Question 1

What is the most famous line from Sartre's play No Exit?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hell is other people. 
B)  Existence precedes essence. 
C)  Life requires a leap of faith. 
D)  To be is to do. 
A)  Hell is other people. 
B)  Existence precedes essence. 
C)  Life requires a leap of faith. 
D)  To be is to do. A

Question 2

Who combines training in miniature painting with contemporary art styles to create such works as Pleasure Pillars?

Accepted Answer

A)  Shirin Neshat 
B)  Zhang Huan 
C)  Tahereh Saffarzadeh 
D)  Shahzia Sikander 
A)  Shirin Neshat 
B)  Zhang Huan 
C)  Tahereh Saffarzadeh 
D)  Shahzia Sikander D

Question 3

What might have been the original appeal of the Theater of the Absurd as presented in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot?

Accepted Answer

Essay responses should include these points:
•	Waiting for Godot contains stage conventions that were new when the play first appeared; the stage is essentially barren during the entire play.
•	The play progresses with no progress, forcing the audience to come to terms with the reality of a non-plot.
•	The play contains no development, no conclusion, and no resolution.
•	In an attempt to mirror life, it is illogical and irrational.

Question 4

Describe Jackson Pollock's method for creating an "action painting."

Accepted Answer

Essay responses should include these poi

Question 5

Who wrote Slaughterhouse-Five,narrated by a survivor of the Allied fire-bombing of Dresden?

Accepted Answer

A)  Kurt Vonnegut 
B)  Ralph Ellison 
C)  Jean-Paul Sartre 
D)  James Baldwin 
A)  Kurt Vonnegut 
B)  Ralph Ellison 
C)  Jean-Paul Sartre 
D)  James Baldwin

Question 6

Who wrote Waiting for Godot,which features two characters,Vladimir and Estragon,waiting and doing nothing?

Accepted Answer

A)  Edward Albee 
B)  Joseph Heller 
C)  Tom Stoppard 
D)  Samuel Beckett 
A)  Edward Albee 
B)  Joseph Heller 
C)  Tom Stoppard 
D)  Samuel Beckett

Question 7

Discuss the relationship between Pop Art and its commercial sources.

Accepted Answer

Essay responses should include these poi

Question 8

Summarize the Guerrilla Girls' intentions and their methods for achieving them.

Accepted Answer

Essay responses should include these poi

Question 9

Whose poems contributed to the development of hip-hop?

Accepted Answer

A)  John-Paul Sartre 
B)  Aaron Copland 
C)  Gil Scott-Heron 
D)  Ralph Ellison 
A)  John-Paul Sartre 
B)  Aaron Copland 
C)  Gil Scott-Heron 
D)  Ralph Ellison

Question 10

Sartre's existential perspective includes only one certainty:

Accepted Answer

A)  death. 
B)  inequality. 
C)  human greed. 
D)  God. 
A)  death. 
B)  inequality. 
C)  human greed. 
D)  God.

Question 11

Which of the following literary pieces includes a scene in which "a valet greets Monsieur Garcin as he enters the room that will be his eternal hell"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Being and Nothingness 
B)  No Exit 
C)  The Second Sex 
D)  The Stranger 
A)  Being and Nothingness 
B)  No Exit 
C)  The Second Sex 
D)  The Stranger

Question 12

Who is the author of "Child of the Americas," which reflects on the distinctive culture group inside the United States and was created by North Americans of Hispanic descent?

Accepted Answer

A)  Alejo Carpentier 
B)  Aurora Levins Morales 
C)  Gabriel García Marquéz 
D)  Isabel Allende 
A)  Alejo Carpentier 
B)  Aurora Levins Morales 
C)  Gabriel García Marquéz 
D)  Isabel Allende

Question 13

Which of the following best describes the Beat generation writers' unique narratives?

