Art and Language Quiz

Match the words with the definitions.

• one thing that stands for or is used to mean another thing

• a group of writers or artists whose work or ideas are similar

• an idea

• a example that is used to show that something is true, or used to show what something is like

• to stand for something or to mean something

Complete the sentences with the word with the correct prefix. Choose A, B, or C. 0 Her art was utterly original and in the extreme.

• inconventional

• unconventional

• non-conventional

People want art that they can understand instinctively. This sort of stuff is completely .

• incomprehensible

• uncomprehensible

• non-comprehensible

The statue weighed over twenty tons and was completely .

• non-movable

• immovable

• unmovable

The decision to award the prize to this established artist was fairly .

• non-controversial

• incontroversial

• uncontroversial

He criticized the exhibition, calling it “conventional and .”

• unoriginal

• inoriginal

• non-original

Most people are to pay that sort of money to look at a bunch of paintings.

• non-willing

• unwilling

• inwilling

Sadly, there were funds to pay for the loan of the painting.

• non-sufficient

• unsufficient

• insufficient

Both artists spoke in a dialect, using English that would generally be described as .

• non-standard

• unstandard

• instandard