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Surrealism

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What year did surrealism originate?

a)

1924

b)

1928

c)

1934

d)

1968

2.

Surrealism explores...

a)

the unknown

b)

the abstract

c)

the unconscious mind

d)

the rights and wrongs we do

3.

What was going on in the world when surrealism became popular?

a)

WWI

b)

WWII

c)

Civil War

d)

Korean War

4.

Total WWI casualties were about...

a)

500 000

b)

1 000 000

c)

11 000 000

d)

25 000 000

5.

A well-known psychologist who studied the human mind at the time was

a)

Carl Jung

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Salvador Dali

d)

Sigmund Freud

6.

Another word for surreal is

a)

real

b)

odd

c)

non-exciting

d)

rational

7.

Choose the one that is NOT a characteristic of surrealism.

a)

Reversal of natural laws.

b)

Impossible scale.

c)

Looks real.

d)

Juxtaposition.

8.

The big name in surrealist art was

a)

Sigmund Freud

b)

Salvador Dali

c)

Pablo Picasso

d)

Leonardo da Vinci

9.

Surrealist art became popular because

a)

it was cool.

b)

the study of the unconscious mind and dreams were popular at the time.

c)

there was a lot of tension and destruction in the world, and this kind of art was a way to escape.

d)

Two of the above statements are correct.

10.

The type of art we ended class yesterday was

a)

abstract art

b)

zentangle art

c)

realist art

d)

animal art