Accepted Answer

A)  a random and continuous chain of undisciplined thought 
B)  a narrative that emphasizes the "meaninglessness" of life 
C)  a directive encouraging change to build strong American industry 
D)  a statement to reflect the Beat isolationist philosophy 
A)  a random and continuous chain of undisciplined thought 
B)  a narrative that emphasizes the "meaninglessness" of life 
C)  a directive encouraging change to build strong American industry 
D)  a statement to reflect the Beat isolationist philosophy

Question 14

Which architect is responsible for the phrase associated with the International style?

Accepted Answer

A)  Frank Lloyd Wright 
B)  Charles Édouard Jenneret-Gris 
C)  Ludwig Mies van der Rohe 
D)  Jeanneret Le Corbusier 
A)  Frank Lloyd Wright 
B)  Charles Édouard Jenneret-Gris 
C)  Ludwig Mies van der Rohe 
D)  Jeanneret Le Corbusier

Question 15

Which of the following events solidified moderate white support for the civil rights movement?

Accepted Answer

A)  the bombing of a Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama 
B)  the arrest of six hundred youth marchers in downtown Birmingham 
C)  the incarceration of Reverend Martin Luther King 
D)  the boycott of Alabama stores and markets 
A)  the bombing of a Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama 
B)  the arrest of six hundred youth marchers in downtown Birmingham 
C)  the incarceration of Reverend Martin Luther King 
D)  the boycott of Alabama stores and markets

Question 16

The Beat generation is best described as

Accepted Answer

A)  a generation rebelling against the conformity of the postwar American status quo. 
B)  a generation aware of their own ability to separate from the political process and form independent political affiliations. 
C)  a generation motivated to engage commercially and promote industry. 
D)  a generation that embraced looking back, especially to prewar styles, reflecting "nostalgia" in the clothes, art, and sculpture of an earlier era. 
A)  a generation rebelling against the conformity of the postwar American status quo. 
B)  a generation aware of their own ability to separate from the political process and form independent political affiliations. 
C)  a generation motivated to engage commercially and promote industry. 
D)  a generation that embraced looking back, especially to prewar styles, reflecting "nostalgia" in the clothes, art, and sculpture of an earlier era.

Question 17

What of the following phrases describes Waiting for Godot and characterizes it as Theater of the Absurd?

Accepted Answer

A)  the promise of action and the realization of no action 
B)  the promise and articulation of life's theoretical meaning 
C)  a diatribe of political aggrandizement 
D)  a promise of social consciousness for equality 
A)  the promise of action and the realization of no action 
B)  the promise and articulation of life's theoretical meaning 
C)  a diatribe of political aggrandizement 
D)  a promise of social consciousness for equality

Question 18

During the 1960s,which of the following U.S.cities was considered the center of the civil rights movement?

Accepted Answer

A)  Berkeley, California 
B)  Birmingham, Alabama 
C)  Chicago, Illinois 
D)  New York City, New York 
A)  Berkeley, California 
B)  Birmingham, Alabama 
C)  Chicago, Illinois 
D)  New York City, New York

Question 19

Which of the following is most closely associated with a method that involved diluting paint "almost to the consistency of watercolor and then pouring it onto unprimed cotton canvas to achieve giant stains of color that suggest landscape," as seen in The Bay?

Accepted Answer

A)  Helen Frankenthaler 
B)  Mark Rothko 
C)  Alexander Calder 
D)  Joan Mitchell 
A)  Helen Frankenthaler 
B)  Mark Rothko 
C)  Alexander Calder 
D)  Joan Mitchell

Question 20

The term "Pop Art" came to refer to art that reflects

Accepted Answer

A)  the political agenda of the industrial state. 
B)  consumer culture as its theme. 
C)  the dynamic wave of social protest movements. 
D)  the existential angst of the postwar era. 
A)  the political agenda of the industrial state. 
B)  consumer culture as its theme. 
C)  the dynamic wave of social protest movements. 
D)  the existential angst of the postwar era.

What is the most famous line from Sartre's play No Exit?

Who combines training in miniature painting with contemporary art styles to create such works as Pleasure Pillars?

