What French author (1871–1922) is associated with “stream-of-consciousness” writing?

Wilde

Zola

Proust

Hugo

Caird

Question 2
1 / 1 pts
From the title of one of his paintings (Impression: Sunrise), the name for the entire
Impressionist movement received its name.

Edgar Degas

Toulouse Lautrec

Henri Matisse

Claude Monet

Edouard Manet
Question 3
1 / 1 pts
Who painted Déjeuner sur l’Herbe (Luncheon on the Grass), which shocked Parisians
for its content and style?

Matisse

Manet

Monet

Cezanne

Renoir

Question 4
1 / 1 pts
In one of Richard Strauss’s musical pieces, the title character’s pranks lead him to the
gallows, a scene vividly depicted by the orchestration.

True

False

Question 5
1 / 1 pts
What artist was a co-founder of the movement known as Cubism?

Paul Gauguin
Paul Cezanne

Edouard Manet

Georges Braque

Edvard Munch

Question 6
1 / 1 pts
Which of these titles is NOT by Puccini?

La Fanciulla del West

Carmen

Tosca

Madame Butterfly

La Boheme

IncorrectQuestion 7
0 / 1 pts
What poem is an example of a father's advice on manhood to his son?
The Ballad of East and West, by Rudyard Kipling

If, by Rudyard Kipling

When I was One and Twenty, by A. E. Housman

The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde

Roughing It, by Mark Twain

Question 8
1 / 1 pts
What were common themes of the novels of Mona Caird?

The cruelties of women's lives among the peasantry of Russia

The opportunities and recognition enjoyed by women in English society

The radical new freedoms of women in the United States

problems that marriage causes for women

The oppressiveness of traditional Catholic societies such as Italy and Spain

Question 9
1 / 1 pts
What Mark Twain novel features a character named Satan?

Tom Sawyer

Roughing It

Huckleberry Finn

The Mysterious Stranger

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

IncorrectQuestion 10
0 / 1 pts
What elements are often seen in Auguste Renoir’s paintings?

Sensual nudes in landscapes

Intimate scenes of domesticity

Dancers in the various stages of rehearsal and performance

Sharp angles and flattened perspectives

Beautiful young men and women enjoying themselves

Question 11
1 / 1 pts
What composers are "patter songs" associated with?

Gilbert and Sullivan

Ravel and Debussy

Bizet and Puccini

Strauss and Wagner

Mahler and Tchaikovsky

Question 12
1 / 1 pts
Kate Chopin’s The Awakening was denounced as immoral when it was first published in
1899.

True

False

Question 13
1 / 1 pts
Which artist painted The Tub as an example of a "keyhole vision"?

Auguste Renoir
Edgar Degas

Claude Monet

Paul Cezanne

Pablo Picasso

Question 14
1 / 1 pts
Henri Matisse completed The Scream, which features restless, waving lines that seem
to undulate.

True

False

Question 15
1 / 1 pts
What were the usual subjects of the paintings of Mary Cassatt?

Parisian cityscapes

workers at their trades

men and women dancing

women and children

flowers

IncorrectQuestion 16
0 / 1 pts
What artist, a friend of Van Gogh, abandoned Europe for a life among villagers in the
South Seas of the Pacific?

Georges Seurat

Paul Gauguin

Auguste Renoir

Pablo Picasso

Paul Cezanne

Question 17
1 / 1 pts
One of Richard Strauss’s musical compositions tells the story of Don Juan, the
compulsive Spanish lover.

True

False
Question 18
1 / 1 pts
What Russian writer is noted for his plays and short fiction that show the emptiness of
his characters?

Stravinsky

Mussorgsky

Dostoyevsky

Tolstoy

Chekhov

Question 19
1 / 1 pts
The Starry Night is among Georges Seurat’s more recognizable artistic creations.

True

False

Question 20
1 / 1 pts
What was the main focus of the women’s movement during the late 19thcentury?

