Question 1

In his operas why did Wagner shift the melodic element from the singer to the orchestra?

Accepted Answer

A) To indicate breaks in the action 
B) To overwhelm the audiences' ears 
C) To make the words more understandable 
D) To synthesize the words and the music 
A) To indicate breaks in the action 
B) To overwhelm the audiences' ears 
C) To make the words more understandable 
D) To synthesize the words and the music C

Question 2

In Germinal why was Zola able to portray the plight of the French coal miner so realistically?

Accepted Answer

A) He came from a coal mining family 
B) He went into a mine to research it 
C) He had worked in a mine in his teens 
D) He had read Charles Dickens's novels 
A) He came from a coal mining family 
B) He went into a mine to research it 
C) He had worked in a mine in his teens 
D) He had read Charles Dickens's novels B

Question 3

How did George Sand challenge sexual stereotypes?

Accepted Answer

A) Writing novels about female sexual desire 
B) Using a man's name and dressing as a man 
C) Being both father and mother to her children 
D) Having herself appointed to the French cabinet 
A) Writing novels about female sexual desire 
B) Using a man's name and dressing as a man 
C) Being both father and mother to her children 
D) Having herself appointed to the French cabinet B

Question 4

Why did Charles Garnier design the façade of the Paris Opera House to be a merger of Neoclassical and Baroque?

Accepted Answer

A) To satisfy liberals and nationalists 
B) To highlight the best of both styles 
C) To reflect a new imperial style 
D) To cut expenses by using existing parts 
A) To satisfy liberals and nationalists 
B) To highlight the best of both styles 
C) To reflect a new imperial style 
D) To cut expenses by using existing parts

Question 5

Why did Wagner design the orchestra to be underneath the stage of the Bayreuth Festspielhaus?

Accepted Answer

A) To open up more space for seating 
B) To draw the audience closer to the stage 
C) To make the Festspielhaus distinctly German 
D) To soften the sound of the orchestra 
A) To open up more space for seating 
B) To draw the audience closer to the stage 
C) To make the Festspielhaus distinctly German 
D) To soften the sound of the orchestra

Question 6

Compare a Wagner opera to an Offenbach operetta,focusing on why one was popular with the French and one was not.

Accepted Answer

Wagner's operas, such as "Tristan und Is

Question 7

Define literary naturalism,and provide two examples Émile Zola's works.

Accepted Answer

Literary naturalism is a literary moveme

Question 8

According to Baudelaire,what was the greatest job of the flâneur (man-about-town)like himself and Édouard Manet?

Accepted Answer

A) To seduce women 
B) To create poetry and art 
C) To challenge authority 
D) To shock the bourgeoisie 
A) To seduce women 
B) To create poetry and art 
C) To challenge authority 
D) To shock the bourgeoisie

Question 9

Matching

Accepted Answer

27-h,28-f,

Question 10

As described in the chapter's "Continuity and Change" section,why does the older woman in Manet's The Gare Saint-Lazare seem resigned to her status as a nineteenth-century French female?

Accepted Answer

A) She sits with her back to the train 
B) She gazes directly at the viewer 
C) She wears her long hair down 
D) She wears dark-colored clothes 
A) She sits with her back to the train 
B) She gazes directly at the viewer 
C) She wears her long hair down 
D) She wears dark-colored clothes

Question 11

Why can Manet's Olympia be viewed as a statement about human slavery?

Accepted Answer

A) Olympia's hands are dirty 
B) Olympia is a prostitute 
C) Olympia is holding money 
D) Olympia's maid is black 
A) Olympia's hands are dirty 
B) Olympia is a prostitute 
C) Olympia is holding money 
D) Olympia's maid is black

Question 12

Compare the two views of nineteenth-century women that George Sand presents in her novel Lélia.

Accepted Answer

In her novel Lélia, George Sand presents

Question 13

For what was Charles Baudelaire's poetry criticized?

Accepted Answer

A) Elaborate metaphors and difficult rhyme 
B) Allusions to obscure classical works 
C) Unconventional themes and subject matter 
D) Harsh meter and absence of rhyme 
A) Elaborate metaphors and difficult rhyme 
B) Allusions to obscure classical works 
C) Unconventional themes and subject matter 
D) Harsh meter and absence of rhyme

Question 14

Identify and explain two ways Édouard Manet's Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (Luncheon on the Grass)was designed not to please but to shock the French Salon-in other words,to fulfill Manet's role as a flâneur.

Accepted Answer

Édouard Manet's Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe

Question 15

In Rigoletto,how does Giuseppe Verdi show his characters' contrasting emotions?

Accepted Answer

A) Using lighting to underscore feelings 
B) Replacing songs with spoken words 
C) Introducing discordant musical elements 
D) Presenting two scenes simultaneously 
A) Using lighting to underscore feelings 
B) Replacing songs with spoken words 
C) Introducing discordant musical elements 
D) Presenting two scenes simultaneously

Question 16

Identify and explain three elements in Olympia that support the view that Manet designed the painting as a statement against slavery.

Accepted Answer

There are several elements in Edouard Ma

Question 17

Why did French audiences react so negatively to Wagner's Tannhäuser?

Accepted Answer

A) Its plot was hopelessly Romantic 
B) It was performed in the German language 
C) Its second-act dance was not a ballet 
D) Its German plot inflamed French hostility 
A) Its plot was hopelessly Romantic 
B) It was performed in the German language 
C) Its second-act dance was not a ballet 
D) Its German plot inflamed French hostility

Question 18

How did Wagner accomplish his new "music drama"-reflections by the orchestra of the stage action?

