christianity

The Heirs to the Roman Empire: Byzantium and the West in the Early Middle Ages

The Rise of Islam 622-1520

The High Middle Ages 1000-1300

The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Recovery, 1300-1500

The Early Renaissance: Return to Classical Roots, 1400-1494

The High Renaissance and Early Mannerism, 1494-1564

Northern Humanism, northern Renaissance, religious Reformations, and Late Mannerism, 1500-1603

The Baroque Age I: Glamour and Grandiosity, 1600-1715

The Baroque Age Ii: Revolutions in Scientific and Political Thought, 1600-1715

The Age of Reason 1700-1789

Revolution,reaction,and Cultural Response 1760-1830

The Triumph of the Bourgeoisie 1830-1871

The Age of Early Modernism 1871-1914

The Age of the Masses and the Zenith of Modernism 1914-1945

The Contemporary World: Globalization, terrorism, and Postmodernism, 1970-2001

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