The right to vote

Equal pay for equal work

Equal representation in government

Freedom from domestic responsibilities

Universal free child care

Question 21
1 / 1 pts
Which two French composers are associated with impressionism in music?

Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky

Mahler and Strauss

Gilbert and Sullivan

Chopin and Liszt

Ravel and Debussy

IncorrectQuestion 22
0 / 1 pts
What country in Asia did European artists find to be a fascinating source of inspiration in
the late 19th century?
Korea

Cambodia

Mongolia

Japan

China

Question 23
1 / 1 pts
Igor Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring is a ballet score.

True

False

Question 24
1 / 1 pts
Which 19th-century Russian author produced a huge novel about an alienated student
who feels superior to everyone and decides to commit murder?

Modest Mussorgsky

Leo Tolstoy
Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Herman Melville

Emile Zola

Question 25
1 / 1 pts
Les Demoiselles d’Avignon was completed by Auguste Rodin.

True

False

Question 26
1 / 1 pts
What architect used virtually no straight lines in creating an apartment building in
Barcelona?

Gaudi

Sullivan

Eiffel

Puccini
Bizet

Question 27
1 / 1 pts
The "Folies Bergere" was what kind of establishment?

designer clothing emporium

a fabulous restaurant with a famous chef

one of the very first retirement homes

a nightclub with dancing girls

a free public library

IncorrectQuestion 28
0 / 1 pts
What has happened, by the last verse, to the speaker in the poem "When I was One
and Twenty"?

his courage has been tested in combat

his sweetheart has accepted his marriage proposal

he has had his first legal drink

his heart has been broken

he had a deep spiritual experience

Question 29
1 / 1 pts
Les Demoiselles d’Avignon was completed by which painter?

Pablo Picasso

Paul Gauguin

Georges Braque

Edouard Manet

Edgar Degas

Question 30
1 / 1 pts
What philosopher was the author of Thus Spake Zarathustra (1883–1892)?

Nietzsche

Buccioni
Goethe

Darwin

Marx

Question 31
1 / 1 pts
Which of the following canvases was painted by Vincent van Gogh?

Vision After the Sermon

The Old Guitarist

The Red Room

The Scream

Starry Night

IncorrectQuestion 32
0 / 1 pts
Which Dutch post-impressionist painter typifies the stereotype of artist as tortured
genius?

Nolde
Matisse

Gauguin

Munch

Van Gogh

Question 33
1 / 1 pts
This artist drew heavily on elements of Japanese art in depicting daily life, especially
scenes of women and children.

Edgar Degas

Mary Cassatt

Thomas Eakins

Berthe Morisot

Vincent van Gogh

Question 34
1 / 1 pts
What French novelist wrote an impassioned open letter condemning the anti-Semitic
treatment of a Jewish officer accused of espionage?
Proust

Housman

Wilde

Zola

Chekhov

IncorrectQuestion 35
0 / 1 pts
What artist used "planes of color" in a way that pointed toward the development of
cubism?

Monet

Braque

Renoir

Cezanne

Picasso
Question 36
1 / 1 pts
What Russian novelist (1831–1881) was able to combine both realism and
psychological understanding in his Crime and Punishment?

Dostoyevsky

Tolstoy

Balzac

Shostakovich

Chekhov

Question 37
1 / 1 pts
Marcel Proust is the author of A Doll’s House.

True

False

Question 38
1 / 1 pts
One of Maurice Ravel’s more familiar pieces is Bolero.

True
False

IncorrectQuestion 39
0 / 1 pts
According to Sigmund Freud, what factor other than reason and logic influence human
behavior?

the superego

the subconscious

the environment

willfullness

genetics

IncorrectQuestion 40
0 / 1 pts
What does Edgar Degas’ The Rehearsal suggest about the world of the ballet?

The eminence of dance in Parisian culture

The glamour of the world of ballet

The centrality of the ballet master

The pain and tedium experienced by ballet dancers

The loneliness of a life in theater