Question 1

What role did Simone de Beauvoir play in the feminist movement?

Accepted Answer

Simone de Beauvoir played a pivotal role

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

Pop art is a movement that emerged in th

Question 3

Teilhard's 1955 work, The Phenomenon of Man, dealt with

Accepted Answer

A)  Judaism. 
B)  evolution. 
C)  the social construction of human societies. 
D)  human redemption. 
A)  Judaism. 
B)  evolution. 
C)  the social construction of human societies. 
D)  human redemption.

Question 4

Which artistic movement was sometimes scoffed at by critics, who connected it to Dada?

Accepted Answer

A)  minimalism 
B)  op art 
C)  pop art 
D)  happenings 
A)  minimalism 
B)  op art 
C)  pop art 
D)  happenings

Question 5

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 6

Which artist gave birth to a technique called hard-edge?

Accepted Answer

A)  Helen Frankenthaler 
B)  Frank Stella 
C)  Robert Rauschenberg 
D)  Jasper Johns 
A)  Helen Frankenthaler 
B)  Frank Stella 
C)  Robert Rauschenberg 
D)  Jasper Johns

Question 7

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

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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 8

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 9

The writer Doris Lessing is noted for

Accepted Answer

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 10

Which director founded the neorealism movement in film?

Accepted Answer

A)  Federico Fellini 
B)  Ingmar Bergman 
C)  Roberto Rossellini 
D)  Jean-Luc Godard 
A)  Federico Fellini 
B)  Ingmar Bergman 
C)  Roberto Rossellini 
D)  Jean-Luc Godard

Question 11

The term auteur was developed to describe

Accepted Answer

A)  the directors of the French New Wave. 
B)  pop culture artists who injected social commentary into their works. 
C)  screenwriters who elevated the film to an art form. 
D)  film directors who "wrote" with their cameras.
Essay Questions 
A)  the directors of the French New Wave. 
B)  pop culture artists who injected social commentary into their works. 
C)  screenwriters who elevated the film to an art form. 
D)  film directors who "wrote" with their cameras.
Essay Questions

Question 12

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 13

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 14

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 15

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.

What role did Simone de Beauvoir play in the feminist movement?

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

Teilhard's 1955 work, The Phenomenon of Man, dealt with

Which artistic movement was sometimes scoffed at by critics, who connected it to Dada?

The sculptor Louise Nevelson worked in a(n)

Which artist gave birth to a technique called hard-edge?

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

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?

The writer Doris Lessing is noted for

Which director founded the neorealism movement in film?

The term auteur was developed to describe

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

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?

The most famous pop artist was

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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

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The Early Renaissance: Return to Classical Roots

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Northern Humanism, Northern Renaissance, Religious Reformations, and Late Mannerism

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The Age of Reason

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What role did Simone de Beauvoir play in the feminist movement?

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

Teilhard's 1955 work, The Phenomenon of Man, dealt with

Which artistic movement was sometimes scoffed at by critics, who connected it to Dada?

The sculptor Louise Nevelson worked in a(n)

Which artist gave birth to a technique called hard-edge?

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

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?

The writer Doris Lessing is noted for

Which director founded the neorealism movement in film?

The term auteur was developed to describe

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

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?

The most famous pop artist was

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

The High Middle Ages

The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Recovery

The Early Renaissance: Return to Classical Roots

The High Renaissance and Early Mannerism

Northern Humanism, Northern Renaissance, Religious Reformations, and Late Mannerism

The Baroque Age I: Glamour and Grandiosity

The Baroque Age Ii: Revolutions in Scientific and Political Thought

The Age of Reason

Revolution, Reaction, and Cultural Response

The Triumph of the Bourgeoisie

The Age of Early Modernism

The Age of the Masses and the Zenith of Modernism

The Contemporary World: Globalization, Terrorism, and Postmodernism

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