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Art & Inventions quiz

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 16mins

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Class
Date
1.

The painting seen here is an example of

a)

Impressionism

b)

Post-impressionism

c)

Realism

d)

Romanticism

2.

Claude Monet's paintings are an example of the artistic movement known as

a)

impressionism

b)

postimpressionism

c)

realism

d)

romanticism

3.

Mary Shelly's book Frankenstein is an example of the literary movement known as

a)

Realism

b)

Post impressionism

c)

Impressionism

d)

Romanticism

4.

The paintings of Gustav Courbet such as the one show here are an example of

a)

Romanticism

b)

Realism

c)

Impressionism

d)

Post-impressionism

5.

Identify the style of this painting:

a)

Romanticism

b)

Realism

c)

Impressionism

d)

Post-impressionism

6.

What art style emphasized that sense and emotions - not simply reason and order - were equally important means of understanding and experiencing the world.

a)

Realism

b)

Impressionism

c)

Romanticism

d)

Aestheticism

7.

What movement introduced the idea that average, working class people, contemporary settings, and day-to-day scenes were worthy artistic subjects?

a)

Romanticism

b)

Realism

c)

Impressionism

d)

Post-Impressionism

8.

What style style captures the image of an object as if someone just caught a glimpse of it?

a)

Romanticism

b)

Post-Impressionism

c)

Impressionism

d)

Symbolism

9.

This art form emphasized local folklore, traditions, and landscapes.

a)

Realism

b)

Romanticism

c)

Symbolism

d)

Pop Art

10.

The Romantics believed that people could improve their world-view by

a)

focusing on the problems and working for a solution.

b)

focusing on meditation and yoga.

c)

focusing on beauty, emotion and imagination as a means of escape.

d)

focusing on getting the right people elected to start a revolution.

11.

Realists hoped to create a change in society by

a)

exposing the realities of the working class and poor in order to create empathy for that group.

b)

studying nature in the hopes of protecting the wilderness and a more rural lifestyle.

c)

showing the reading public that the poor were lazy and inferior.

12.

One downside to the Industrial Revolution was

a)

England lost their 13 colonies.

b)

the people had no say in the government.

c)

children died in the new factories.

d)

rebels stormed the Bastille prison.

13.

Most writers during the Romantic time period

a)

abandoned wit and satire and focused on emotions and nature.

b)

abandoned nature and emotions and focused on wit and satire.

c)

died of starvation.

d)

didn't write anything due to fear of government.

14.

Gothic literature

a)

explores the human capacity for evil.

b)

has an attitude toward nature, humanity and society emphasizing freedom.

c)

is a philosophy which holds that truth can be found through intuition better than reason.

d)

focused on freedom of the individual.

15.

Romanticism

a)

emphasizes violence.

b)

emphasizes nature, humanity and freedom and individuality.

c)

is a philosophy that says truth is reached through intuition over reason.

d)

emphasized showing events and social conditions as they really were, with no idealization.

16.
Which of the following is NOT a value of the Romantic Period?
a)
imagination
b)
innocence
c)
reason
d)
intuition
17.

Realism is a form of writing that depicts life

a)

accurately without romanticizing or idealizing it.

b)

as the writer wished it actually were.

c)

by using only facts, and contains no fiction.

d)

as being based on nature and the natural world.

18.

The invention shown here contributed to a shift in painting from

a)

romanticism to realism.

b)

realism to romanticism.

c)

impressionism to post-impressionism.

d)

realism to impressionism.

19.

The spinning jenny, water frame, and power loom are all examples of

a)

farming tools

b)

weapons

c)

old inventions

d)

industrial inventions

20.

How did Alexander Graham Bell revolutionize communications?

a)

He invented the telephone.

b)

He invented the hearing aid.

c)

He invented the grain mill.

d)

He invented the television.

21.

Who was the inventor of the Steam Engine?

a)

James When

b)

James Watt

c)

James Who

d)

James How

22.

British engineer Richard Trevithick is generally recognized as the inventor of the .................................... (1803), an application of the steam engine that Watt himself had once dismissed as impractical.

a)

The internal-combustion engine.

b)

The steam locomotive.

c)

The Steam Engine.