Question 1

A fugue is composed of multiple instrumental parts.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

__________ painted The Night Watch in 1642 to represent the Amsterdam civic guard.

Accepted Answer

A)  Pieter de Hooch 
B)  Peter Paul Rubens 
C)  Judith Leyster 
D)  Clara Peeters 
E)  Rembrandt van Rijn 
A)  Pieter de Hooch 
B)  Peter Paul Rubens 
C)  Judith Leyster 
D)  Clara Peeters 
E)  Rembrandt van Rijn E

Question 3

Miguel de Cervantes developed the picaresque, a form of novel that details the life of a rogue or knave who wanders from adventure to adventure.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

__________ contended that the human mind is at birth a tabula rasa.

Accepted Answer

A)  John Locke 
B)  Jean-Paul Sartre 
C)  René Descartes 
D)  Thomas Hobbes 
E)  Gottfried Leibniz 
A)  John Locke 
B)  Jean-Paul Sartre 
C)  René Descartes 
D)  Thomas Hobbes 
E)  Gottfried Leibniz

Question 5

Handel's Messiah possesses a __________ tone.

Accepted Answer

A)  mournful 
B)  celebratory 
C)  conciliatory 
D)  solemn 
E)  both B and D 
A)  mournful 
B)  celebratory 
C)  conciliatory 
D)  solemn 
E)  both B and D

Question 6

What were the consequences of the Thirty Years' War?

Accepted Answer

The consequences of the Thirty Years' Wa

Question 7

Explain how Diego Velázquez' Las Meninas can be classified as both a genre scene and a formal portrait.

Accepted Answer

Diego Velázquez' Las Meninas can be clas

Question 8

Give an example of how Baroque architecture could function as a signifier of power.
Essay

Accepted Answer

One example of how Baroque architecture

Question 9

A __________ is composed of three or four independent parts of which one part, or voice, states a theme, which is then imitated in succession by each of the others.

Accepted Answer

A)  fugue 
B)  cantata 
C)  madrigal 
D)  both B and C 
E)  none of the above 
A)  fugue 
B)  cantata 
C)  madrigal 
D)  both B and C 
E)  none of the above

Question 10

Pope Paul V commissioned __________ as Vatican architect to convert Michelangelo's Greek plan into a traditional Latin-cross plan.

Accepted Answer

A)  Leon Battista Alberti 
B)  Andrea Palladio 
C)  Gianlorenzo Bernini 
D)  Francesco Borromini 
E)  Carlo Maderno 
A)  Leon Battista Alberti 
B)  Andrea Palladio 
C)  Gianlorenzo Bernini 
D)  Francesco Borromini 
E)  Carlo Maderno

Question 11

John Donne's A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning, is recognized for its extended analogy comparing lovers to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  a sunrise 
B)  a telescopic lens 
C)  trees in a forest 
D)  the two feet of a geometrician's compass 
E)  planets in orbit 
A)  a sunrise 
B)  a telescopic lens 
C)  trees in a forest 
D)  the two feet of a geometrician's compass 
E)  planets in orbit

Question 12

Explore the spread of Baroque style to conquered people, for example those of the Americas, through an examination of at least one architecture and one literary piece.

Accepted Answer

The spread of Baroque style to conquered

Question 13

__________ invented the concerto.

Accepted Answer

A)  Claudio Monteverdi 
B)  Johann Sebastian Bach 
C)  Arcangelo Corelli 
D)  Antonio Vivaldi 
E)  Henry Purcell 
A)  Claudio Monteverdi 
B)  Johann Sebastian Bach 
C)  Arcangelo Corelli 
D)  Antonio Vivaldi 
E)  Henry Purcell

Question 14

Peter Paul Rubens was highly successful during his time; in fact, he is arguably the most successful artist of his age with over two hundred painters and students working in his Antwerp studio.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Give an example of "drama and theatricality" in Baroque art.

Accepted Answer

An exemplary illustration of "drama and

Question 16

__________ was in charge of her family's Bologna shop and supported her parents and three siblings through the sale of paintings that appealed to patrons with their sentimentality, such as the Virgin and Child of 1663.

Accepted Answer

A)  Artemisia Gentileschi 
B)  Judith Leyster 
C)  Elisabetta Sirani 
D)  Rachel Ruysch 
E)  Clara Peeters 
A)  Artemisia Gentileschi 
B)  Judith Leyster 
C)  Elisabetta Sirani 
D)  Rachel Ruysch 
E)  Clara Peeters

Question 17

To what can one attribute the development and rise of interest in still lives during the Baroque? Moreover, how are these images visual encapsulations of the idea of vanitas?

Accepted Answer

One can attribute the development and ri

Question 18

The plays of __________ "concentrate on the moral dilemmas of the Greek tragedies."

Accepted Answer

A)  Molière 
B)  John Donne 
C)  Jean Racine 
D)  Anne Bradstreet 
E)  Pierre Corneille 
A)  Molière 
B)  John Donne 
C)  Jean Racine 
D)  Anne Bradstreet 
E)  Pierre Corneille

Question 19

__________ achieved the zenith of the illusionist ceiling fresco in Triumph of St.Ignatius of Loyola that dates to 1691-94.

