Arts in Texas

Who is known as the 'King of Ragtime'?

• Horton Foote

• Scott Joplin

• Amado Pena Jr.

• J. Frank Dobie

Which author was awarded the Medal of Freedom by President Lyndon B. Johnson?

• Diane Gonzales Bertrand

• Walter Prescott Webb

• Horton Foote

• J. Frank Dobie

Which artist was commissioned to create models of Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin for the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893?

• Diane Gonzales Bertrand

• Elisabet Ney

• Amado Pena Jr.

• Scott Joplin

Who is a native of San Antonio and a published author of books for children and young adults?

• Horton Foote

• Walter Prescott Webb

• Elisabet Ney

• Diane Gonzales Bertrand

Which historian and author served as director of The Texas State Historical Society?

• Amado Pena Jr.

• Scott Joplin

• J. Frank Dobie

• Walter Prescott Webb

Who is a Texas playwright and Academy Award-winning screenwriter?

• Horton Foote

• Diane Gonzales Bertrand

• Scott Joplin

• Elisabet Ney

Who Created an encyclopedia called the Handbook of Texas?

• Diane Gonzales Bertrand

• Horton Foote

• J. Frank Dobie

• Walter Prescott Webb

Which author is known for giving a new interpretation of the West through his books?

• Amado Pena Jr.

• Walter Prescott Webb

• J. Frank Dobie

• Scott Joplin

Who was a German-born sculptor that contributed to the development of art in Texas?

• Horton Foote

• Amado Pena Jr.

• Elisabet Ney

• Diane Gonzales Bertrand

What UNiverstiy does Diana Gonzalez Bertrand teach at?

• University of Texas at Austin
• St. Mary's

• Harvard University
• Stanford University