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1
The murals of Thomas Hart Benton were NOT:
A)inspired by Mexican muralist Diego Rivera
B)a form of social commentary
C)primarily decorative
D)visual representations of true American values
2
Which of the following film-makers is NOT associated with the use of film as both propaganda and fine art:
A)Sergei Eisenstein
B)Leni Riefenstahl
C)Charlie Chaplin
D)Lee Miller
3
The music of composer Aaron Copland is notable for its:
A)serialism and atonality
B)use of American folk tunes
C)evocation of the horrors of war
D)all of the above
4
The Communist Revolution in China:
A)was primarily bloodless
B)sought to synthesize traditional Confucian values with Communist economics
C)used the arts for ideological purposes
D)had only a short-term impact
5
Owens' Dulce et decorum est:
A)is a translation of a Latin poem by Horace
B)is unique in its evocation of the horrors of war
C)graphically describes the experience of battle
D)sentimentally mourns a lost world
6
The combat weapon that devastates the soldiers in All Quiet on the Western Front is:
A)the atom bomb
B)the machine gun
C)poison gas
D)aerial bombing
7
The leading political figure to emerge from the Russian Revolution of 1917 was:
A)Lenin
B)Stalin
C)Grosz
D)Hitler
8
The Holocaust was inspired by Hitler's theory of:
A)white supremacy
B)state control of the military
C)communism
D)Aryan racial superiority
9
The literary style that dominated American fiction and the visual arts as a result of the Great Depression was:
A)surrealism
B)social realism
C)socialist realism
D)stream of consciousness
10
What was NOT true of the era of total war and totalitarianism?
A)Photography and film provided lasting records of World War II.
B)Black humor and nihilism characterized postwar literature.
C)The realities of the Holocaust went unrecorded in literature.
D)Guernica immortalized the aerial bombing of a civilian target.





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