Question 1

How did the Symbolists present the human experience?

Accepted Answer

A) Describing the reality of human behavior 
B) Suggesting instead of quantifying meaning 
C) Using simple,ordinary themes and motifs 
D) Showing the sexuality and human behavior 
A) Describing the reality of human behavior 
B) Suggesting instead of quantifying meaning 
C) Using simple,ordinary themes and motifs 
D) Showing the sexuality and human behavior

Question 2

In Still Life with Plaster Cast,what does Paul Cézanne seem to be suggesting by the two viewpoints?

Accepted Answer

A) One's point of view determines perception of an object's size 
B) Like color,perspective can be symbolic,charged with feelings 
C) People do not view the world from a single point of view 
D) The human eye can be tricked into focusing on certain details 
A) One's point of view determines perception of an object's size 
B) Like color,perspective can be symbolic,charged with feelings 
C) People do not view the world from a single point of view 
D) The human eye can be tricked into focusing on certain details

Question 3

As described in the chapter's "Continuity and Change" section,what method did Sigmund Freud use to encourage his patients to talk freely?

Accepted Answer

A) Hypnosis 
B) Group therapy 
C) Journaling 
D) Free association 
A) Hypnosis 
B) Group therapy 
C) Journaling 
D) Free association

Question 4

Why did European audiences find the character Nora in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House scandalous?

Accepted Answer

A) For leaving her husband and children 
B) For cheating on her husband 
C) For preferring not to marry 
D) For murdering her abusive husband 
A) For leaving her husband and children 
B) For cheating on her husband 
C) For preferring not to marry 
D) For murdering her abusive husband

Question 5

Compare Nora in Ibsen's A Doll's House to the female in Rodin's The Kiss,explaining why audiences found both females to be scandalous.

Accepted Answer

Nora in Ibsen's A Doll's House and the f

Question 6

Why did Friedrich Nietzsche reject organized religion,going so far as to declare that "God is dead"?

Accepted Answer

A) For producing morality based on fear of punishment 
B) For suppressing people's creative thoughts 
C) For demanding conformity among its members 
D) For denying that people could be heroes 
A) For producing morality based on fear of punishment 
B) For suppressing people's creative thoughts 
C) For demanding conformity among its members 
D) For denying that people could be heroes

Question 7

List and describe three ways the European colonialism of Africa affected the African people.

Accepted Answer

1. Loss of autonomy and self-governance:

Question 8

Why did the southern Africans submit themselves to the prison-like conditions of working in the diamond mines?

Accepted Answer

A) To escape the poverty of their tribes 
B) To earn money to buy Western weapons 
C) To smuggle out some of the diamonds they found 
D) To avoid being enslaved by warring tribes 
A) To escape the poverty of their tribes 
B) To earn money to buy Western weapons 
C) To smuggle out some of the diamonds they found 
D) To avoid being enslaved by warring tribes

Question 9

How did Louis Comfort Tiffany create his Art Nouveau stained glass?

Accepted Answer

A) Adding ground gemstones to the molten glass 
B) Dusting it with gold and silver powder 
C) Mixing different colors of glass together while hot 
D) Placing small dots of two colors very near each other 
A) Adding ground gemstones to the molten glass 
B) Dusting it with gold and silver powder 
C) Mixing different colors of glass together while hot 
D) Placing small dots of two colors very near each other

Question 10

What did Joseph Conrad aim to show in Heart of Darkness?

Accepted Answer

A) The brutality of African natives 
B) The dehumanizing effects of colonialism 
C) The greed of the Belgians in Africa 
D) The dangers of working in a diamond mine 
A) The brutality of African natives 
B) The dehumanizing effects of colonialism 
C) The greed of the Belgians in Africa 
D) The dangers of working in a diamond mine

Question 11

Why at the beginning of the twentieth century were Western powers vying to dominate Africa?

Accepted Answer

A) To control the natural resources and trade routes 
B) To continue "civilizing" the natives through Christianity 
C) To import cheap labor for their Caribbean plantations 
D) To establish colonies for their over-populated countries 
A) To control the natural resources and trade routes 
B) To continue "civilizing" the natives through Christianity 
C) To import cheap labor for their Caribbean plantations 
D) To establish colonies for their over-populated countries

Question 12

In The Night Café,how does Vincent van Gogh express "the terrible passions of humanity"?

Accepted Answer

A) Emphasizing the glare of gas lights 
B) Portraying the patrons as asleep 
C) Blurring features with thick brushstrokes 
D) Garishly contrasting reds and green 
A) Emphasizing the glare of gas lights 
B) Portraying the patrons as asleep 
C) Blurring features with thick brushstrokes 
D) Garishly contrasting reds and green

Question 13

In A Doll's House,what does the doll's house symbolize for Nora?

Accepted Answer

A) Her happy marriage 
B) Her rise from poverty 
C) Her restricted life 
D) Her child-like nature 
A) Her happy marriage 
B) Her rise from poverty 
C) Her restricted life 
D) Her child-like nature

Question 14

Matching

Accepted Answer

31-f,31-e,

Question 15

How did Claude Debussy create a sense of aimless wandering in his Prélude à l'aprés-midi d'un faune?

