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Question #1

The subject of this work is derived from:

A. Roman history

B. the Iliad

C. contemporary European history

D. Rousseau's writings

Question #2

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

A. Chinoiserie

B. boudoir painting

C. pastel 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 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. Anne Vallayer-Coster

B. Adélaïde Labille-Guiard

C. Angelica Kauffmann

D. Marie-Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun

Question #5

What was considered inappropriate about this painting?

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

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

C. the event being depicted without traditional historical imagery

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