Question 1

In Katsushika Hokusai's The Great Wave,the distant Mount Fuji represents

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A)  a haven for the boats beneath the wave. 
B)  the immortality of the natural world. 
C)  the residence of the ancestors. 
D)  the harmonious opposite of the water. 
A)  a haven for the boats beneath the wave. 
B)  the immortality of the natural world. 
C)  the residence of the ancestors. 
D)  the harmonious opposite of the water. B

Question 2

When viewers saw Édouard Manet's Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe at the Salon des Refusés,they reacted with

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A)  elation. 
B)  bemused surprise. 
C)  outrage. 
D)  indifference. 
A)  elation. 
B)  bemused surprise. 
C)  outrage. 
D)  indifference. C

Question 3

Charles Garnier designed the façade of the Paris Opera House to combine the Neoclassical and the Baroque to

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

Question 4

Many people emigrated from China in the late nineteenth century to

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A)  escape despotic rulers. 
B)  attain religious freedom. 
C)  earn a living. 
D)  avoid imprisonment. 
A)  escape despotic rulers. 
B)  attain religious freedom. 
C)  earn a living. 
D)  avoid imprisonment.

Question 5

Compare Japan's approach to Western contact to China's and Egypt's.

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Japan's approach to Western contact diff

Question 6

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

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Literary naturalism is a literary moveme

Question 7

Why did Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann's redesign cause the working class to move outside the city?

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A)  Their neighborhoods were destroyed. 
B)  Schools were located outside the city. 
C)  Factories replaced their tenement housing. 
D)  The government built new houses for them there. 
A)  Their neighborhoods were destroyed. 
B)  Schools were located outside the city. 
C)  Factories replaced their tenement housing. 
D)  The government built new houses for them there.

Question 8

Why did Charles Baudelaire speak so disparagingly of George Sand?

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A)  She disguised her sexuality. 
B)  He despised her lack of morals. 
C)  She supported Louis-Napoleon. 
D)  He considered her to be bourgeois. 
A)  She disguised her sexuality. 
B)  He despised her lack of morals. 
C)  She supported Louis-Napoleon. 
D)  He considered her to be bourgeois.

Question 9

List three ways Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann redesigned Paris,describing the rationale for these changes.

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Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann redesigne

Question 10

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

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Wagner's operas, such as "Tristan und Is

Question 11

Viewers of Édouard Manet's Olympia were disturbed primarily by her

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A)  age. 
B)  class. 
C)  pose. 
D)  race. 
A)  age. 
B)  class. 
C)  pose. 
D)  race.

Question 12

In his Haussmannization of Paris,Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann widened Paris's streets to

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A)  enable more shops to be built along them. 
B)  prevent mobs from barricading them. 
C)  allow for more factories to be built in the city. 
D)  prevent snipers from shooting. 
A)  enable more shops to be built along them. 
B)  prevent mobs from barricading them. 
C)  allow for more factories to be built in the city. 
D)  prevent snipers from shooting.

Question 13

Define "leitmotif," and explain Wagner's use of it to unify his musical drama.

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A leitmotif is a recurring musical theme

Question 14

Naturalism differs from literary realism in that it is more

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

Question 15

The aristocratic Jockey Club demanded that French opera have a second-act ballet to

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A)  celebrate French dance. 
B)  greet their late arrivals. 
C)  employ more actors. 
D)  pay homage to Louis XIV. 
A)  celebrate French dance. 
B)  greet their late arrivals. 
C)  employ more actors. 
D)  pay homage to Louis XIV.

Question 16

How did Richard Wagner accomplished his new "music drama" with

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

Question 17

Discuss the irony opium produced in British-Chinese relations.

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The irony of opium in British-Chinese re

Question 18

Japonisme is

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A)  the imitation of Japanese art. 
B)  the artform of ink painting. 
C)  the artform of woodblock printing. 
D)  Japanese art that imitates Western art. 
A)  the imitation of Japanese art. 
B)  the artform of ink painting. 
C)  the artform of woodblock printing. 
D)  Japanese art that imitates Western art.

Question 19

According to Émile Zola,people's lives are determined by two factors over which they have no control,namely

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A)  the economy and social status. 
B)  heredity and environment. 
C)  class and heredity. 
D)  the economy and environment. 
A)  the economy and social status. 
B)  heredity and environment. 
C)  class and heredity. 
D)  the economy and environment.

Question 20

The East India Company recouped the money it spent buying Chinese products for import by

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A)  indenturing the Chinese for cheap labor. 
B)  opening gold and silver mines in India. 
C)  taxing the goods destined for America. 
D)  selling opium to the Chinese. 
A)  indenturing the Chinese for cheap labor. 
B)  opening gold and silver mines in India. 
C)  taxing the goods destined for America. 
D)  selling opium to the Chinese.

In Katsushika Hokusai's The Great Wave,the distant Mount Fuji represents

When viewers saw Édouard Manet's Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe at the Salon des Refusés,they reacted with

Charles Garnier designed the façade of the Paris Opera House to combine the Neoclassical and the Baroque to

Many people emigrated from China in the late nineteenth century to

Compare Japan's approach to Western contact to China's and Egypt's.

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

Why did Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann's redesign cause the working class to move outside the city?

Why did Charles Baudelaire speak so disparagingly of George Sand?

List three ways Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann redesigned Paris,describing the rationale for these changes.

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

Viewers of Édouard Manet's Olympia were disturbed primarily by her

In his Haussmannization of Paris,Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann widened Paris's streets to

Define "leitmotif," and explain Wagner's use of it to unify his musical drama.

Naturalism differs from literary realism in that it is more

The aristocratic Jockey Club demanded that French opera have a second-act ballet to

How did Richard Wagner accomplished his new "music drama" with

Discuss the irony opium produced in British-Chinese relations.

Japonisme is

According to Émile Zola,people's lives are determined by two factors over which they have no control,namely

The East India Company recouped the money it spent buying Chinese products for import by

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Exam 30: Global Confrontation and Modern Life: the Quest for Cultural Identity

In Katsushika Hokusai's The Great Wave,the distant Mount Fuji represents

When viewers saw Édouard Manet's Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe at the Salon des Refusés,they reacted with

Charles Garnier designed the façade of the Paris Opera House to combine the Neoclassical and the Baroque to

Many people emigrated from China in the late nineteenth century to

Compare Japan's approach to Western contact to China's and Egypt's.

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

Why did Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann's redesign cause the working class to move outside the city?

Why did Charles Baudelaire speak so disparagingly of George Sand?

List three ways Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann redesigned Paris,describing the rationale for these changes.

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

Viewers of Édouard Manet's Olympia were disturbed primarily by her

In his Haussmannization of Paris,Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann widened Paris's streets to

Define "leitmotif," and explain Wagner's use of it to unify his musical drama.

Naturalism differs from literary realism in that it is more

The aristocratic Jockey Club demanded that French opera have a second-act ballet to

How did Richard Wagner accomplished his new "music drama" with

Discuss the irony opium produced in British-Chinese relations.

Japonisme is

According to Émile Zola,people's lives are determined by two factors over which they have no control,namely

The East India Company recouped the money it spent buying Chinese products for import by

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

Defining a Nation: American National Identity and the Challenge of Civil War

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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