Exam Prep Ch13 Materialism

Chapter 13

Materialism

1. What was the primary motivating force for late nineteenth-century colonialism?

A. Raw materials and expanding markets

B. Lands to settle

C. Conversion of non-Christians

D. Halting the expansion of non-Western empires.

Learning Objective: Explain the effects of the concept of manifest destiny

Topic: colonialism and imperialism

Topic: History

2. Which author offered realistic (and sentimental) depictions of nineteenth-century society in works such as David Copperfield?

A. Gustave Flaubert

B. Fyodor Dostoevsky

C. Charles Dickens

D. Mark Twain

Learning Objective: Understand the basis of literary Realism in the nineteenth century

Topic: Literature

3. In the Communist Manifesto, Marx and Engels prophesized that a revolution would make the ________ the new ruling class.

A. proletariat

B. bourgeoisie

C. capitalists

D. entrepreneurs

Learning Objective: Outline the revolutionary views of Marx and Engels

Topic: History

Topic: Literature

Topic: social theories

4. How did Emile Zola view human beings, as depicted in his Naturalistic novels?

A. In full control of their destinies

B. Happiest in natural surroundings

C. Equal, whether male or female

D. Products of their environment and their heredity

Learning Objective: Understand the basis of literary Realism in the nineteenth century

Topic: Literature

5. What was a feature of Nietzsche's new morality?

A. Reinforcement of the social contract

B. Privilege for the "superman"

C. Absolute moral authority

D. Advancement of Christian ideals

Learning Objective: Recognize Nietzsche's philosophical ideas and works

Topic: Philosophy and Religion

6. What was the most important new medium in mid-nineteenth-century architecture?

A. Glass

B. Cement

C. Cast iron

D. Brick

Learning Objective: Recall the impact of cast iron on nineteenth-century architecture

Topic: Art and Architecture

7. The turn from Romanticism to literary Realism is evident in the novels of which author?

A. Henrik Ibsen

B. Gustave Flaubert

C. Emile Zola

D. Mark Twain

Learning Objective: Understand the basis of literary Realism in the nineteenth century

Topic: Literature

Topic: Realism

8. Which of the following authors was credited with inventing the modern novel with his Madame Bovary?

A. Charles Dickens

B. Gustave Flaubert

C. Leo Tolstoy

D. Emile Zola

Learning Objective: Understand the basis of literary Realism in the nineteenth century

Topic: Literature

9. Which of the following items was NOT an innovation of the nineteenth century?

A. Photography

B. Telegraphy

C. The novel

D. Skyscrapers

Learning Objective: Characterize the skyscraper as an expression of modern corporate power and the urban scene in the late-nineteenth century

Learning Objective: Recount the birth of photography in the nineteenth century

Topic: Art and Architecture

10. Which artist—whose subject matter was individuals in ordinary settings—challenged, “Show me an angel and I’ll paint one?”

A. Edouard Manet

B. Honoré Daumier

C. Gustave Courbet

D. Edgar Degas

Learning Objective: Recognize major art style and artists of the nineteenth century

Topic: Art and Architecture

Topic: Realism

11. Which Social Realist is primarily associated with the medium of lithography?

A. Gustave Courbet

B. Edgar Degas

C. Mathew Brady

D. Honoré Daumier

Learning Objective: Differentiate Realism from stylistic predecessors Romanticism and Neoclassicism

Topic: Art and Architecture

Topic: Realism

12. The movement known as Impressionism took its title from a painting by which artist?

A. Edouard Manet

B. Claude Monet

C. Pierre-Auguste Renoir

D. Edgar Degas

Learning Objective: Describe properties of Impressionism

Topic: Art and Architecture

Topic: Impressionism and Postimpressionism

13. Impressionist painters drew largely on what subject matter for their works?

A. Urban scenes

B. Religious themes

C. Historical events

D. Aristocratic commissions

Learning Objective: Describe properties of Impressionism

Topic: Art and Architecture

Topic: Impressionism and Postimpressionism

14. Which artist became infatuated with unspoiled nature, especially as it existed in Tahiti (where he relocated after abandoning his job and family)?

