Ginsburg Humanities 3

Question 1

This statue of David was created by Rubens:

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

This female contemporary of Caravaggio painted a violent depiction of Judith and Holofernes.

Accepted Answer

Artemisia Gentileschi

Question 3

This Italian scientist designed and built his own telescope to study the phases of Venus.

Accepted Answer

Galileo

Question 4

This monarch used the Palace of Versailles to act out the role of supreme ruler.

Accepted Answer

Louis XIV

Question 5

The piazza added to St. Peter’s was designed by this architect.

Accepted Answer

Bernini

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT associated of John Locke?

Accepted Answer

the truth lays only with material things

Question 7

Molière is the author of the greatest novel in the Spanish language.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

This painting by Rembrandt is one of the most famous works in Western art.

Accepted Answer

The Company of Frans Banning Cocq (The Night Watch).

Question 9

This Spanish nobleman founded the Society of Jesus.

Accepted Answer

Ignatius Loyola

Question 10

Rubens emulated this Italian painting technique that strongly contrasts light and dark.

Accepted Answer

chiaroscuro

Question 11

This Spanish writer is the author of Don Quixote.

Accepted Answer

Cervantes

Question 12

This musician composed the oratorio, Messiah.

Accepted Answer

Handel

Question 13

Fugue and counterpoint were techniques that were never used by J.S. Bach.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

This term is used to describe the emotional and ornate art and architecture of the 1600s.

Accepted Answer

Baroque

Question 15

John Milton was completely blind when he wrote Paradise Lost.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

In this musical form, a single theme is passed from instrument or instrument in imitation.

Accepted Answer

fugue

Question 17

Which musician wrote Cello Suites 1-6, Two-Part Inventions, and the Brandenburg Concertos?

Accepted Answer

J. S. Bach

Question 18

Who was Anne Bradstreet?

Accepted Answer

The first American poet

Question 19

"I think, therefore I am," is a saying associated with Descartes.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

The Hall of Mirrors was a feature of which important architectural structure?

Accepted Answer

Palace of Versailles

Question 21

Antonio Vivaldi composed a set of concertos known as The Four Seasons.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

This author wrote Paradise Lost, intending to “justify the ways of God to men.”

Accepted Answer

Milton

Question 23

This musician composed the opera L’Orfeo.

Accepted Answer

Monteverdi

Question 24

This French philosopher is often called the “Father of Modern Philosophy.”

Accepted Answer

Descartes

Question 25

This term refers to Biblical stories set to music.

Accepted Answer

oratorio

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