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Contemporary Era Quiz 2024

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who am I?

a)

W.A. Mozart

b)

Vincent van Gogh

c)

Henri Matisse

d)

Edvard Munch

2.

What is the Definition of Expressionism?

a)

Style of art which depicts movement

b)

style of art which demonstrates the art of sfumato?

c)

The style of art that emphasized the expression of innermost feelings

They often distorted shapes, sizes, and movements

d)

The style of art which rearranges the subject into puzzle-like pieces

3.

The opera that Joplin composed was called:

a)

Maple Leaf Rag

b)

Broadway Preview

c)

Ragtime the opera

d)

Treemonisha

4.

Who am I?

a)

Pablo Picasso

b)

Leonardo da Vinci

c)

Claude Monet

d)

M.C. Escher

5.

What is the title of this Matisse painting?

a)

Rainbow Connection

b)

Woman with a Hat

c)

The Emotion of Love

d)

Colors of Emotion

6.

Who was one of the first African-American composers to find success in composing, publishing, and performing in America?

a)

John Philip Sousa

b)

John Williams

c)

Hans Zimmer

d)

Scott Joplin

7.

What is the definition of Fauvism?

a)

A style of art which captures the changes in light on a subject

b)

Art painted in a studio

c)

A style of art which focuses on objects in the distance

d)

A style of art in which artists used intense, often wild color combinations in their paintings.

8.

Scott Joplin was known as the "King of __________"

a)

Marches

b)

Synchopation

c)

Jazz

d)

Ragtime

9.

True or False... Scott Joplin had to write his own librettos

a)

True

b)

False

10.

What is the definition of Ragtime?

a)

A style of music characterized by by an uneven rhythm (syncopation) in the melody against an even accompaniment

b)

A style of music that is described as Impressionistic

c)

A style of dance characterized by grace and fluidity of motion

d)

Music performed in a small room or concert hall

11.

Where was Scott Joplin born?

a)

Texarkana, Arkansas

b)

Santa Fe, New Mexico

c)

Houston, Texas

d)

St Louis, Missouri

12.

What is the definition of Cubism?

a)

A style of art which concentrates on Escapism and Romanticism

b)

A style in which objects and the space around them are broken up into different shapes and then put back together again in a new relationship.

c)

A style that is just weird

d)

A style that captures light and movement

13.

Who am I?

a)

Claude Debussy

b)

Edvard Munch

c)

Henri Matisse

d)

Norman Rockwell

14.

What is: style of art in which objects and the space around them are broken up into different shapes and then put back together again in new relationships

a)

Fauvism

b)

Impressionism

c)

Cubism

d)

Expressionism

15.

Who am I?

a)

John Williams

b)

Michael Giacchino

c)

Scott Joplin

d)

Aaron Copland

16.

This painting was sold at auction for almost $120 million. What is the title of this famous work by Munch?

a)

The Fear

b)

The Emotion

c)

The Scream

d)

The Terror

17.

What are the dates of the Contemporary Era?

a)

1900-present

b)

1800-1950

c)

1950-2010

d)

2000-present

18.

What is the title of this work by Picasso?

a)

My Wife

b)

My Grandmother

c)

The Weeping Woman

d)

All Mixed Up

19.

Who am I

Although I wrote operas and ballets, I was best known as the “King of Ragtime.”

a)

Sousa

b)

Debussy

c)

Joplin

d)

Monet

20.

Wha is: The written words or text of a dramatic musical work.

a)

Opera

b)

Patron

c)

Commission

d)

Libretto