Multiple Choice Quiz

Please answer all questions


1	Expressionism is an art concerned with
		A)	depicting the beauties of nature
		B)	emotional restraint, clarity, and balance
		C)	social protest
		D)	all of the above


2	The expressionist movement flourished in the years
		A)	1890-1914
		B)	1905-1925
		C)	1914-1941
		D)	1920-1950


3	The expressionist movement was largely centered in
		A)	France
		B)	Great Britain
		C)	Germany and Austria
		D)	Russia


4	Twentieth-century musical expressionism grew out of the emotional turbulence in the works of late romantics such as
		A)	Richard Wagner
		B)	Richard Strauss
		C)	Gustav Mahler
		D)	all of the above


5	Expressionist music stresses
		A)	harsh dissonance
		B)	fragmentation
		C)	unusual instrumental effects
		D)	all of the above


6	Edvard Munch was an expressionist
		A)	poet
		B)	painter
		C)	musician
		D)	playwright


7	The expressionists rejected
		A)	conventional prettiness
		B)	reality
		C)	imagination
		D)	morality


8	Expressionism stressed
		A)	subtle feeling
		B)	intense, subjective emotion
		C)	reticence
		D)	surface beauty


9	Expressionist painters, writers, and composers used _________ to assault and shock their audience.
		A)	pastel colors
		B)	deliberate distortions
		C)	clearly defined forms
		D)	vague nature scenes


10	Expressionist composers
		A)	contributed many patriotic songs to the war effort
		B)	avoided tonality and traditional chord progressions
		C)	tried to capture atmosphere with rich, sensuous harmonies and pleasant subjects
		D)	all of the above

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