A. Vincent Van Gogh

B. Paul Gauguin

C. Georges Seurat

D. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Learning Objective: Identify stylistic properties of Postimpressionist art

Topic: Art and Architecture

Topic: Impressionism and Postimpressionism

Topic: Oceania

15. Japanese prints had the greatest influence on which late-nineteenth-century European art style?

A. Realism

B. Verismo

C. Photography

D. Postimpressionis

Learning Objective: Identify stylistic properties of Postimpressionist art

Topic: Art and Architecture

Topic: Impressionism and Postimpressionism

16. What description of the music of Debussy is accurate?

A. It was heavily influenced by the Symbolists and Impressionists.

B. It was deeply inspired by Beethoven's symphonies.

C. It imitates the clarity of the classical sonata form.

D. It favored the traditional major-minor tonal system.

Learning Objective: Recognize contributions to nineteenth-century music

Topic: Impressionism and Postimpressionism

Topic: Music and Dance

17. What feature is characteristic of the music of Debussy?

A. Shifting harmonies

B. Fixed tonal center

C. Dramatic contrasts of loud and soft

D. Development of themes and motives.

Learning Objective: Recognize contributions to nineteenth-century music

Topic: Impressionism and Postimpressionism

Topic: Music and Dance

18. With what are the names Matthew Brady and Eadweard Muybridge associated?

A. Lithography

B. Literary Realism

C. Photography

D. Impressionism

Learning Objective: Recount the birth of photography in the nineteenth century

Topic: Art and Architecture

Topic: History

19. What description of Puccini’s verismo operas is accurate?

A. They drew inspiration primarily from the music-dramas of Wagner.

B. They brought a new level of realism into opera.

C. They depended largely on themes from Chinese opera.

D. They featured heroic characters of myth.

Learning Objective: Recognize contributions to nineteenth-century music

Topic: Music and Dance

20. Which artist wished to “redo nature after Poussin,” anticipating twentieth-century abstract art in his later works?

A. Paul Cézanne

B. Paul Gauguin

C. Vincent Van Gogh

D. Edouard Manet

Learning Objective: Identify stylistic properties of Postimpressionist art

Topic: Art and Architecture

Topic: Impressionism and Postimpressionism

21. What was a major factor in bringing non-Western cultures to the attention of Europeans?

A. Art Nouveau

B. The World's Fair

C. The daguerreotype

D. Crystal Palace

Learning Objective: Explain the effects of the concept of manifest destiny

Learning Objective: Recount the birth of photography in the nineteenth century

Topic: Art and Architecture

Topic: colonialism and imperialism

Topic: History

22. In the last quarter of the nineteenth century, ________ emerged as the center of Western artistic productivity.

A. London

B. New York

C. Paris

D. Moscow

Learning Objective: Recognize major art style and artists of the nineteenth century

Topic: Art and Architecture

23. “Oceania” refers to what location?

A. Islands off the coast of Greece

B. Islands of the South and Central Pacific Ocean

C. Canary Islands

D. Islands of the Caribbean

Learning Objective: Recognize major art style and artists of the nineteenth century

Topic: History

Topic: Oceania

24. What were the principal subjects and themes of nineteenth-century Realists? Were these shared by both writers and visual artists? How did these subjects and themes differ from those favored by the Impressionists and Postimpressionists?

Learning Objective: Describe properties of Impressionism

Learning Objective: Identify stylistic properties of Postimpressionist art

Learning Objective: Understand the basis of literary Realism in the nineteenth century

Topic: Art and Architecture

Topic: Impressionism and Postimpressionism

Topic: Literature

25. Which landmarks would you consider most representative of late nineteenth-century Western culture, the so-called, “Age of Materialism”?

Learning Objective: Recognize major art style and artists of the nineteenth century

Learning Objective: Understand the basis of literary Realism in the nineteenth century

Topic: Art and Architecture

Topic: History

Topic: Literature

26. How did advancing technology affect the arts of the late nineteenth century?

Learning Objective: Recall the impact of cast iron on nineteenth-century architecture

Learning Objective: Recognize contributions to nineteenth-century music

Learning Objective: Recognize major art style and artists of the nineteenth century

Learning Objective: Recount the birth of photography in the nineteenth century

Topic: Art and Architecture

Topic: History

Topic: Literature

Category # of Questions

Learning Objective: Characterize the skyscraper as an expression of modern corporate power and the urban scene in the late-nineteenth century 1

Learning Objective: Describe properties of Impressionism 3

Learning Objective: Differentiate Realism from stylistic predecessors Romanticism and Neoclassicism 1

Learning Objective: Explain the effects of the concept of manifest destiny 2

Learning Objective: Identify stylistic properties of Postimpressionist art 4

Learning Objective: Outline the revolutionary views of Marx and Engels 1

Learning Objective: Recall the impact of cast iron on nineteenth-century architecture 2

Learning Objective: Recognize contributions to nineteenth-century music 4

Learning Objective: Recognize major art style and artists of the nineteenth century 5

Learning Objective: Recognize Nietzsche's philosophical ideas and works 1

Learning Objective: Recount the birth of photography in the nineteenth century 4

Learning Objective: Understand the basis of literary Realism in the nineteenth century 6

Topic: Art and Architecture 15

Topic: colonialism and imperialism 2

Topic: History 7

Topic: Impressionism and Postimpressionism 8

Topic: Literature 8

Topic: Music and Dance 3

Topic: Oceania 2

Topic: Philosophy and Religion 1

Topic: Realism 3

Topic: social theories 1