What might have been the original appeal of the Theater of the Absurd as presented in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot?

Describe Jackson Pollock's method for creating an "action painting."

Who wrote Slaughterhouse-Five,narrated by a survivor of the Allied fire-bombing of Dresden?

Who wrote Waiting for Godot,which features two characters,Vladimir and Estragon,waiting and doing nothing?

Discuss the relationship between Pop Art and its commercial sources.

Summarize the Guerrilla Girls' intentions and their methods for achieving them.

Whose poems contributed to the development of hip-hop?

Sartre's existential perspective includes only one certainty:

Which of the following literary pieces includes a scene in which "a valet greets Monsieur Garcin as he enters the room that will be his eternal hell"?

Who is the author of "Child of the Americas," which reflects on the distinctive culture group inside the United States and was created by North Americans of Hispanic descent?

Which of the following best describes the Beat generation writers' unique narratives?

Which architect is responsible for the phrase associated with the International style?

Which of the following events solidified moderate white support for the civil rights movement?

The Beat generation is best described as

What of the following phrases describes Waiting for Godot and characterizes it as Theater of the Absurd?

During the 1960s,which of the following U.S.cities was considered the center of the civil rights movement?

Which of the following is most closely associated with a method that involved diluting paint "almost to the consistency of watercolor and then pouring it onto unprimed cotton canvas to achieve giant stains of color that suggest landscape," as seen in The Bay?

The term "Pop Art" came to refer to art that reflects

The Prehistoric Past and the Earliest Civilizations

The Greek World

Empire

The Flowering of Religion

Fiefdom and Monastery, pilgrimage and Crusade

The Gothic and the Rebirth of Naturalism

The Renaissance

Renaissance and Reformation in the North

Encounter and Confrontation

The Counter-Reformation and the Baroque

Enlightenment and Rococo

The Age of Revolution

The Working Class and the Bourgeoisie

The Modernist World

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Exam 15: Decades of Change

What is the most famous line from Sartre's play No Exit?

Who combines training in miniature painting with contemporary art styles to create such works as Pleasure Pillars?

What might have been the original appeal of the Theater of the Absurd as presented in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot?

Describe Jackson Pollock's method for creating an "action painting."

Who wrote Slaughterhouse-Five,narrated by a survivor of the Allied fire-bombing of Dresden?

Who wrote Waiting for Godot,which features two characters,Vladimir and Estragon,waiting and doing nothing?

Discuss the relationship between Pop Art and its commercial sources.

Summarize the Guerrilla Girls' intentions and their methods for achieving them.

Whose poems contributed to the development of hip-hop?

Sartre's existential perspective includes only one certainty:

Which of the following literary pieces includes a scene in which "a valet greets Monsieur Garcin as he enters the room that will be his eternal hell"?

Who is the author of "Child of the Americas," which reflects on the distinctive culture group inside the United States and was created by North Americans of Hispanic descent?

Which of the following best describes the Beat generation writers' unique narratives?

Which architect is responsible for the phrase associated with the International style?

Which of the following events solidified moderate white support for the civil rights movement?

The Beat generation is best described as

What of the following phrases describes Waiting for Godot and characterizes it as Theater of the Absurd?

During the 1960s,which of the following U.S.cities was considered the center of the civil rights movement?

Which of the following is most closely associated with a method that involved diluting paint "almost to the consistency of watercolor and then pouring it onto unprimed cotton canvas to achieve giant stains of color that suggest landscape," as seen in The Bay?

The term "Pop Art" came to refer to art that reflects

The Prehistoric Past and the Earliest Civilizations

The Greek World

Empire

The Flowering of Religion

Fiefdom and Monastery, pilgrimage and Crusade

The Gothic and the Rebirth of Naturalism

The Renaissance

Renaissance and Reformation in the North

Encounter and Confrontation

The Counter-Reformation and the Baroque

Enlightenment and Rococo

The Age of Revolution

The Working Class and the Bourgeoisie

The Modernist World

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