Question 1

According to its founders,the term "Dada"

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A)  meant "newness." 
B)  meant "nonconformity." 
C)  was meaningless. 
D)  had numerous meanings. 
A)  meant "newness." 
B)  meant "nonconformity." 
C)  was meaningless. 
D)  had numerous meanings.

Question 2

Irish poet William Butler Yeats compared the postwar era to the

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A)  Reign of Terror. 
B)  apocalypse. 
C)  Spanish Inquisition. 
D)  Dark Ages. 
A)  Reign of Terror. 
B)  apocalypse. 
C)  Spanish Inquisition. 
D)  Dark Ages.

Question 3

How does The Battleship Potemkin's Odessa Steps scene qualify as Sergei Eisenstein's invention?

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A)  No civilians were killed in the massacre. 
B)  No such steps exist in the city of Odessa. 
C)  No tsarist massacre occurred on the steps. 
D)  No tsar ruled Odessa. 
A)  No civilians were killed in the massacre. 
B)  No such steps exist in the city of Odessa. 
C)  No tsarist massacre occurred on the steps. 
D)  No tsar ruled Odessa.

Question 4

The Dada poets composed nonsensical sound poems to

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A)  recite in pubic protests. 
B)  imitate the sounds of modern warfare. 
C)  protest nationalism's empty rhetoric. 
D)  accompany their art in galleries. 
A)  recite in pubic protests. 
B)  imitate the sounds of modern warfare. 
C)  protest nationalism's empty rhetoric. 
D)  accompany their art in galleries.

Question 5

When Marcel Duchamp submitted Fountain to the exhibition of the New York Society of Independent Artists,the exhibition committee

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A)  hid the work behind a curtain. 
B)  rejected the work from the exhibition. 
C)  gave the work prominent placement in the show. 
D)  exhibited the work but refused to label it as being by Duchamp. 
A)  hid the work behind a curtain. 
B)  rejected the work from the exhibition. 
C)  gave the work prominent placement in the show. 
D)  exhibited the work but refused to label it as being by Duchamp.

Question 6

Cubo-Futurism was the invention of

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A)  Kazimir Malevich. 
B)  El Lissitzky. 
C)  Vladimir Lenin. 
D)  Sergei Eisenstein. 
A)  Kazimir Malevich. 
B)  El Lissitzky. 
C)  Vladimir Lenin. 
D)  Sergei Eisenstein.

Question 7

In World War I,there were approximately

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A)  1 million casualties. 
B)  5 million casualties. 
C)  10 million casualties. 
D)  20 million casualties. 
A)  1 million casualties. 
B)  5 million casualties. 
C)  10 million casualties. 
D)  20 million casualties.

Question 8

In The Lugubrious Game,why does Salvador Dalí position a grasshopper under his self-portrait's nose?

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A)  Grasshoppers symbolize death. 
B)  Dalí was terrified of grasshoppers. 
C)  Grasshoppers symbolize famine. 
D)  Dalí found saw grasshoppers as phallic. 
A)  Grasshoppers symbolize death. 
B)  Dalí was terrified of grasshoppers. 
C)  Grasshoppers symbolize famine. 
D)  Dalí found saw grasshoppers as phallic.

Question 9

In Remembrance of Things Past,Marcel Proust defies the constraints of linear time through

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A)  free association of memories. 
B)  multiple streams of consciousness. 
C)  dismissal of grammatical conventions. 
D)  exploration of subjective impulses. 
A)  free association of memories. 
B)  multiple streams of consciousness. 
C)  dismissal of grammatical conventions. 
D)  exploration of subjective impulses.

Question 10

In the 1915 "0,10" exhibition,Kazimir Malevich replaced the area typically reserved for religious icons with his Black Square to

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A)  support the forces looking for revolution. 
B)  represent the masses of Russian peasants. 
C)  show the difference between good and evil. 
D)  represent the void of religious feeling. 
A)  support the forces looking for revolution. 
B)  represent the masses of Russian peasants. 
C)  show the difference between good and evil. 
D)  represent the void of religious feeling.

Question 11

Stream of consciousness enabled writers to

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A)  present their characters' nightmares as real events. 
B)  allow the subconscious self to become a character. 
C)  show how characters recur throughout history and across cultures. 
D)  emphasize the subjectivity of their characters' points of view. 
A)  present their characters' nightmares as real events. 
B)  allow the subconscious self to become a character. 
C)  show how characters recur throughout history and across cultures. 
D)  emphasize the subjectivity of their characters' points of view.

Question 12

The final episode of James Joyce's Ulysses is considered revolutionary for its

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A)  uncensored exploration of a woman's sexuality. 
B)  vivid description of the main character's suicide. 
C)  frank exploration of a character's mental illness. 
D)  use of Homer's epic as its organization. 
A)  uncensored exploration of a woman's sexuality. 
B)  vivid description of the main character's suicide. 
C)  frank exploration of a character's mental illness. 
D)  use of Homer's epic as its organization.

Question 13

Salvador Dalí claims to have been inspired to paint such works as The Lugubrious Game and The Persistence of Memory by

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A)  staring at works by Picasso. 
B)  free-association sessions with Freud. 
C)  self-hypnosis that led to hallucinations. 
D)  keeping a journal of his dreams. 
A)  staring at works by Picasso. 
B)  free-association sessions with Freud. 
C)  self-hypnosis that led to hallucinations. 
D)  keeping a journal of his dreams.

