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Question #1

Poussin's Et in Arcadia Ego speaks to . . .

A. the 17th century's anxiety about the future. that ways that geography can reflect the divine.

B. a longing for the past. the brevity of human life.

C. timelessness of beauty. that ways that geography can reflect the divine.

Question #2

Arcadia, referenced in Poussin's Et in Arcadia Ego, refers to . . .

A. a beautiful place discovered in the New World, now in South America.

B. an island in the Aegean Sea.

C. an idea of a perfect countryside that was created by Poussin.

D. a mythic and ideal place (based on an area in Greece).

Question #3

The figures in Poussin's Et in Arcadia Ego were based on . . .

A. stylized late Medieval figures.

B. unidealized figures drawn from the work of Caravaggio.

C. classical Greek and Roman figures.

D. Mannerist figures.