Question 1

Kabuki and Noh are

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A) characters in a Japanese play. 
B) Japanese playwrights. 
C) types of Japanese theater. 
D) types of Japanese actors. 
A) characters in a Japanese play. 
B) Japanese playwrights. 
C) types of Japanese theater. 
D) types of Japanese actors. C

Question 2

The sailors' apparent indifference in Degas' A Fair Wind suggests

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A) a child's perspective. 
B) an inability to depict three-dimensional space. 
C) a candid photograph. 
D) that the figures are drunk. 
A) a child's perspective. 
B) an inability to depict three-dimensional space. 
C) a candid photograph. 
D) that the figures are drunk. C

Question 3

The expedition that forced Japan to end its isolation policy was led by

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A) Charles Darwin. 
B) Vasco da Gama. 
C) Henry Hudson. 
D) Matthew Perry. 
A) Charles Darwin. 
B) Vasco da Gama. 
C) Henry Hudson. 
D) Matthew Perry. D

Question 4

The philosophy of "art for art's sake" is basically

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A) formalist. 
B) iconographic. 
C) feminist. 
D) Marxist. 
E) semiotic. 
A) formalist. 
B) iconographic. 
C) feminist. 
D) Marxist. 
E) semiotic.

Question 5

The "pot of paint.....in the public's face" referred to

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A) Monet's palette. 
B) The Falling Rocket. 
C) Renoir's thick brush strokes. 
D) Degas' broken color. 
A) Monet's palette. 
B) The Falling Rocket. 
C) Renoir's thick brush strokes. 
D) Degas' broken color.

Question 6

The façade of the Paris Opéra is

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A) Classical in style. 
B) Realist in style. 
C) Impressionist in style. 
D) Baroque in style. 
A) Classical in style. 
B) Realist in style. 
C) Impressionist in style. 
D) Baroque in style.

Question 7

Ukiyo-e refers to

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A) a transient world. 
B) a Japanese play. 
C) a Japanese courtesan. 
D) a kind of kimono. 
A) a transient world. 
B) a Japanese play. 
C) a Japanese courtesan. 
D) a kind of kimono.

Question 8

The Café Guerbois was

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A) a nightclub in Paris. 
B) a meeting place for artists. 
C) a bourgeois coffee shop. 
D) the title of an Impressionist painting. 
A) a nightclub in Paris. 
B) a meeting place for artists. 
C) a bourgeois coffee shop. 
D) the title of an Impressionist painting.

Question 9

Which is the LEAST typical subject in Impressionism?

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A) café scenes 
B) military scenes 
C) circus scenes 
D) landscapes 
E) theaters and concerts 
A) café scenes 
B) military scenes 
C) circus scenes 
D) landscapes 
E) theaters and concerts

Question 10

Edo refers to

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A) the U.S.expeditionary force's command vessel. 
B) a Chinese painter. 
C) the former name of Tokyo. 
D) the former name of Shanghai. 
E) a kind of Japanese theater. 
A) the U.S.expeditionary force's command vessel. 
B) a Chinese painter. 
C) the former name of Tokyo. 
D) the former name of Shanghai. 
E) a kind of Japanese theater.

Question 11

A particular aspect of Haussmann's renovations of Paris that appealed to Impressionist painters was

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A) the slums. 
B) the department stores. 
C) the boulevards. 
D) the restaurants. 
E) the Opéra. 
A) the slums. 
B) the department stores. 
C) the boulevards. 
D) the restaurants. 
E) the Opéra.

Question 12

Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergère is an example of

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A) Realism. 
B) still life. 
C) portraiture. 
D) cropped view. 
A) Realism. 
B) still life. 
C) portraiture. 
D) cropped view.

Question 13

The Second Empire refers to

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A) Napoleon I's Empire. 
B) Napoleon II's Empire. 
C) the period in which Napoleon I's nephew ruled France. 
D) the period in which Napoleon II's son ruled France. 
A) Napoleon I's Empire. 
B) Napoleon II's Empire. 
C) the period in which Napoleon I's nephew ruled France. 
D) the period in which Napoleon II's son ruled France.