Accepted Answer

A) Chromatic scales 
B) Whole tone scales 
C) Diatonic scales 
D) Diminished scales 
A) Chromatic scales 
B) Whole tone scales 
C) Diatonic scales 
D) Diminished scales

Question 16

How did Gustav Mahler create a jarring sense of conflict and tension in his Symphony No.1?

Accepted Answer

A) Using brass instruments only 
B) Mixing classical and folk music 
C) Ending each movement abruptly 
D) Ignoring the principles of tonality 
A) Using brass instruments only 
B) Mixing classical and folk music 
C) Ending each movement abruptly 
D) Ignoring the principles of tonality

Question 17

Why did Paul Gauguin leave France for Tahiti in 1891?

Accepted Answer

A) To avoid being arrested for murdering his wife's lover 
B) To get far away from the European capitalism 
C) To earn money by working on a merchant ship 
D) To escape his obligations to his five children 
A) To avoid being arrested for murdering his wife's lover 
B) To get far away from the European capitalism 
C) To earn money by working on a merchant ship 
D) To escape his obligations to his five children

Question 18

Why does Seurat portray almost all the people in A Sunday on La Grande Jatte as looking either straight or downward?

Accepted Answer

A) To emphasize their rigidity 
B) To impart a cheerful tone 
C) To create a sense of depth 
D) To evoke sadness 
A) To emphasize their rigidity 
B) To impart a cheerful tone 
C) To create a sense of depth 
D) To evoke sadness

Question 19

Identify and explain at least two reasons for Paris's position as the fin de siècle's center for artistic and literary change.

Accepted Answer

One reason for Paris's position as the f

Question 20

Define Pointillism,and explain Georges Seurat's use of points of color to reflect and to create mood.

Accepted Answer

Pointillism is a painting technique in w

How did the Symbolists present the human experience?

In Still Life with Plaster Cast,what does Paul Cézanne seem to be suggesting by the two viewpoints?

As described in the chapter's "Continuity and Change" section,what method did Sigmund Freud use to encourage his patients to talk freely?

Why did European audiences find the character Nora in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House scandalous?

Compare Nora in Ibsen's A Doll's House to the female in Rodin's The Kiss,explaining why audiences found both females to be scandalous.

Why did Friedrich Nietzsche reject organized religion,going so far as to declare that "God is dead"?

List and describe three ways the European colonialism of Africa affected the African people.

Why did the southern Africans submit themselves to the prison-like conditions of working in the diamond mines?

How did Louis Comfort Tiffany create his Art Nouveau stained glass?

What did Joseph Conrad aim to show in Heart of Darkness?

Why at the beginning of the twentieth century were Western powers vying to dominate Africa?

In The Night Café,how does Vincent van Gogh express "the terrible passions of humanity"?

In A Doll's House,what does the doll's house symbolize for Nora?

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How did Claude Debussy create a sense of aimless wandering in his Prélude à l'aprés-midi d'un faune?

How did Gustav Mahler create a jarring sense of conflict and tension in his Symphony No.1?

Why did Paul Gauguin leave France for Tahiti in 1891?

Why does Seurat portray almost all the people in A Sunday on La Grande Jatte as looking either straight or downward?

Identify and explain at least two reasons for Paris's position as the fin de siècle's center for artistic and literary change.

Define Pointillism,and explain Georges Seurat's use of points of color to reflect and to create mood.

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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

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

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

The Course of Empire: Expansion and Conflict in America

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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Exam 32: The Fin De Siècle: Toward the Modern

How did the Symbolists present the human experience?

In Still Life with Plaster Cast,what does Paul Cézanne seem to be suggesting by the two viewpoints?

As described in the chapter's "Continuity and Change" section,what method did Sigmund Freud use to encourage his patients to talk freely?

Why did European audiences find the character Nora in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House scandalous?

Compare Nora in Ibsen's A Doll's House to the female in Rodin's The Kiss,explaining why audiences found both females to be scandalous.

Why did Friedrich Nietzsche reject organized religion,going so far as to declare that "God is dead"?

List and describe three ways the European colonialism of Africa affected the African people.

Why did the southern Africans submit themselves to the prison-like conditions of working in the diamond mines?

How did Louis Comfort Tiffany create his Art Nouveau stained glass?

What did Joseph Conrad aim to show in Heart of Darkness?

Why at the beginning of the twentieth century were Western powers vying to dominate Africa?

In The Night Café,how does Vincent van Gogh express "the terrible passions of humanity"?

In A Doll's House,what does the doll's house symbolize for Nora?

Matching

How did Claude Debussy create a sense of aimless wandering in his Prélude à l'aprés-midi d'un faune?

How did Gustav Mahler create a jarring sense of conflict and tension in his Symphony No.1?

Why did Paul Gauguin leave France for Tahiti in 1891?

Why does Seurat portray almost all the people in A Sunday on La Grande Jatte as looking either straight or downward?

Identify and explain at least two reasons for Paris's position as the fin de siècle's center for artistic and literary change.

Define Pointillism,and explain Georges Seurat's use of points of color to reflect and to create mood.

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

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

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

The Course of Empire: Expansion and Conflict in America

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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