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General Knowledge In Art

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

It is black in colour and used for ancestral veneration among the Ashantis. What is its name?

a)

Ancestral stool

b)

BlaCk stool

c)

Kings and Queens Stools

d)

Grandparents stools

2.

Calligraphy is a Greek word coined out of kallos meaning…………and graphẽ meaning …….

a)

beauty & writing

b)

writing & beauty

c)

serif & writing

d)

Cursive writing

3.

Calligraphy is a Greek word coined out of kallos meaning…………and graphẽ meaning …….

a)

beauty & writing

b)

writing & beauty

c)

serif & writing

d)

Cursive writing

4.

What name does the Bambaras give to the supreme God?

a)

Faro

b)

Onyame

c)

Alura

d)

Beka

5.

What name do the Bambaras give to the supreme God?

a)

Faro

b)

Onyame

c)

Alura

d)

Beka

6.

Ugliness is a dislike to this God. What is its name

a)

Onyame

b)

Bush Spirit

c)

Alura

d)

Faro

7.

African carvings are mainly

a)

Distorted

b)

Naturalistic

c)

Largely painted

d)

Highly polished

8.

This is the art of adjusting the gaps or spaces in letters, words or lines of text.

a)

Spaces

b)

Spacing

c)

Gaps

d)

Line

9.

Serifs can be found at the …………….. strokes of letters.

a)

middle

b)

Upper

c)

Main

d)

Vertical

10.

Serifs can be found at the …………….. strokes of letters.

a)

middle

b)

Upper

c)

Main

d)

Vertical

11.

………….spaces refer to the spaces between sentences in a paragraph

a)

Line

b)

Word

c)

Paragraph

d)

Letter

12.

This kind of lettering was often referred to as Grotesque. What is its name?

a)

Roman lettering

b)

block lettering

c)

Italic lettering

d)

Calligraphy

13.

One reason for studying art is to …

a)

learn about nature

b)

play our role as human beings

c)

foster creativity

d)

become civilized

14.

Ancient Egyptian figures are characterized by

a)

a round body and short limb

b)

perspective and realism

c)

the heads show in profile with the torso in frontal view

d)

Anatomical figures and drapery

15.

The colours from green to blue-violet on the colour wheel are generally called…

a)

hot colours

b)

cool colours

c)

Warm colours

d)

Colour harmony

16.

Verbal art includes...

a)

singing and poetry

b)

folklores and stories

c)

drumming and dancing

d)

singing and drumming

17.

Elements in a design which are different from each are said to be in ...

a)

harmony

b)

contrast

c)

unity

d)

symmetry

18.

Which of these is not an element of design

a)

Rhythm

b)

Form

c)

Line

d)

Contour

19.

The elements that help to create a design are...

a)

colour, repetition, variety

b)

Rhythm, balance , harmony

c)

texture, proportion, contrast

d)

Colour, line, shape

20.

Perspective is an optical illusion suggesting ...

a)

balance

b)

distance

c)

weight

d)

symmetry

21.

An expert in judging the quality of work of art is

a)

curator

b)

critic

c)

connoisseur

d)

professor

22.

The term hue is synonymous with

a)

paint

b)

colour

c)

tone

d)

texture

23.

A picture of inanimate object is known as

a)

figure

b)

Mosaic

c)

Imaginative composition

d)

still life

24.

A picture of inanimate object is known as

a)

figure

b)

Mosaic

c)

Imaginative composition

d)

still life