Accepted Answer

A) With song cycles 
B) With a rondo form 
C) With multiple arias 
D) With leitmotifs 
A) With song cycles 
B) With a rondo form 
C) With multiple arias 
D) With leitmotifs

Question 19

Identify and explain two ways Giuseppe Verdi achieved dramatic realism in his operas.

Accepted Answer

Giuseppe Verdi achieved dramatic realism

Question 20

How does naturalism differ from literary realism?

Accepted Answer

A) More objective 
B) More erotic 
C) More optimistic 
D) More subjective 
A) More objective 
B) More erotic 
C) More optimistic 
D) More subjective

In his operas why did Wagner shift the melodic element from the singer to the orchestra?

In Germinal why was Zola able to portray the plight of the French coal miner so realistically?

How did George Sand challenge sexual stereotypes?

Why did Charles Garnier design the façade of the Paris Opera House to be a merger of Neoclassical and Baroque?

Why did Wagner design the orchestra to be underneath the stage of the Bayreuth Festspielhaus?

Compare a Wagner opera to an Offenbach operetta,focusing on why one was popular with the French and one was not.

Define literary naturalism,and provide two examples Émile Zola's works.

According to Baudelaire,what was the greatest job of the flâneur (man-about-town)like himself and Édouard Manet?

Matching

As described in the chapter's "Continuity and Change" section,why does the older woman in Manet's The Gare Saint-Lazare seem resigned to her status as a nineteenth-century French female?

Why can Manet's Olympia be viewed as a statement about human slavery?

Compare the two views of nineteenth-century women that George Sand presents in her novel Lélia.

For what was Charles Baudelaire's poetry criticized?

Identify and explain two ways Édouard Manet's Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (Luncheon on the Grass)was designed not to please but to shock the French Salon-in other words,to fulfill Manet's role as a flâneur.

In Rigoletto,how does Giuseppe Verdi show his characters' contrasting emotions?

Identify and explain three elements in Olympia that support the view that Manet designed the painting as a statement against slavery.

Why did French audiences react so negatively to Wagner's Tannhäuser?

How did Wagner accomplish his new "music drama"-reflections by the orchestra of the stage action?

Identify and explain two ways Giuseppe Verdi achieved dramatic realism in his operas.

How does naturalism differ from literary realism?

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Exam 29: In Pursuit of Modernity: Paris in the 1850s and 1860s

In his operas why did Wagner shift the melodic element from the singer to the orchestra?

In Germinal why was Zola able to portray the plight of the French coal miner so realistically?

How did George Sand challenge sexual stereotypes?

Why did Charles Garnier design the façade of the Paris Opera House to be a merger of Neoclassical and Baroque?

Why did Wagner design the orchestra to be underneath the stage of the Bayreuth Festspielhaus?

Compare a Wagner opera to an Offenbach operetta,focusing on why one was popular with the French and one was not.

Define literary naturalism,and provide two examples Émile Zola's works.

According to Baudelaire,what was the greatest job of the flâneur (man-about-town)like himself and Édouard Manet?

Matching

As described in the chapter's "Continuity and Change" section,why does the older woman in Manet's The Gare Saint-Lazare seem resigned to her status as a nineteenth-century French female?

Why can Manet's Olympia be viewed as a statement about human slavery?

Compare the two views of nineteenth-century women that George Sand presents in her novel Lélia.

For what was Charles Baudelaire's poetry criticized?

Identify and explain two ways Édouard Manet's Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (Luncheon on the Grass)was designed not to please but to shock the French Salon-in other words,to fulfill Manet's role as a flâneur.

In Rigoletto,how does Giuseppe Verdi show his characters' contrasting emotions?

Identify and explain three elements in Olympia that support the view that Manet designed the painting as a statement against slavery.

Why did French audiences react so negatively to Wagner's Tannhäuser?

How did Wagner accomplish his new "music drama"-reflections by the orchestra of the stage action?

Identify and explain two ways Giuseppe Verdi achieved dramatic realism in his operas.

How does naturalism differ from literary realism?

The Baroque in Italy: The Church and Its Appeal

The Secular Baroque in the North: The Art of Observation

The Baroque Court: Absolute Power and Royal Patronage

The Rise of the Enlightenment in England: The Claims of Reason

The Rococo and the Enlightenment on the Continent: Privilege and Reason

The Rights of Man: Revolution and the Neoclassical Style

The Romantic World View: the Self in Nature and the Nature of Self

Industry and the Working Class: a New Realism

Global Confrontation and Civil War: Challenges to Cultural Identity

The Promise of Renewal: Hope and Possibility in Late Nineteenth-Century Europe

The Course of Empire: Expansion and Conflict in America

The Fin De Siècle: Toward the Modern

The Era of Invention: Paris and the Modern World

The Great War and Its Impact: a Lost Generation and a New Imagination

New York skyscraper Culture and the Jazz Age: Making It New

The Age of Anxiety: Fascism and Depression holocaust and Bomb

After the War: Existential Doubt, artistic Triumph, and the Culture of Consumption

Multiplicity and Diversity: Cultures of Liberation and Identity in the 1960s and 1970s

Without Boundaries: Multiple Meanings in a Postmodern World

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