Humanities 060 - People & Their World » Fall 2021 » Chapter 29 Quiz

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Question #1
In his painting The Third of May, 1808: The Execution of the Defenders of Madrid, Goya utilizes the common Romantic themes
A.   love and lust
B.   intellectual exploration of politics
C.   none of the answers
D.   creative individualism, patriotism and heroic nationalism
Question #2
In his painting Napoleon Visiting the Plague Victims at Jaffa Gros depicts Napoleon by mixing
A.   tone color and smooth brushstrokes to emphasize Napoleon’s heroism
B.   neoclassical style he learned from David and modern cubism he learned from Picasso.
C.   Classical lore and Christian legend to create a heroic Romantic image.
D.   none of the answers
Question #3
In Liberty Leading the People Delacroix depicts
A.   the symbolic figure of Lady Liberty leading the French rebels through smoke and over piles of corpses.
B.   an actual historical event of a female revolutionary leading a charge.
C.   none of the answers
D.   the cowards of the French Revolution who betrayed Napoleon.
Question #4
Edmonia Lewis sculpted Forever Free that depicts
A.   a band of French revolutionaries marching.
B.   a young slave who has broken his chains and raises his arm in victory while his female companion kneels in grateful prayer.
C.   Lady Liberty welcoming slaves to America.
D.   none of the answers
Question #5
Mid Nineteenth Century architecture took its inspiration
A.   from the present.
B.   none of the answers
C.   from the future.
D.   from the past.
Question #6
The most common time period Romantic architecture was influenced by is
A.   classical Greece.
B.   Imperial Rome.
C.   none of the answers
D.   the medieval world.
Question #7
Romantic music is best described as
A.   none of the answers
B.   adhering to a specific set of standards to reflect the Romantic ideal of order and symmetry.
C.   structured, organized and dealing with classical themes to reflect the influence of Greek civilization.
D.   consisting of grand orchestras, dealt with death and love, and expanded sound and structure to reflect human emotion and passion.
Question #8
Beethoven’s Third Symphony Eroica (or “Heroic”) was originally inspired by and written for
A.   Napoleon Bonaparte
B.   Julius Caesar
C.   none of the answers
D.   George Washington
Question #9
The virtuoso Frederic Chopin is known for his prowess with
A.   piano
B.   violin
C.   electric guitar
D.   none of the answers
Question #10
The German composer Richard Wagner created a new form of opera he called
A.   music-drama
B.   musical
C.   soap opera
D.   none of the answers

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