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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 poem by the Romantic poet Lord Byron

C. a shipwreck off the coast of Africa

D. a scene from Homer's Odyssey

Question #2

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

A. the depiction of a contemporary event

B. the heroic action and moral virtue

C. the emotionalism and human suffering

D. the underlying political critique

Question #3

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

A. the French Monarchy

B. the institution of slavery

C. the traditions of the Royal Academy of Art

D. Napoleon Bonaparte

Question #4

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

A. the inclusion of symbolic details.

B. the reference to moral values and heroic sacrifice.

C. the historical narrative from the past.

D. the physical expressiveness of the bodies.