Question 1

Which Spanish painter created The Persistence of Memory , which features a melting clock?

Accepted Answer

A)  Buñuel 
B)  Goya 
C)  Chagall 
D)  Dalí 
A)  Buñuel 
B)  Goya 
C)  Chagall 
D)  Dalí

Question 2

Who was Josephine Baker? What does her career illustrate?

Accepted Answer

Josephine Baker was an African American

Question 3

What are some of the characteristics of the "modernist temper" in literature?

Accepted Answer

Characteristics of modernism in literatu

Question 4

Which Depression-era photographer recorded the livestyles of the rural poor?

Accepted Answer

A)  Margaret Bourke-White 
B)  Leni Riefenstahl 
C)  Dorothea Lange 
D)  Alfred Eisenstaedt 
A)  Margaret Bourke-White 
B)  Leni Riefenstahl 
C)  Dorothea Lange 
D)  Alfred Eisenstaedt

Question 5

What was the goal of the fictionalized society portrayed by Huxley in Brave New World ? What warning does Huxley convey to his readers?

Accepted Answer

In Huxley's Brave New World , the goal o

Question 6

Salvador Dalí is famous for his paintings in which style?

Accepted Answer

A)  De Stijl 
B)  montage 
C)  realism 
D)  surrealism 
A)  De Stijl 
B)  montage 
C)  realism 
D)  surrealism

Question 7

Who was the driving force behind ballet in Paris in the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sergei Eisenstein 
B)  Serge Diaghilev 
C)  Vaslav Nijinsky 
D)  Anna Pavlova 
A)  Sergei Eisenstein 
B)  Serge Diaghilev 
C)  Vaslav Nijinsky 
D)  Anna Pavlova

Question 8

What painting by Picasso protested the bombing of a Spanish town?

Accepted Answer

A)  Three Musicians 
B)  Les Demoiselles d'Avignon 
C)  Guernica 
D)  L.H.O.O.Q. 
A)  Three Musicians 
B)  Les Demoiselles d'Avignon 
C)  Guernica 
D)  L.H.O.O.Q.

Question 9

What is the subject of many of Frida Kahlo's paintings?

Accepted Answer

A)  herself 
B)  animals 
C)  flowers 
D)  Inkan mythology 
A)  herself 
B)  animals 
C)  flowers 
D)  Inkan mythology

Question 10

What subject did American painter Grant Wood focus on in his most famous painting?

Accepted Answer

A)  abstract shapes and lines 
B)  ancient Greece 
C)  rural America 
D)  himself 
A)  abstract shapes and lines 
B)  ancient Greece 
C)  rural America 
D)  himself

Question 11

According to Virginia Woolf, why have there not been more great women writers?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Catholic Church forbade women to write 
B)  the lack of social and economic support 
C)  the lack of women in political positions 
D)  the insufficient number of women's universities 
A)  the Catholic Church forbade women to write 
B)  the lack of social and economic support 
C)  the lack of women in political positions 
D)  the insufficient number of women's universities

Question 12

Which German-speaking, Czech author wrote The Trial and The Castle ?

Accepted Answer

A)  Tolstoy 
B)  Eisenstein 
C)  Dostoyevsky 
D)  Kafka 
A)  Tolstoy 
B)  Eisenstein 
C)  Dostoyevsky 
D)  Kafka

Question 13

The phrase "a war to end all wars" was used by a state leader in reference to which war?

Accepted Answer

A)  World War I 
B)  World War II 
C)  the Russo-Japanese War 
D)  the Franco-Prussian War 
A)  World War I 
B)  World War II 
C)  the Russo-Japanese War 
D)  the Franco-Prussian War

Question 14

Which of the following did Duchamp present as a work of art?

Accepted Answer

A)  a telephone 
B)  a urinal 
C)  a piece of paper 
D)  a raw block of marble 
A)  a telephone 
B)  a urinal 
C)  a piece of paper 
D)  a raw block of marble

Question 15

What African-American movement emerged in New York City in the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

A)  the rise of the speakeasy 
B)  the Harlem Renaissance 
C)  the Black Power Movement 
D)  the Civil Rights Movement 
A)  the rise of the speakeasy 
B)  the Harlem Renaissance 
C)  the Black Power Movement 
D)  the Civil Rights Movement

Question 16

Which American opera, set in Catfish Row, blends jazz and classical music?

Accepted Answer

A)  Porgy and Bess 
B)  Rhapsody in Blue 
C)  The Threepenny Opera 
D)  Desire Under the Elms 
A)  Porgy and Bess 
B)  Rhapsody in Blue 
C)  The Threepenny Opera 
D)  Desire Under the Elms

Question 17

What movement used art to destroy art?

Accepted Answer

A)  Illusionistic Surrealism 
B)  Expressionism 
C)  Dadaism 
D)  Cubism 
A)  Illusionistic Surrealism 
B)  Expressionism 
C)  Dadaism 
D)  Cubism

Question 18

In which novel did Aldous Huxley paint a bleak picture of the distant future of Western society?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Waste Land 
B)  Brave New World 
C)  1984 
D)  A Moveable Feast 
A)  The Waste Land 
B)  Brave New World 
C)  1984 
D)  A Moveable Feast

Question 19

Which artistic characteristic is emphasized in Brancusi's sculptures?

Accepted Answer

A)  brilliant color 
B)  rugged texture 
C)  extreme simplification 
D)  complex oramentation 
A)  brilliant color 
B)  rugged texture 
C)  extreme simplification 
D)  complex oramentation

Question 20

In what novel did Sinclair Lewis criticize American materialism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Brave New World 
B)  Babbit 
C)  Remembrance of Things Past 
D)  Ulysses 
A)  Brave New World 
B)  Babbit 
C)  Remembrance of Things Past 
D)  Ulysses

Exam 22: The World at War 1914 1945

Which Spanish painter created The Persistence of Memory , which features a melting clock?

Who was Josephine Baker? What does her career illustrate?

What are some of the characteristics of the "modernist temper" in literature?

Which Depression-era photographer recorded the livestyles of the rural poor?

What was the goal of the fictionalized society portrayed by Huxley in Brave New World ? What warning does Huxley convey to his readers?

Salvador Dalí is famous for his paintings in which style?

Who was the driving force behind ballet in Paris in the 1920s?

What painting by Picasso protested the bombing of a Spanish town?

What is the subject of many of Frida Kahlo's paintings?

What subject did American painter Grant Wood focus on in his most famous painting?

According to Virginia Woolf, why have there not been more great women writers?

Which German-speaking, Czech author wrote The Trial and The Castle ?

The phrase "a war to end all wars" was used by a state leader in reference to which war?

Which of the following did Duchamp present as a work of art?

What African-American movement emerged in New York City in the 1920s?

Which American opera, set in Catfish Row, blends jazz and classical music?

What movement used art to destroy art?

In which novel did Aldous Huxley paint a bleak picture of the distant future of Western society?

Which artistic characteristic is emphasized in Brancusi's sculptures?

In what novel did Sinclair Lewis criticize American materialism?

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