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1
In 1942 Peggy Guggenheim opened
A)the Museum of Modern art in New York
B)the Paris Museum of Modern Art
C)the Art of This Century Gallery
D)the Venice Guggenheim
2
Which is true?
A)Albers taught at Black Mountain College in South Carolina
B)Hofmann taught at Yale
C)Hofmann taught at Black Mountain College in South Carolina
D)Albers taught at Yale
E)Albers taught at the Art Students' League and in North Carolina
3
What is "Homage to the Square"?
A)a series of paintings by Hofmann
B)a book by Albers
C)a manifesto written by Kelly
D)a series of paintings by Albers
E)a painting by Hofmann
4
Who of the following is NOT an action painter?
A)Albers
B)Gorky
C)Pollock
D)de Kooning
E)Frankenthaler
5
The term Abstract Expressionism was first used to define the style of
A)Pollock
B)Kandinsky
C)Albers
D)de Kooning
E)Frankenthaler
6
Which artist is matched with the correct country of birth?
A)de Kooning -- Germany
B)Stella -- Italy
C)Gorky -- Armenia
D)Rothko -- the United States
E)Noguchi -- China
7
Which artist most often depicted biomorphic shapes?
A)de Kooning
B)Noguchi
C)Gorky
D)Smith
E)a and b
F)c and d
G)b and c
8
Navaho sand painting inspired which artist?
A)Rothko
B)Ernst
C)Pollock
D)Frankenthaler
E)Noguchi
9
To whom did "Jack the Dripper" refer?
A)Frankenthaler
B)de Kooning
C)Gorky
D)Pollock
E)Hofmann
10
Which is NOT true of acrylic?
A)it is water-based
B)it can be used on paper but not canvas
C)it comes in bright colors
D)it dries quickly and does not fade
E)it can be poured, dripped, or splattered
11
Who of the following is NOT a Color Field painter?
A)Gorky
B)Rothko
C)Kelly
D)Stella
12
Which artist is correctly matched with his or her work?
A)Diebenkorn -- The Artist and his Mother
B)Kelly -- Ocean Park No.129
C)Noguchi -- Kouros
D)Nevelson -- the Cubi Series
E)Gorky -- Homage to the Square
13
The artist in this chapter who made furniture, playgrounds, and public sculpture gardens was
A)Smith
B)Nevelson
C)Kline
D)Noguchi
E)Bacon
14
Which author is matched with the correct work?
A)James Baldwin -- The Double Helix
B)Albert Camus -- Waiting for Godot
C)Graham Greene -- To the Finaland Station
D)John Van Druten -- I Am a Camera
E)Ingmar Bergman -- Lolita
F)Boris Pasternak -- Cry, the Beloved Country
15
Who of the following most likely used acrylic?
A)Frankenthaler
B)Rothko
C)Gorky
D)Smith
E)Noguchi





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