Question 1

Cite three socially conscious musicals and identify the issue each addresses.

Accepted Answer

South Pacific - racial prejudice West Side Story - ethnic prejudice Hair - 1960s counterculture Rent - HIV/AIDS epidemic

Question 2

___________ was an Algerian-born writer who did not want to be called an existentialist.

Accepted Answer

A)  Alberto Giacometti 
B)  Miguel de Unamuno 
C)  Albert Camus 
D)  Jasper Johns 
A)  Alberto Giacometti 
B)  Miguel de Unamuno 
C)  Albert Camus 
D)  Jasper Johns C

Question 3

What type of art is exemplified by Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty ?

Accepted Answer

A)  found art 
B)  ready-made 
C)  land art 
D)  combine 
A)  found art 
B)  ready-made 
C)  land art 
D)  combine C

Question 4

Which author's best-known books focus on the life of a former high-school basketball star?

Accepted Answer

A)  Norman Mailer 
B)  Edward Albee 
C)  Toni Morrison 
D)  John Updike 
A)  Norman Mailer 
B)  Edward Albee 
C)  Toni Morrison 
D)  John Updike

Question 5

In Bill Viola's The Crossing, what happens to the human figure?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is transformed into light. 
B)  It is covered in red paint. 
C)  It is attacked by fire and water 
D)  It is pixelated into tiny spots of color. 
A)  It is transformed into light. 
B)  It is covered in red paint. 
C)  It is attacked by fire and water 
D)  It is pixelated into tiny spots of color.

Question 6

Which disciple of Louis Sullivan was one of the most influential American architects of the 20th century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Frank Lloyd Wright 
B)  Philip Johnson 
C)  Robert Venturi 
D)  Denise Scott Brown 
A)  Frank Lloyd Wright 
B)  Philip Johnson 
C)  Robert Venturi 
D)  Denise Scott Brown

Question 7

What artistic form is Robert Rauschenberg most known for?

Accepted Answer

A)  self-portraiture 
B)  found art 
C)  kinetic sculpture 
D)  combine painting 
A)  self-portraiture 
B)  found art 
C)  kinetic sculpture 
D)  combine painting

Question 8

What contemporary building can be described as "exoskeletal"?

Accepted Answer

A)  the American Center in Paris 
B)  the Georges Pompidou National Center for Art and Culture 
C)  the Seagram Building 
D)  the Guggenheim Museum in New York 
A)  the American Center in Paris 
B)  the Georges Pompidou National Center for Art and Culture 
C)  the Seagram Building 
D)  the Guggenheim Museum in New York

Question 9

Which artist did away with any brushstrokes in color-field painting by pouring paint directly onto the canvas?

Accepted Answer

A)  Helen Frankenthaler 
B)  Mark Rothko 
C)  Joan Mitchell 
D)  Lee Krasner 
A)  Helen Frankenthaler 
B)  Mark Rothko 
C)  Joan Mitchell 
D)  Lee Krasner

Question 10

What musical group played their first live U.S. performance on February 9th, 1964 on The Ed Sullivan Show , broadcast nationally on network television?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Beatles 
B)  Run-D.M.C. 
C)  the Who 
D)  the Chantels 
A)  the Beatles 
B)  Run-D.M.C. 
C)  the Who 
D)  the Chantels

Question 11

What Swedish artist is known for his oversized sculptures of everyday objects?

Accepted Answer

A)  Le Corbusier 
B)  Oldenburg 
C)  Warhol 
D)  Kierkegaard 
A)  Le Corbusier 
B)  Oldenburg 
C)  Warhol 
D)  Kierkegaard

Question 12

What is the best-known play by Samuel Beckett?

Accepted Answer

A)  Waiting for Godot 
B)  A Doll's House 
C)  Louisa Miller 
D)  Death of a Salesman 
A)  Waiting for Godot 
B)  A Doll's House 
C)  Louisa Miller 
D)  Death of a Salesman

Question 13

What is distinctive about Mark Rothko's paintings?

