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Question #1

The subject of this work is derived from:

A. Rousseau's writings

B. Roman history

C. the Iliad

D. contemporary European history

Question #2

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

A. pastel painting

B. Chinoiserie

C. boudoir painting

D. fêtes galantes

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 moralistic paintings, meant to instruct through bad example.

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

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

Question #4

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

A. Anne Vallayer-Coster

B. Angelica Kauffmann

C. Adélaïde Labille-Guiard

D. Marie-Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun

Question #5

What was considered inappropriate about this painting?

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

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

C. the event being depicted without traditional historical imagery

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