Question 14

Summarize William Butler Yeats's "The Second Coming," identifying and explaining two metaphors in the poem.

Accepted Answer

"The Second Coming" by William Butler Ye

Question 15

Compare Alfred Lord Tennyson's "Charge of the Light Brigade" to Wilfred Owen's "Dulce et Decorum Est" within the context of World War I.

Accepted Answer

Alfred Lord Tennyson's "Charge of the Li

Question 16

In his Girl Before a Mirror,what does Picasso portray in his mistress's reflected image?

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A)  the subconscious self revealing itself 
B)  his own self-portrait 
C)  a monstrous figure of his wife 
D)  an animal licking its fur 
A)  the subconscious self revealing itself 
B)  his own self-portrait 
C)  a monstrous figure of his wife 
D)  an animal licking its fur

Question 17

In literature and art,the Surrealists attempted to capture

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A)  the mind's innate, inherited contents. 
B)  thought not controlled by reason. 
C)  the imprint of early sexual feeling. 
D)  the moral base that forms conscience. 
A)  the mind's innate, inherited contents. 
B)  thought not controlled by reason. 
C)  the imprint of early sexual feeling. 
D)  the moral base that forms conscience.

Question 18

Sergei Eisenstein made agitkas,the most famous of which is The Battleship Potemkin,to

Accepted Answer

A)  gain support for the Bolshevik revolution. 
B)  frighten peasants into obeying the government. 
C)  portray the brutality of the Bolsheviks. 
D)  heighten the Russians' sense of nationalism. 
A)  gain support for the Bolshevik revolution. 
B)  frighten peasants into obeying the government. 
C)  portray the brutality of the Bolsheviks. 
D)  heighten the Russians' sense of nationalism.

Question 19

Describe the effects Sergei Eisenstein achieved with montage in The Battleship Potemkin's Odessa Steps sequence.Then show how a modern filmmaker has used this technique in a recent film.

Accepted Answer

Sergei Eisenstein achieved powerful and

According to its founders,the term "Dada"

Irish poet William Butler Yeats compared the postwar era to the

How does The Battleship Potemkin's Odessa Steps scene qualify as Sergei Eisenstein's invention?

The Dada poets composed nonsensical sound poems to

When Marcel Duchamp submitted Fountain to the exhibition of the New York Society of Independent Artists,the exhibition committee

Cubo-Futurism was the invention of

In World War I,there were approximately

In The Lugubrious Game,why does Salvador Dalí position a grasshopper under his self-portrait's nose?

In Remembrance of Things Past,Marcel Proust defies the constraints of linear time through

In the 1915 "0,10" exhibition,Kazimir Malevich replaced the area typically reserved for religious icons with his Black Square to

Stream of consciousness enabled writers to

The final episode of James Joyce's Ulysses is considered revolutionary for its

Salvador Dalí claims to have been inspired to paint such works as The Lugubrious Game and The Persistence of Memory by

Summarize William Butler Yeats's "The Second Coming," identifying and explaining two metaphors in the poem.

Compare Alfred Lord Tennyson's "Charge of the Light Brigade" to Wilfred Owen's "Dulce et Decorum Est" within the context of World War I.

In his Girl Before a Mirror,what does Picasso portray in his mistress's reflected image?

In literature and art,the Surrealists attempted to capture

Sergei Eisenstein made agitkas,the most famous of which is The Battleship Potemkin,to

Describe the effects Sergei Eisenstein achieved with montage in The Battleship Potemkin's Odessa Steps sequence.Then show how a modern filmmaker has used this technique in a recent film.

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

Global Confrontation and Modern Life: the Quest for 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

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

According to its founders,the term "Dada"

Irish poet William Butler Yeats compared the postwar era to the

How does The Battleship Potemkin's Odessa Steps scene qualify as Sergei Eisenstein's invention?

The Dada poets composed nonsensical sound poems to

When Marcel Duchamp submitted Fountain to the exhibition of the New York Society of Independent Artists,the exhibition committee

Cubo-Futurism was the invention of

In World War I,there were approximately

In The Lugubrious Game,why does Salvador Dalí position a grasshopper under his self-portrait's nose?

In Remembrance of Things Past,Marcel Proust defies the constraints of linear time through

In the 1915 "0,10" exhibition,Kazimir Malevich replaced the area typically reserved for religious icons with his Black Square to

Stream of consciousness enabled writers to

The final episode of James Joyce's Ulysses is considered revolutionary for its

Salvador Dalí claims to have been inspired to paint such works as The Lugubrious Game and The Persistence of Memory by

Summarize William Butler Yeats's "The Second Coming," identifying and explaining two metaphors in the poem.

Compare Alfred Lord Tennyson's "Charge of the Light Brigade" to Wilfred Owen's "Dulce et Decorum Est" within the context of World War I.

In his Girl Before a Mirror,what does Picasso portray in his mistress's reflected image?

In literature and art,the Surrealists attempted to capture

Sergei Eisenstein made agitkas,the most famous of which is The Battleship Potemkin,to

Describe the effects Sergei Eisenstein achieved with montage in The Battleship Potemkin's Odessa Steps sequence.Then show how a modern filmmaker has used this technique in a recent film.

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

Global Confrontation and Modern Life: the Quest for 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

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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