Time Period Topics

Question 1

Who said, "I disapprove what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."

Accepted Answer

Voltaire

Question 2

Which Modern artist is compared to Proteus, the Greek god who could change his form at will?

Accepted Answer

Picasso

Question 3

Don Quixote thought the windmills were ___.

Accepted Answer

Giants

Question 4

What are the names of Mrs. Kimmerlein's 2 guinea pigs?

Accepted Answer

Penny and Pepper

Question 5

Which is not a name for the era after the Baroque era?

Accepted Answer

Neo-classical era, Age of Angst

Question 6

During the 18th century, the large gap between aristocracy and activism was shown in

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 7

Who wrote The Heart of Darkness?

Accepted Answer

J. Conrad

Question 8

Which artist is best known for the Modernist Period and use of abstract style?

Accepted Answer

Pablo Picasso

Question 9

Romanticism is marked by a desire to turn to imagination and emotion for inspiration.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 10

Words used to describe the arts of the Baroque do NOT include:

Accepted Answer

Straightforward

Question 11

What movement(s) sprung up from the Industrial revolution?

Accepted Answer

Romanticism and Realism

Question 12

The Modern period is marked by a strong and conscious alignment with traditional forms/ values.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 13

Which is not part of Modern art style?

Accepted Answer

Mannerism

Question 14

Who is NOT a Cavalier poet?

Accepted Answer

Christopher Marlowe

Question 15

The Baroque Period was in the

Accepted Answer

17th century

Question 16

Which scientist derived the theory of a heliocentric universe?

Accepted Answer

Copernicus

Question 17

Which author is not part of the Baroque period?

Accepted Answer

Boccaccio

Question 18

The 19th century marked the first theories of this economic ideology:

Accepted Answer

Communism

Question 19

Who wrote the awesome song, "Rave on, John Donne?"

Accepted Answer

Van Morrison

Question 20

In what year did Newton publish his laws of gravity?

Accepted Answer

1687

Question 21

When was the first encyclopedia written?

Accepted Answer

18th century

Question 22

John Locke was a ___.

Accepted Answer

Philosopher

Question 23

In what country did the Industrial Revolution start?

Accepted Answer

Britain

Question 24

Eric Blair went by the pen name

Accepted Answer

George Orwell

Question 25

Which rhetorical device is not typically used in satire?

Accepted Answer

Allusion

Question 26

Which poem did Wordsworth write?

Accepted Answer

"The World is too Much with Us"

Question 27

Which dictator took power after the French Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Napoleon Bonaparte

Question 28

Poems of the Cavalier poets primarily focused on

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 29

18th c. thinkers believed human problems could be solved by:

Accepted Answer

Intelligence & reason

Question 30

Who published Origin of Species?

Accepted Answer

Darwin

Question 31

Who said, "I hate and detest that animal called Man, although I heartily love John, Peter, "

Accepted Answer

Jonathan Swift

Question 32

A topic that was a hallmark of Romanticism is ___.

Accepted Answer

Nature is pretty cool

Question 33

Modernism explored emphasis on the ___ rather than the ___.

Accepted Answer

Individual, group

Question 34

True or False: John Donne wrote in a metaphysical style of poetry.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 35

Between 1792-1815, which two countries were at war?

Accepted Answer

England and France

Question 36

Which was NOT a literary movement of the 19th century?

Accepted Answer

Moralism

Question 37

Which of these men was NOT a voice of the 18th century?

Accepted Answer

John Milton

Question 38

During the Neo-Classical period, there was an increase in persecution of people for religion.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 39

40,000 people died during the Reign of Terror.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 40

Which traits were not associated with the Modernist art and literature?

Accepted Answer

Realism

Time Period Topics

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Time Period Topics

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