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1
The main motivation for late-nineteenth-century imperial expansion and colonialism was the
A)search for new civilizations.
B)desire to assimilate native peoples and cultures.
C)desire to spread socialism.
D)need for resources and markets.
E)reaction to the spread of Islam.
2
Thomas Eakins and Winslow Homer were both American masters of
A)photography.
B)symbolism.
C)postimpressionism.
D)realism.
E)impressionism.
3
In The Communist Manifesto, Marx and Engels envision ________ as the future ruling class.
A)the peasantry
B)the proletariat
C)capitalists
D)entrepreneurs
E)the bourgeoisie
4
Realism may be described as
A)a candid portrait of everyday life.
B)an emphasis on heroic individualism.
C)an interest in exotic locales and peoples.
D)a celebration of the perfectibility of humankind.
E)an interest in the extremes of human emotion.
5
Elements of literary realism can be found in the works of which of the following authors?
A)Charles Dickens
B)Fyodor Dostoevsky
C)Gustave Flaubert
D)Henrik Ibsen
E)All these answers are correct.
6
Matthew Brady is best known for his
A)condemnation of industrialism.
B)architectural designs.
C)study of optics.
D)use of lithography.
E)Civil War photography.
7
Which of the following artists best exemplifies realist painting?
A)Emile Zola
B)Gustave Eiffel
C)Gustave Courbet
D)Edgar Degas
E)Auguste Rodin
8
Edouard Manet's art created scandal because of its
A)social revolutionary themes.
B)use of mythological themes.
C)frank portrayal of female nudity in a contemporary setting.
D)choppy brushstrokes and throbbing colors.
E)geometric abstraction.
9
The impressionists were principally interested in
A)human emotion.
B)social reality.
C)the perception of light.
D)geometric order.
E)celebrating nature.
10
Which of the following artists best exemplifies impressionistic painting?
A)Winslow Homer
B)Pierre-August Renoir
C)Edouard Manet
D)Vincent van Gogh
E)Auguste Rodin
11
Which of the following artists quit his job as a stockbroker, abandoned his family, and resettled in Tahiti?
A)Claude Monet
B)Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
C)Vincent van Gogh
D)Paul Gauguin
E)Georges Seurat
12
Which of the following characterizes the musical impressionism of Claude Debussy?
A)stark contrasts of loud and soft sound
B)the use of the classical sonata form
C)fixed tonal center
D)shifting harmonies
E)All these answers are correct.
13
In which of the following regions did France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Portugal, and Spain all have colonies at the end of the 19th century?
A)North America
B)South America
C)The Middle East
D)Asia
E)Africa
14
Which of the following countries established the most extensive overseas empires in the 19th century?
A)Spain and Portugal
B)Great Britain and France
C)the United States and Russia
D)Spain and the Netherlands
E)Great Britain and the United States
15
Which of the following African countries remained independent at the beginning of the twentieth century?
A)Mozambique
B)South Africa
C)Angola
D)Algeria
E)Ethiopia





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