Accepted Answer

A)  Caravaggio 
B)  Fra Andrea Pozzo 
C)  Annibale Caracci 
D)  Pieter Bruegel 
E)  Artemisia Gentileschi 
A)  Caravaggio 
B)  Fra Andrea Pozzo 
C)  Annibale Caracci 
D)  Pieter Bruegel 
E)  Artemisia Gentileschi

Question 20

__________ is the most celebrated painting of Diego Velázquez in part because of the intriguing fact that it crosses the genres of portrait and genre painting.

Accepted Answer

A)  Boy Playing a Flute 
B)  John Wilkins DD 
C)  Jolly Toper 
D)  Portrait of Charles I at the Hunt 
E)  Las Meninas 
A)  Boy Playing a Flute 
B)  John Wilkins DD 
C)  Jolly Toper 
D)  Portrait of Charles I at the Hunt 
E)  Las Meninas

A fugue is composed of multiple instrumental parts.

__________ painted The Night Watch in 1642 to represent the Amsterdam civic guard.

Miguel de Cervantes developed the picaresque, a form of novel that details the life of a rogue or knave who wanders from adventure to adventure.

__________ contended that the human mind is at birth a tabula rasa.

Handel's Messiah possesses a __________ tone.

What were the consequences of the Thirty Years' War?

Explain how Diego Velázquez' Las Meninas can be classified as both a genre scene and a formal portrait.

Give an example of how Baroque architecture could function as a signifier of power. Essay

A __________ is composed of three or four independent parts of which one part, or voice, states a theme, which is then imitated in succession by each of the others.

Pope Paul V commissioned __________ as Vatican architect to convert Michelangelo's Greek plan into a traditional Latin-cross plan.

John Donne's A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning, is recognized for its extended analogy comparing lovers to __________.

Explore the spread of Baroque style to conquered people, for example those of the Americas, through an examination of at least one architecture and one literary piece.

__________ invented the concerto.

Peter Paul Rubens was highly successful during his time; in fact, he is arguably the most successful artist of his age with over two hundred painters and students working in his Antwerp studio.

Give an example of "drama and theatricality" in Baroque art.

__________ was in charge of her family's Bologna shop and supported her parents and three siblings through the sale of paintings that appealed to patrons with their sentimentality, such as the Virgin and Child of 1663.

To what can one attribute the development and rise of interest in still lives during the Baroque? Moreover, how are these images visual encapsulations of the idea of vanitas?

The plays of __________ "concentrate on the moral dilemmas of the Greek tragedies."

__________ achieved the zenith of the illusionist ceiling fresco in Triumph of St.Ignatius of Loyola that dates to 1691-94.

__________ is the most celebrated painting of Diego Velázquez in part because of the intriguing fact that it crosses the genres of portrait and genre painting.

The Renaissance and Mannerism

The Renaissance in Northern Europe

The Eighteenth Century

Romanticism and Realism

Impressionism and Post-Impressionism

Chinese Civilization after the Thirteenth Century

Japanese Civilization after the Fifteenth Century

Modern Africa and Latin America

Early Twentieth Century

Mid-Twentieth Century and Later

Diversity in Contemporary Life

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Exam 3: The Baroque Age

A fugue is composed of multiple instrumental parts.

__________ painted The Night Watch in 1642 to represent the Amsterdam civic guard.

Miguel de Cervantes developed the picaresque, a form of novel that details the life of a rogue or knave who wanders from adventure to adventure.

__________ contended that the human mind is at birth a tabula rasa.

Handel's Messiah possesses a __________ tone.

What were the consequences of the Thirty Years' War?

Explain how Diego Velázquez' Las Meninas can be classified as both a genre scene and a formal portrait.

Give an example of how Baroque architecture could function as a signifier of power. Essay

A __________ is composed of three or four independent parts of which one part, or voice, states a theme, which is then imitated in succession by each of the others.

Pope Paul V commissioned __________ as Vatican architect to convert Michelangelo's Greek plan into a traditional Latin-cross plan.

John Donne's A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning, is recognized for its extended analogy comparing lovers to __________.

Explore the spread of Baroque style to conquered people, for example those of the Americas, through an examination of at least one architecture and one literary piece.

__________ invented the concerto.

Peter Paul Rubens was highly successful during his time; in fact, he is arguably the most successful artist of his age with over two hundred painters and students working in his Antwerp studio.

Give an example of "drama and theatricality" in Baroque art.

__________ was in charge of her family's Bologna shop and supported her parents and three siblings through the sale of paintings that appealed to patrons with their sentimentality, such as the Virgin and Child of 1663.

To what can one attribute the development and rise of interest in still lives during the Baroque? Moreover, how are these images visual encapsulations of the idea of vanitas?

The plays of __________ "concentrate on the moral dilemmas of the Greek tragedies."

__________ achieved the zenith of the illusionist ceiling fresco in Triumph of St.Ignatius of Loyola that dates to 1691-94.

__________ is the most celebrated painting of Diego Velázquez in part because of the intriguing fact that it crosses the genres of portrait and genre painting.

The Renaissance and Mannerism

The Renaissance in Northern Europe

The Eighteenth Century

Romanticism and Realism

Impressionism and Post-Impressionism

Chinese Civilization after the Thirteenth Century

Japanese Civilization after the Fifteenth Century

Modern Africa and Latin America

Early Twentieth Century

Mid-Twentieth Century and Later

Diversity in Contemporary Life

Filters