Question 1

A hallmark of Delacroix's style is

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A)   strict symmetry of composition.
B)   the use of muted colors.
C)   pictorial license.
D)   exacting realism.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 2

Heroism, nationalism and passion are themes associated with Romanticism. Which landmarks of the nineteenth century are most representative of these themes?

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Heroism, nationalism, and passion are in...

Question 3

Compare Neoclassicism and Romanticism as styles and sensibilities. What do their differences reflect about patronage, popular taste, and historical change?

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Question 4

Which of the following statements about George Catlin is FALSE?

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A)   His paintings of Native Americans show a deep respect for them as people.
B)   He helped to develop the image of Native Americans as ecologically-minded.
C)   He used his paintings to garner support for the government's policy of relocating Native Americans to reservations.
D)   His paintings and written descriptions of Native Americans were based on first-hand experience gained by living with numerous Native American peoples.E) None of the above
F) All of the above C

Question 5

In Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People, the artist featured those whom he considered the heroes of revolutionary France, including

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A)   aristocracy sympathetic to the cause.
B)   members of the French military.
C)   members of the middle and working classes.
D)   the Catholic clergy.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 6

J. M. W. Turner, John Constable, and Thomas Cole were all noted painters of

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A)   native peoples.
B)   natural landscapes.
C)   heroic actions.
D)   historical events.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 7

Romantic ballets such as La sylphide derived their plot lines from

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A)   fairy tales and folk legends.
B)   contemporary novels.
C)   art songs.
D)   real life events.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 8

Which of the following best describes the Romantic architecture at the Royal Pavilion in Brighton?

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A)   Neoclassical
B)   Neogothic
C)   Heroic
D)   Eastern exoticE) A) and C)
F) A) and B) D

Question 9

The fact that the nineteenth century was "the age of the virtuoso" is most evident in the work of

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A)   Schubert.
B)   Berlioz.
C)   Chopin.
D)   Beethoven.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 10

Goya immortalized the history of the French occupation of Spain in a landmark series of etchings and aquatints known as

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A)   The Raft of the "Medusa."
B)   The Disasters of War.
C)   The Third of May.
D)   The Departure of the Volunteers.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 11

One of the main characteristics of Whitman's landmark poetry is that it

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A)   is written in free verse.
B)   is modeled after Shakespeare.
C)   takes its themes from Milton.
D)   is both modest and self-effacing.E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 12

In his landmark symphonies, Beethoven made use of

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A)   strong contrasts of loud and soft sound.
B)   the scherzo.
C)   dramatic motifs.
D)   All these answers are correct.E) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 13

Goethe's hero, Faust, is symbolic of the Western

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A)   veneration of class.
B)   urge to transcend limitations.
C)   desire to conform to societal norms.
D)   emphasis on knowledge over experience.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 14

The landmark work that marked the birth of the Romantic movement in England was William Wordsworth's

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A)   On the Origin of Species.
B)   Leaves of Grass.
C)   Defense of Poetry.
D)   Lyrical Ballads.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 15

Romanticism might be said to have rebelled against all of the following EXCEPT

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A)   religious authority.
B)   reason.
C)   industrialization.
D)   individualism.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 16

Which of the following persons was a male counterpart to the abolitionist Sojourner Truth?

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A)   Emerson
B)   Thoreau
C)   Catlin
D)   DouglassE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 17

Which of the following former slaves learned to write and personally authored a memoir with his or her own hand?

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A)   Sojourner Truth
B)   Frederick Douglass
C)   Nat Turner
D)   All these answers are correct.E) All of the above
F) None of the above B

Question 18

Whose "Ode on a Grecian Urn" concludes that "Beauty is truth, truth beauty"?

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A)   Shelley
B)   Keats
C)   Emerson
D)   WordsworthE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 19

The most famous paintings of Géricault and Goya depicted

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A)   fairy tales.
B)   the natural landscape.
C)   scenes from contemporary novels.
D)   current events.E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 20

By "sublime," romantics like Wordsworth were referring to

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A)   awe-inspiring nature.
B)   the Hegelian dialectic.
C)   the promises of industrialization.
D)   secret messages encoded in the works of Ancient scholars.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Exam 12: Romanticism: Nature, Passion, and the Sublime

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Compare Neoclassicism and Romanticism as styles and sensibilities. What do their differences reflect about patronage, popular taste, and historical change?

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