Question 1

In the Communist Manifesto, Marx and Engels prophesized that a revolution would make the ________ the new ruling class.

Accepted Answer

A)   proletariat
B)   bourgeoisie
C)   capitalists
D)   entrepreneursE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 2

Which of the following authors was credited with inventing the modern novel with his Madame Bovary?

Accepted Answer

A)   Dickens
B)   Flaubert
C)   Tolstoy
D)   ZolaE) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

What were the principal subjects and themes of nineteenth-century Realists? Were these shared by both writers and visual artists? How did these subjects and themes differ from those favored by the Impressionists and Postimpressionists?

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Question 4

The turn from Romanticism to literary Realism is evident in the novels of

Accepted Answer

A)   Ibsen.
B)   Flaubert.
C)   Zola.
D)   All these answers are correct.E) None of the above
F) A) and C) A

Question 5

The artist who became infatuated with unspoiled nature, especially as it existed in Tahiti (where he relocated after abandoning his job and family) , was

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A)   Van Gogh.
B)   Gauguin.
C)   Seurat.
D)   Toulouse-Lautrec.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 6

Japanese prints had the greatest influence on late-nineteenth-century European

Accepted Answer

A)   Realism.
B)   Impressionism.
C)   photography.
D)   Postimpressionism.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

The most important new medium in mid-nineteenth-century architecture was

Accepted Answer

A)   glass.
B)   cement.
C)   cast iron.
D)   brick.E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 8

Which of the following items was NOT an innovation of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)   Photography
B)   Telegraphy
C)   The novel
D)   SkyscrapersE) None of the above
F) A) and C) C

Question 9

Puccini's verismo operas

Accepted Answer

A)   drew inspiration primarily from the music-dramas of Wagner.
B)   brought a new level of realism into opera.
C)   depended largely on themes from Chinese opera.
D)   All these answers are correct.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 10

The movement known as Impressionism took its title from a painting by

Accepted Answer

A)   Manet.
B)   Monet.
C)   Renoir.
D)   Degas.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C) B

Question 11

The names Matthew Brady and Eadweard Muybridge are associated with

Accepted Answer

A)   lithography.
B)   literary Realism.
C)   photography.
D)   Impressionism.E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 12

Characteristic of the music of Debussy is

Accepted Answer

A)   the use of shifting harmonies.
B)   the fixed tonal center.
C)   dramatic contrasts of loud and soft.
D)   All these answers are correct.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 13

Which landmarks would you consider most representative of late nineteenth-century Western culture, the so-called, "Age of Materialism"?

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Some of the most representative landmark...

Question 14

Late nineteenth-century colonialism had as its primary motivating force the need

Accepted Answer

A)   for materials and markets.
B)   for lands to settle.
C)   for peoples to incorporate.
D)   to halt the expansion of non-Western empires.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 15

"Oceania" refers to the

Accepted Answer

A)   islands off the coast of Greece.
B)   islands of the South and Central Pacific Ocean.
C)   Canary Islands.
D)   islands of the Caribbean.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 16

For their subject matter, the Impressionist painters drew largely on

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A)   the urban scene.
B)   religious themes.
C)   historical events.
D)   aristocratic commissions.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 17

How did advancing technology affect the arts of the late nineteenth century?

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Advancing technology had a significant i...

Question 18

A major factor in bringing non-Western cultures to the attention of Europeans was

Accepted Answer

A)   advancing colonialism.
B)   the World's Fairs.
C)   documentary photography.
D)   All these answers are correct.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 19

The artist who wished to "redo nature after Poussin," and whose later work anticipated twentieth-century abstract art, was

Accepted Answer

A)   Cézanne.
B)   Gauguin.
C)   Van Gogh.
D)   Manet.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 20

The Naturalistic novels of Zola were grounded in his belief that human beings were

Accepted Answer

A)   in full control of their destinies.
B)   happiest in natural surroundings.
C)   equal, whether male or female.
D)   products of their environment and their heredity.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Exam 13: Materialism: the Industrial Era and the Urban Scene

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Which of the following authors was credited with inventing the modern novel with his Madame Bovary?

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What were the principal subjects and themes of nineteenth-century Realists? Were these shared by both writers and visual artists? How did these subjects and themes differ from those favored by the Impressionists and Postimpressionists?

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The artist who became infatuated with unspoiled nature, especially as it existed in Tahiti (where he relocated after abandoning his job and family) , was

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Japanese prints had the greatest influence on late-nineteenth-century European

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The most important new medium in mid-nineteenth-century architecture was

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