Accepted Answer

A)  They borrow heavily from Greek art. 
B)  They arrange figures in pyramidal form. 
C)  They focus on natural settings. 
D)  They use large fields of solid color. 
A)  They borrow heavily from Greek art. 
B)  They arrange figures in pyramidal form. 
C)  They focus on natural settings. 
D)  They use large fields of solid color.

Question 14

Who is the author of the feminist poem "In Celebration of My Uterus"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sylvia Plath 
B)  Shirin Neshat 
C)  Anne Sexton 
D)  Faith Ringgold 
A)  Sylvia Plath 
B)  Shirin Neshat 
C)  Anne Sexton 
D)  Faith Ringgold

Question 15

What did the artists Christo and Jean-Claude do for one of their most famous works?

Accepted Answer

A)  They painted murals on public buildings. 
B)  They erected large cloth panels in public spaces. 
C)  They built sculpture from garbage. 
D)  They used their bodies in a staged setting. 
A)  They painted murals on public buildings. 
B)  They erected large cloth panels in public spaces. 
C)  They built sculpture from garbage. 
D)  They used their bodies in a staged setting.

Question 16

What is the subject of Richard Wright's Native Son and Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man ?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Native-American experience 
B)  racism and African-American life 
C)  the history of African slaves 
D)  the marginalization of American men 
A)  the Native-American experience 
B)  racism and African-American life 
C)  the history of African slaves 
D)  the marginalization of American men

Question 17

American writers Joan Didion, Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, and Tom Wolfe all helped to develop what genre of writing?

Accepted Answer

A)  absurdism 
B)  creative nonfiction 
C)  collage prose 
D)  photorealism 
A)  absurdism 
B)  creative nonfiction 
C)  collage prose 
D)  photorealism

Question 18

According to Sartre, what was the purpose of existentialism?

Accepted Answer

A)  to preserve past traditions 
B)  to help people live in an absurd world 
C)  to create a standard system of ethics 
D)  to strengthen people's religious faith 
A)  to preserve past traditions 
B)  to help people live in an absurd world 
C)  to create a standard system of ethics 
D)  to strengthen people's religious faith

Question 19

What is the term for works of art that add three-dimensional objects to the canvas?

Accepted Answer

A)  Postmodernism 
B)  Combine painting 
C)  Found art 
D)  Structuralist 
A)  Postmodernism 
B)  Combine painting 
C)  Found art 
D)  Structuralist

Question 20

Who designed the extremely symmetrical and sleek Seagram Building?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson 
B)  Michael Graves 
C)  Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright 
D)  Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano 
A)  Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson 
B)  Michael Graves 
C)  Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright 
D)  Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano

Exam 23: The Contemporary Contour

Cite three socially conscious musicals and identify the issue each addresses.

___________ was an Algerian-born writer who did not want to be called an existentialist.

What type of art is exemplified by Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty ?

Which author's best-known books focus on the life of a former high-school basketball star?

In Bill Viola's The Crossing, what happens to the human figure?

Which disciple of Louis Sullivan was one of the most influential American architects of the 20th century?

What artistic form is Robert Rauschenberg most known for?

What contemporary building can be described as "exoskeletal"?

Which artist did away with any brushstrokes in color-field painting by pouring paint directly onto the canvas?

What musical group played their first live U.S. performance on February 9th, 1964 on The Ed Sullivan Show , broadcast nationally on network television?

What Swedish artist is known for his oversized sculptures of everyday objects?

What is the best-known play by Samuel Beckett?

What is distinctive about Mark Rothko's paintings?

Who is the author of the feminist poem "In Celebration of My Uterus"?

What did the artists Christo and Jean-Claude do for one of their most famous works?

What is the subject of Richard Wright's Native Son and Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man ?

American writers Joan Didion, Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, and Tom Wolfe all helped to develop what genre of writing?

According to Sartre, what was the purpose of existentialism?

What is the term for works of art that add three-dimensional objects to the canvas?

Who designed the extremely symmetrical and sleek Seagram Building?

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