Multiple Choice Quiz

Please answer all questions


1	Which are the most characteristic features of Rococo?
		A)	fussiness
		B)	frivolity
		C)	elegance
		D)	irony
		E)	all of the above


2	A salonniere is a
		A)	hostess
		B)	waitress
		C)	countess
		D)	princess
		E)	prostitute


3	Winckelmann is known primarily for
		A)	German painting
		B)	a historical approach to studying Greek and Roman art
		C)	a historical approach to artists' biographies
		D)	German philosophy of art
		E)	library science


4	Which does NOT match?
		A)	Vivaldi -- music
		B)	Priestley -- oxygen
		C)	Halley -- biology
		D)	Swift -- satire
		E)	Watt -- steam engine


5	The Seven Years' War was fought between
		A)	England and France
		B)	Prussia, France, and Austria
		C)	England and Prussia
		D)	France, Prussia, and England
		E)	England, Austria, and France


6	Who is not a Rococo painter?
		A)	Watteau
		B)	Boucher
		C)	Fragonard
		D)	Chambers
		E)	Rigaud


7	"L'etat, c'est moi" is
		A)	the title of a painting
		B)	an autobiography
		C)	an expression of absolutism
		D)	the title of a philosophical treatise
		E)	a work by Descartes


8	Which is NOT a texture depicted in Rigaud's Louis XIV?
		A)	silk
		B)	ermine
		C)	velvet
		D)	gold
		E)	marble


9	Pastels are
		A)	waterpaints
		B)	chalky crayons
		C)	tempera paints
		D)	light-colored pencils
		E)	oil paints


10	July 14, 1789, is
		A)	the day that the American Revolution began
		B)	the day that the Declaration of Independence was signed
		C)	Bastille Day
		D)	the day that Louis XVI was executed
		E)	the day that George Washington became president


11	Who is NOT an 18th-century portraitist?
		A)	Gainsborough
		B)	Rigaud
		C)	Vigee-Lebrun
		D)	Carriera
		E)	Boyle


12	Time Smoking a Picture satirizes
		A)	artists
		B)	art dealers
		C)	art collectors
		D)	art museums
		E)	art thieves


13	The Kaisersaal is
		A)	a palace
		B)	a ruler
		C)	a room
		D)	a stairway
		E)	a pagoda


14	Which is NOT a feature of Tiepolo's Investiture of Bishop Harold?
		A)	trompe l'oeil
		B)	stucco
		C)	oval windows
		D)	pastel colors
		E)	velvet curtains


15	The Zwinger is
		A)	a German rock group
		B)	a palace of the Polish king
		C)	a courtyard
		D)	an elaborate wall
		E)	a church


16	Which is NOT true of Zimmermann's Weiskirche?
		A)	it is near Oberammergau
		B)	it is influenced by a Classical revival in Germany
		C)	it is influenced by Borromini
		D)	it has a longitudinal axis
		E)	it is Rococo


17	Which IS true of Chiswick House?
		A)	it was designed by Palladio
		B)	it is in northern England
		C)	it was originally a library and place of entertainment
		D)	it is based on San Giorgio Maggiore
		E)	it is Renaissance in style


18	Which IS true of Osterley Park House?
		A)	it was designed by Lord Burlngton
		B)	it was inspired by Palladian design
		C)	it was built in East Anglia
		D)	it was inspired by Classical precedents
		E)	it is in central London


19	Strawberry Hill refers to
		A)	a garden of roses in England designed by Boyle
		B)	an English landscape painting
		C)	a Gothic Revival villa
		D)	a medieval castle known as Otranto
		E)	a story by Nathaniel Hawthorne


20	The term "bourgeois realism" is applied to the work of
		A)	Chardin
		B)	Hogarth
		C)	Wright of Derby
		D)	Copley
		E)	West


21	Paul Revere was
		A)	a goldsmith
		B)	a silversmith
		C)	an equestrian champion
		D)	a British sympathizer
		E)	a coppersmith

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