Question 1

For much of his music, Aaron Copland found inspiration in

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A)   Cubist paintings.
B)   American folk songs.
C)   the twelve-tone system.
D)   Russian folk music.

Question 2

Fauvist artworks are most notable for their bold use of

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A)   dreamlike images.
B)   distorted geometrical shapes.
C)   color.
D)   abstract imagery.

Question 3

The use of cinematic shots in rapid succession is known as

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A)   montage.
B)   collage.
C)   assemblage.
D)   frottage.

Question 4

The Holocaust resulted from Hitler's

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A)   rapid industrialization.
B)   enforced collectivism of farmland.
C)   theory of Aryan racial superiority.
D)   All these answers are correct.

Question 5

Jules Verne and H.G.Wells were pioneering figures in which literary genre?

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A)   Symbolist poetry
B)   Verse drama
C)   Science fiction
D)   Stream-of-consciousness narratives

Question 6

Purging the canvas of all recognizable subject matter was the aim of artists such as

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A)   Picasso and Matisse.
B)   Duchamp and Kahlo.
C)   Mondrian and Kandinsky.
D)   Miró and Klee.

Question 7

Jung argued that the collective unconscious manifested itself in

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A)   archetypes.
B)   dreams.
C)   fairytales.
D)   All these answers are correct.

Question 8

Which of the following attitudes is LEAST characteristic of art in the first half of the twentieth century?

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A)   An interest in the purely formal aspects of artistic expression
B)   The influence of new theories of time and space
C)   The disjunctive juxtaposition of motifs
D)   Confidence in an orderly and predictable universe

Question 9

Wright's extraordinary house, "Fallingwater," depended on the inventive use of

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A)   the cantilever.
B)   the Roman arch.
C)   sheet glass.
D)   ribbon windows.

Question 10

The pioneering narrative films of George Méliès and Edwin S. Porter were early examples of which popular genres?

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A)   War stories and westerns
B)   Westerns and science fiction
C)   Science fiction and historical romance
D)   Historical romance and war stories B

Question 11

Which artistic movement thrived on nihilism and irrationalism?

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A)   Cubism
B)   Dada
C)   Futurism
D)   Fauvism

Question 12

Albert Einstein and other twentieth-century physicists argued that

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A)   Newtonian laws of physics did not function at the microscopic level.
B)   Newtonian laws of physics did not function at the cosmic level.
C)   the properties of an object changed as it approached the speed of light.
D)   All these answers are correct. B

Question 13

Picasso's landmark work Les Demoiselles d'Avignon was a precursor to the style that became known as

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A)   Cubism.
B)   Fauvism.
C)   Futurism.
D)   Impressionism. A

Question 14

According to Freud, civilization was the product of the

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A)   ego's sublimation of the id.
B)   conscious efforts of the superego.
C)   undirected power of the id.
D)   unchecked libido, or sex drive.

Question 15

A major component of the music known as "jazz" is

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A)   improvisation.
B)   syncopation.
C)   the blues motif.
D)   All these answers are correct.

Question 16

Picasso's landmark painting, Guernica, immortalized the

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A)   fall of Moscow during the Russian Revolution.
B)   aerial bombing of a civilian target.
C)   revolt of underpaid Spanish workers.
D)   destruction of Hiroshima.

Question 17

Vaslav Nijinksy is associated with

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A)   the twelve-tone system in music.
B)   the birth of Nonobjective art.
C)   method acting.
D)   Russian dance.

Question 18

Leopold Bloom is the central figure in James Joyce's landmark work,

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A)   Metamorphosis.
B)   The Waste Land.
C)   The Search for Lost Time.
D)   Ulysses.

Question 19

According to Marcel Duchamp and other Dada figures, the artists should be the

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A)   conscience of the nation.
B)   eyes of the people.
C)   advocates for peace.
D)   destroyers of tradition.

Question 20

Write an essay on Modernism that uses the words "innovation," "disjunction," and "nihilism" to discuss some of the landmarks of the early twentieth century. Be sure to select one representative work from each of the arts.

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