Question 14

Which is NOT a feature of Manet's Zola?

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A) Olympia 
B) a Japanese print 
C) a Chinese screen 
D) Velázquez's The Drinkers 
A) Olympia 
B) a Japanese print 
C) a Chinese screen 
D) Velázquez's The Drinkers

Question 15

Which is NOT an example of photographic influence on the Impressionist style?

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A) the cropped viewpoint 
B) the slanted floor 
C) the silhouette 
D) blurring 
E) a preference for black and white over color 
A) the cropped viewpoint 
B) the slanted floor 
C) the silhouette 
D) blurring 
E) a preference for black and white over color

Question 16

Balzac was

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A) an Impressionist sculptor. 
B) a French novelist. 
C) a French photographer. 
D) a French actor. 
A) an Impressionist sculptor. 
B) a French novelist. 
C) a French photographer. 
D) a French actor.

Question 17

Which artist sketched ballerinas from the wings of the stage?

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A) Monet 
B) Manet 
C) Renoir 
D) Degas 
A) Monet 
B) Manet 
C) Renoir 
D) Degas

Question 18

The water in the Garden at Sainte-Adresse is an example of

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A) broken color. 
B) silhouetting. 
C) flat color. 
D) a pure hue. 
A) broken color. 
B) silhouetting. 
C) flat color. 
D) a pure hue.

Question 19

The amount awarded Whistler in his successful libel suit was

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A) one pence. 
B) one shilling. 
C) one pound. 
D) one farthing. 
A) one pence. 
B) one shilling. 
C) one pound. 
D) one farthing.

Question 20

The two greatest woodblock artists who emphasized landscape were

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A) Hiroshige and Hokusai. 
B) Utagawa and Utamaro. 
C) Kuniyoshi and Kinisada. 
D) Utamaro and Kuniyoshi. 
A) Hiroshige and Hokusai. 
B) Utagawa and Utamaro. 
C) Kuniyoshi and Kinisada. 
D) Utamaro and Kuniyoshi.

Exam 22: Nineteenth-Century Impressionism

Kabuki and Noh are

The sailors' apparent indifference in Degas' A Fair Wind suggests

The expedition that forced Japan to end its isolation policy was led by

The philosophy of "art for art's sake" is basically

The "pot of paint.....in the public's face" referred to

The façade of the Paris Opéra is

Ukiyo-e refers to

The Café Guerbois was

Which is the LEAST typical subject in Impressionism?

Edo refers to

A particular aspect of Haussmann's renovations of Paris that appealed to Impressionist painters was

Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergère is an example of

The Second Empire refers to

Which is NOT a feature of Manet's Zola?

Which is NOT an example of photographic influence on the Impressionist style?

Balzac was

Which artist sketched ballerinas from the wings of the stage?

The water in the Garden at Sainte-Adresse is an example of

The amount awarded Whistler in his successful libel suit was

The two greatest woodblock artists who emphasized landscape were

The Art of Prehistory

The Ancient Near East

Ancient Egypt

The Aegean

The Art of Ancient Greece

The Art of the Etruscans

Ancient Rome

Jewish, Early Christian and Byzantine Art

The Early Middle Ages

Romanesque Art

Gothic Art

Precursors of the Renaissance

The Early Renaissance

The High Renaissance in Italy

Mannerism and the Later Sixteenth Century in Italy

Sixteenth-Century Painting in Northern Europe

The Baroque Style in Western Europe

Rococo and the Eighteenth Century

Neoclassicism: The Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries

Romanticism: The Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries

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Post-Impressionism and the Late Nineteenth Century

Turn of the Century: Early Picasso, Fauvism, Expressionism, and Matisse

Cubism, Futurism, and Related Twentieth-Century Styles

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