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History of Modernism

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is NOT a value shared by Modern artists?

a)

experimentation

b)

individualism

c)

mimesis

d)

primitivism

2.

Which cultural revolution is most closely associated with the Modern era?

a)

French

b)

American

c)

Industrial

d)

Russian

3.

In The Birth of Tragedy, Nietzsche argues that art should strike a balance between which two "gods"?

a)

Apollo and Dionysus

b)

Yahweh and Moloch

c)

Zeus and Hades

d)

Hecate and Demeter

4.

Which psychoanalyst coined the term "archetype" and developed the theory of the Collective Unconscious?

a)

Sigmund Freud

b)

Carl Jung

c)

William James

d)

Friedrich Nietzsche

5.

Which of the following best describes the Modernist view of cities?

a)

similar to the Romantic view: cities are a scar on the natural world and debilitating to the humans who live in them.

b)

conflicted: cities are both an energizing and a dehumanizing force.

c)

fundamentally positive: cities are a melting pot where new fortunes may be made.

d)

neutral: Modern artists rarely engaged with the motif of city versus nature.

6.

Which of the following describes the impact of Einstein's Theory of Relativity on the Modern era?

a)

There is no such thing as universal time, and thus experience runs very differently from man to man.

b)

Universal time exists and affects all members of the human race equally, and this becomes an argument against social inequality in the Modern era.

c)

Chronological time does not exist at all, and is merely an illusion created by the reality that humans age and die.

d)

The speed of light must be inconsistent.

7.

This Austrian developed theories of the unconscious that were immensely important to the development of Modern art.

a)

Sigmund Freud

b)

Carl Jung

c)

Albert Einstein

d)

F. H. Bradley

8.

True or False: a Modern painter would have loved to be exhibited in the Louvre (the museum in Paris where the Mona Lisa and many other masterpieces are displayed).

a)

True

b)

False

9.

True or False: many Modern artists had deep religious convictions that put them at odds with their governments.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Which of the following describes the Modernist view of technology and machines?

a)

Similar to the Romantic view that technology is a destructive force wreaking havoc on nature and humanity.

b)

Opposite the Romantic view: Modernists view technology and machines in an intensely optimistic light.

c)

Conflicted: machines make labor more efficient, but also destroy the environment.