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Question #1

The subject of this work is derived from:

A. Roman history

B. contemporary European history

C. Rousseau's writings

D. the Iliad

Question #2

The French Academy created which new classification of painting in order to admit Watteau?

A. pastel painting

B. fêtes galantes

C. boudoir painting

D. Chinoiserie

Question #3

What was the intention of William Hogarth's series Marriage a la Mode?

A. They were boudoir paintings meant to titillate.

B. They were meant to accompany a new edition of the popular novel that they illustrate.

C. They were genre paintings, documenting society life in London.

D. They were moralistic paintings, meant to instruct through bad example.

Question #4

Who was the only eighteenth-century female artist to become a successful history painter?

A. Adélaïde Labille-Guiard

B. Anne Vallayer-Coster

C. Marie-Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun

D. Angelica Kauffmann

Question #5

What was considered inappropriate about this painting?

A. the event being depicted without traditional historical imagery

B. the similarity of the composition to traditional depictions of the Lamentation

C. the numerous historical inaccuracies, such as the presence of William Johnson

D. the inclusion of an Iroquois among a group of British soldiers