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1
St. Ignatius Loyola's "Spiritual Exercises" were designed to:
A)strengthen the body along with the soul to fulfill the Jesuit ideal of "mens sana in corpora sana" ("a sound mind in a sound body")
B)develop the believer's intellectual understanding of Catholic doctrine
C)employ the senses in a sequence of spiritual practices designed to intensify the believer's relationship with God
D)teach missionaries how to convert the "heathen" in the newly-discovered Americas
2
The works of Caravaggio embrace the Baroque through all but which of the following:
A)their theatricality
B)the dramatic contrast of light and dark
C)their appeal to the senses
D)the depiction of aristocratic figures
3
Parmigianino's "Madonna of the Long Neck" is most accurately characterized as:
A)mannerist
B)Baroque
C)Neo-classical
D)High Renaissance
4
Bernini's inspiration for "St Teresa in Ecstasy" was:
A)the autobiography of a Carmelite nun
B)Loyola's "Spiritual Exercises"
C)The biblical book of "Revelation"
D)Crashaw's "The Flaming Heart"
5
Which is not true about Gentileschi's "Judith Slaying Holofernes"?
A)The painting emphasizes the bloody drama of Holofernes' death.
B)The painting is similar to Caravaggio's works in style.
C)The painting depicts a small and weak heroine.
D)The painting possibly reflects the artist's painful personal experiences.
6
Bernini's "David" differs from Michelangelo's in Bernini's:
A)use of marble
B)portrayal of David in the midst of action
C)depiction of the hero with a slingshot
D)omission of Goliath's severed head
7
Dominikos Theotokopoulos, creator of The Agony in the Garden, is better known as:
A)Bernini
B)Tintoretto
C)El Greco
D)Caravaggio
8
Giovanni Gabrieli became celebrated for his:
A)expressive baroque paintings
B)design of Saint Mark's Cathedral
C)full-length operas
D)polychoral religious music





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