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Question #1

What is the source of Géricault's subject matter in this painting?

A. a naval battle during Napoleon's military campaign

B. a shipwreck off the coast of Africa

C. a scene from Homer's Odyssey

D. a poem by the Romantic poet Lord Byron

Question #2

Which feature of Géricault's Raft of the Medusa distinguishes it as an example of Romanticism in France?

A. the emotionalism and human suffering

B. the heroic action and moral virtue

C. the underlying political critique

D. the depiction of a contemporary event

Question #3

Understood as a contemporary political critique, Géricault's Raft of the Medusa is an indictment of ______ .

A. Napoleon Bonaparte

B. the traditions of the Royal Academy of Art

C. the institution of slavery

D. the French Monarchy

Question #4

In The Raft of the Medusa, Géricault conveys the range of human emotion through ________

A. the inclusion of symbolic details.

B. the historical narrative from the past.

C. the reference to moral values and heroic sacrifice.

D. the physical expressiveness of the bodies.