Question 1

Which is NOT true of the Brooklyn Bridge?

Accepted Answer

A) It was designed by the Roeblings. 
B) It has Gothic arches. 
C) It has four huge parallel cables. 
D) It was the first use of steel wire in a bridge. 
E) It connects Brooklyn with the Bronx. 
A) It was designed by the Roeblings. 
B) It has Gothic arches. 
C) It has four huge parallel cables. 
D) It was the first use of steel wire in a bridge. 
E) It connects Brooklyn with the Bronx. E

Question 2

Who co-wrote the Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx?

Accepted Answer

A) Baudelaire 
B) Engels 
C) Dickens 
D) Balzac 
E) Zola 
A) Baudelaire 
B) Engels 
C) Dickens 
D) Balzac 
E) Zola B

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT a painting by Courbet?

Accepted Answer

A) Stone Breakers 
B) Interior of My Studio 
C) Third-Class Carriage 
D) Burial at Ornans 
A) Stone Breakers 
B) Interior of My Studio 
C) Third-Class Carriage 
D) Burial at Ornans C

Question 4

The central group in Courbet's My Studio includes

Accepted Answer

A) a boy, a cat, a painter, a woman, and a landscape. 
B) a juggler, a crucifix, a cat, and a painter. 
C) a painter, a woman, a boy, and a journalist. 
D) a painter, a woman, a boy, and a peddler. 
A) a boy, a cat, a painter, a woman, and a landscape. 
B) a juggler, a crucifix, a cat, and a painter. 
C) a painter, a woman, a boy, and a journalist. 
D) a painter, a woman, a boy, and a peddler.

Question 5

Which of the following correctly matches writer with work?

Accepted Answer

A) Melville - Uncle Tom's Cabin 
B) Alcott - Far From the Madding Crowd 
C) Thoreau - Leaves of Grass 
D) Darwin - Origin of Species 
A) Melville - Uncle Tom's Cabin 
B) Alcott - Far From the Madding Crowd 
C) Thoreau - Leaves of Grass 
D) Darwin - Origin of Species

Question 6

Gargantua is a (an)

Accepted Answer

A) tyrant. 
B) greedy king. 
C) good-natured giant. 
D) gargoyle. 
E) ogre from French folklore. 
A) tyrant. 
B) greedy king. 
C) good-natured giant. 
D) gargoyle. 
E) ogre from French folklore.

Question 7

Courbet's patron,who financed the Realist exhibition,was

Accepted Answer

A) Baudelaire. 
B) Zola. 
C) Flaubert. 
D) Bruyas. 
A) Baudelaire. 
B) Zola. 
C) Flaubert. 
D) Bruyas.

Question 8

In Modern Painters,Ruskin wrote a defense of

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A) Constable. 
B) Turner. 
C) Cole. 
D) Nash. 
E) Millais. 
A) Constable. 
B) Turner. 
C) Cole. 
D) Nash. 
E) Millais.

Question 9

Daumier was sentenced to jail for

Accepted Answer

A) fraud. 
B) satirizing the king. 
C) revolutionary activities. 
D) defending freedom of the press. 
E) forgery. 
A) fraud. 
B) satirizing the king. 
C) revolutionary activities. 
D) defending freedom of the press. 
E) forgery.

Question 10

Which is NOT a feature of the Pre-Raphaelites' style?

Accepted Answer

A) pastel colors 
B) clear edges 
C) erotic subtexts 
D) figuration 
A) pastel colors 
B) clear edges 
C) erotic subtexts 
D) figuration

Question 11

Which is NOT true of the Statue of Liberty?

Accepted Answer

A) It was sculpted by Bartholdi. 
B) Its frame was wrought by Eiffel. 
C) It is on Ellis Island. 
D) It was constructed from 1875 to 1884. 
A) It was sculpted by Bartholdi. 
B) Its frame was wrought by Eiffel. 
C) It is on Ellis Island. 
D) It was constructed from 1875 to 1884.

Question 12

Which was NOT among the advantages of the Crystal Palace?

Accepted Answer

A) It was fireproof. 
B) It was prefabricated. 
C) It was relatively inexpensive. 
D) It was constructed quickly. 
A) It was fireproof. 
B) It was prefabricated. 
C) It was relatively inexpensive. 
D) It was constructed quickly.

Question 13

Critics objected to Déjeunersur l'Herbe because

Accepted Answer

A) it was not sufficiently Classical. 
B) it was not colorful enough. 
C) it contained the artist's self-portrait. 
D) it was too much like a Renaissance painting. 
A) it was not sufficiently Classical. 
B) it was not colorful enough. 
C) it contained the artist's self-portrait. 
D) it was too much like a Renaissance painting.

Question 14

For most of his life Daumier made a living

Accepted Answer

A) as a painter. 
B) as a caricaturist. 
C) as a cartoonist. 
D) as a photographer. 
A) as a painter. 
B) as a caricaturist. 
C) as a cartoonist. 
D) as a photographer.

Question 15

Manet's Olympia was inspired by

Accepted Answer

A) the RokebyVenus. 
B) the Venus of Urbino. 
C) Ingres' Grande Odalisque. 
D) Canova's Pauline. 
A) the RokebyVenus. 
B) the Venus of Urbino. 
C) Ingres' Grande Odalisque. 
D) Canova's Pauline.

Question 16

________ painted realistic scenes of poor and oppressed peoples.

Accepted Answer

A) Courbet 
B) Millet 
C) Daumier 
D) All these answers are correct. 
A) Courbet 
B) Millet 
C) Daumier 
D) All these answers are correct.

Question 17

Until the middle of the nineteenth century,bridges were designed according to what method?

Accepted Answer

A) suspension 
B) cantilever 
C) truss 
D) post-and-lintel 
A) suspension 
B) cantilever 
C) truss 
D) post-and-lintel

Question 18

Rosa Bonheur was particularly drawn to images of

Accepted Answer

A) lions. 
B) athletes. 
C) horses. 
D) city life. 
A) lions. 
B) athletes. 
C) horses. 
D) city life.

Question 19

The leading American Civil War photographer was

Accepted Answer

A) Robert 
B) Matthew Brady. 
C) Nadar. 
D) Fox Talbot. 
E) Lee. 
A) Robert 
B) Matthew Brady. 
C) Nadar. 
D) Fox Talbot. 
E) Lee.

Question 20

Nadar's Le Géant was

Accepted Answer

A) a painting. 
B) a photograph. 
C) a balloon. 
D) a folktale. 
A) a painting. 
B) a photograph. 
C) a balloon. 
D) a folktale.

Exam 21: Nineteenth-Century Realism

Which is NOT true of the Brooklyn Bridge?

Who co-wrote the Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx?

Which of the following is NOT a painting by Courbet?

The central group in Courbet's My Studio includes

Which of the following correctly matches writer with work?

Gargantua is a (an)

Courbet's patron,who financed the Realist exhibition,was

In Modern Painters,Ruskin wrote a defense of

Daumier was sentenced to jail for

Which is NOT a feature of the Pre-Raphaelites' style?

Which is NOT true of the Statue of Liberty?

Which was NOT among the advantages of the Crystal Palace?

Critics objected to Déjeunersur l'Herbe because

For most of his life Daumier made a living

Manet's Olympia was inspired by

________ painted realistic scenes of poor and oppressed peoples.

Until the middle of the nineteenth century,bridges were designed according to what method?

Rosa Bonheur was particularly drawn to images of

The leading American Civil War photographer was

Nadar's Le Géant was

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