Quiz #9

This woman was a tireless campaigner for women's rights, including the right to vote:

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The fete galante is most associated with which artist?

Jean-Antoine Watteau

Which of the following authors is best known for writing satire?

Jonathan Swift

The Symphony #5 in C Manor, opus 67, is which composer's most famous work?

Ludwig Van Beethoven

All of the following are novels by Jane Austin except which one?

The Sorrows of Young Werther

All of the following artworks are examples of the neoclassical style except which one?

Thomas Gainborough's The Morning Walk

Denis Diderot is best known for:

compiling a 28-volume encyclopedia

Which of the following best describes the Rococo style:

delicate, small scale, entertaining subject matter

The eighteenth-century symphony typically consisted of how many movements?

four

What purpose does a stupa serve in Buddhist architecture?

it holds relics associated with the Buddha

Irises, by Ogata Korin, is an excellent example of the Japanese artists' interest in nature and landscape. This work is also an example of a Japanese artistic specialty, which was:

painting on six-paneled folding screens

The emphasis on secular concerns and ideas of freedom from tyranny and superstition, and a belief in the goodness of human nature and equality influenced a major political event, which was:

the American Revolution

The eighteenth century is known as the "Age of Reason" because of the intellectual revolution known as:

the enlightenment

All of the following statements about the philosophes are true except which one?

they advocated for religious education