Question 1

The term that most accurately describes Parimigianino\'s Madonna of the Long Neck is

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Mannerist

Question 2

The founding figure of the Society of Jesus was

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Layola

Question 3

One of the most influential Baroque artists was_, the designer of the piazza in front of St. Peter\'s Basilica

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Bernini

Question 4

Italian baroque churches are characterized by all of the following except

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Minimal ornamentation

Question 5

Which influential handbook reflected the mysticism and militancy of the Jesuit order

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Spiritual exercises

Question 6

Of Bernini\'s Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, it is correct to say that it was

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All these answer are correct

Question 7

Whose \"music of mystic serenity\" captured the conservative quality of the Catholic Reformation

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Palestrina

Question 8

The term, \"baroque\" in painting comprises all of the following except

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Strict compositional symmetry

Question 9

Which of the genres in which Rembrandt worked was the most lucrative for the Dutch painter

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group portraiture

Question 10

Both Donne and Wren were associated with the Jesuit order

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Church of Saint Paul\'s in London

Question 11

In the 17th century England, the influential Calvinists who called for churchly reform were known as

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Anabaptists

Question 12

Academic art, as envisioned by Louis XIV and his followers, depended primarily on

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Neoclassical principles

Question 13

A leading figure in the evolution of academic art was

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Poussin

Question 14

The Dutch painter Maria van Oosterwyck and other female artists excelled in which genre

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still life painting

Question 15

Milton\'s Paradise Lost is a landmark epic that

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Describes the fall of Adam and Eve

Question 16

The plays of Moliere

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Question 17

The first permanent orchestra in Europe was established by

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Monteverdi

Question 18

The text of an opera is found in its

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Libretto

Question 19

Both El Greco and Velazquez served in the courts of

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England

Question 20

Bach\'s cantatas were largely based on

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Lutheran chorales

Question 21

In the 17th century, Cremona, Italy, was the world center for the manufacture of

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Violins

Question 22

Giovanni Gabrieli came to be celebrated for his

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Clear and simple religious music

Question 23

The Baroque era represents a turning point in music because it witnessed the

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All these answers are correct

Question 24

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

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Individualism

Question 25

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

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Lyrical ballads

Question 26

By \"sublime\", romantics like Wordswoth were referring to

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Awe-inspiring nature

Question 27

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

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Keats

Question 28

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

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Urge to transcend limitations

Question 29

Darwin contributed to Darwin contributed  the study of biology chiefly by

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Developing the theory of natural selection.

Question 30

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

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natural landscapes.

Question 31

The American writer Henry Thoreau

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valued nature as a source of instruction.

Question 32

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

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is written in free verse.

Question 33

Which of the following people is considered to be one of the first Realists in the English novel-writing tradition?

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Jane Austen

Question 34

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

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Douglass

Question 35

Which of the following statements about George Catlin is FALSE?

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He used his paintings to garner support for the government\'s policy of relocating Native Americans to reservations.

Question 36

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

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The Disasters of War.

Question 37

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

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Frederick Douglass

Question 38

A hallmark of Delacroix\'s style is

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pictorial license

Question 39

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

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members of the middle and working classes

Question 40

London\'s Houses of Parliament are a landmark example of

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Neomedievalism

Question 41

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

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members of the middle and working classes

Question 42

London\'s Houses of Parliament are a landmark example of

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Neomedievalism.

Question 43

In his landmark symphonies, Beethoven made use of

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All these answers are correct.

Question 44

Of nineteenth-century music, it is correct to say that

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the orchestra grew to grand proportions.

Question 45

The independent art song originated by Franz Schubert that united music and poetry was called the

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lied.

Question 46

Romantic ballets such as La sylphide derived their plot lines from

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fairy tales and folk legends.

Question 47

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current events.

Question 48

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

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Eastern exotic

Question 49

The nineteenth century was an important time in African history because

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All these answers are correct.

Question 50

Which of the following was NOT a major factor in the onset of European expansion

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imitation of China\'s maritime achievements

Question 51

In African tradition, kinship extended to all of the following EXCEPT

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all African peoples.

Question 52

The name \"Sudan\" means

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land of the blacks

Question 53

The dominant element in African music is

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rhythm

Question 54

The earliest West African kingdom was that of

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Ghana.

Question 55

When the Europeans arrived in Africa,

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slaves were already being traded between African and Muslim dealers

Question 56

In African cultural history, the griot was a

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poet-historian

Question 57

The bronze head of the oba of Benin is a landmark that

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illustrates the African mastery of casting metal

Question 58

Which of the following is NOT a distinctive feature of African music?

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melodic lyrics

Question 59

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kinship systems

Question 60

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kinship systems

Question 61

Francis Bacon called the false dogmas or teachings that hindered clear thinking

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Idols

Question 62

In his Novum Organum, Bacon objected to

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an overreliance on inductive reasoning.

Question 63

Diderot\'s Encyclopedia was

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the largest compendium of knowledge produced in the West

Question 64

Which of the following men was NOT a significant figure in the movement known as the Scientific Revolution

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Hogarth

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