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,CHECK ALL THE APPLY. Choose all options that best completes the statement or
answers the question.
1) Which statements apply to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC?
A) It initially gained wide approval but soon met with some strong opposition.
B) It consists of a long V-shaped wall that is sliced into the ground.
C) It contains the names of about 58,000 Americans who were captured, missing, or
killed.
D) It is made of glossy white marble.
E) It contains sculptural figures of heroic soldiers who sacrificed their lives.
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Learning Objective : Identify significant works of art and artists.
Learning Objective : Recognize how art can record and commemorate.
Learning Objective : Recall the artistic contributions of Maya Lin.
Learning Objective : Discuss how viewers respond to art.
Learning Objective : Recognize the subjective nature of looking at art.
Topic : Purposes of art
Topic : Artist: Maya Lin
Topic : Responding to art
Source : Chapter 01 TB Living with Art > Which statements apply
2) Which of the following did architect-sculptor Maya Lin NOT design?
A) The Civil Rights Memorial in Alabama
B) The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC
C) The Langston Hughes Library in Tennessee
D) The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain
E) The Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati, Ohio
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Learning Objective : Identify significant works of art and artists.
Learning Objective : Recall the artistic contributions of Maya Lin.
Topic : Artist: Maya Lin
Source : Chapter 01 TB Living with Art > Which of the following did
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,3) In 1939, English archeologist Basil Brown located a wood ship from the early 7th century
constructed by Anglo-Saxon craftsmen. A Sutton Hoo helmet was uncovered. Which of the
following accurately describe this helmet?
A) It has evidence of decayed iron.
B) Beasts, warriors, and geometric patterns adorn part of the helmet.
C) There is a dragon figure that meets a three-headed sea serpent.
D) Sri Lankan garnets are embedded in its forehead.
E) It has a shield to cover the face with eye openings.
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Learning Objective : Identify significant works of art and artists.
Learning Objective : Recognize ways that we live with art.
Learning Objective : Describe how art can shape our daily life.
Topic : Art and everyday life
Source : Chapter 01 TB Living with Art > In 1939, English archeologist Basil Brown
4) Which statements describe the Mona Lisa?
A) The portrait appears incredibly lifelike.
B) The portrait first went on public display in 1797.
C) It is priceless.
D) It was stolen in 1911, and an expert replica has been on view since.
E) The female subject sits with the city of Florence, Italy, in the background.
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Learning Objective : Identify significant works of art and artists.
Learning Objective : Discuss how viewers respond to art.
Topic : Responding to art
Source : Chapter 01 TB Living with Art > Which statements
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,5) Which descriptions apply to Maria van Oosterwijck’s Vanitas?
A) It is an oil on canvas.
B) Pleasure is represented by wine and a violin.
C) Affluence is represented by coins and strands of pearls.
D) Exploration is represented by American corn and a globe.
E) With the passage of time and human mortality, only the skull will stay.
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Learning Objective : Identify significant works of art and artists.
Learning Objective : Recognize how art can give visual form to feelings and ideas.
Topic : Purposes of art
Source : Chapter 01 TB Living with Art > Which descriptions apply to
6) Which statements describe the Colosseum in Italy?
A) It rises six stories high.
B) It was constructed with the emperor’s family in mind, to entertain them and their
friends.
C) It covers six acres in a square shape.
D) Gladiators would compete with wild animals and each other in gory contests.
E) Its size would accommodate approximately the same number of spectators as
modern-day major-league baseball stadiums.
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Learning Objective : Recognize how art can be created for some human purpose.
Learning Objective : Identify significant works of art and artists.
Topic : Purposes of art
Source : Chapter 01 TB Living with Art > Which statements describe the Colosseum in Italy?
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,MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or
answers the question.
7) What role best describes the artist's intention when creating the Shiva Nataraja sculpture?
A) to create a place for some human purpose
B) to create an extraordinary version of an ordinary object
C) to give visual form to the unknown
D) to celebrate the familiar
E) to record and commemorate
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Learning Objective : Identify significant works of art and artists.
Learning Objective : Recognize how art can give visual form to the unknown.
Topic : Purposes of art
Source : Chapter 01 TB Living with Art > What role best describes the artist's intention
8) What artwork from your textbook is an example of an artist creating an extraordinary version
of an ordinary object?
A) the Balinese necklace
B) the Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora
C) Shibboleth
D) Shiva Nataraja
E) Vanitas
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Learning Objective : Identify significant works of art and artists.
Learning Objective : Recognize how art can create extraordinary versions of ordinary objects.
Topic : Purposes of art
Source : Chapter 01 TB Living with Art > What artwork from your textbook is an example
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,9) In an effort to give visual form to the unknown, the 10th-century sculpture Shiva Nataraja
represents what mystery?
A) the linearity of time
B) the destruction and rebirth of the universe
C) the importance of worldly virtue
D) the story of Adam and Eve
E) the afterlife
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Learning Objective : Identify significant works of art and artists.
Learning Objective : Recognize how art can give visual form to the unknown.
Topic : Purposes of art
Source : Chapter 01 TB Living with Art > In an effort to give visual form
10) In 2020 after the death of George Floyd, sculpted images such as a Robert E. Lee monument
from 1890 in__________ were vandalized and knocked off their pedestals.
A) Charleston, SC
B) Minneapolis, MN
C) Lexington, VA
D) Richmond, VA
E) Washington, DC
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Bloom's : Remember
Learning Objective : Recognize how art can record and commemorate.
Learning Objective : Discuss how viewers respond to art.
Learning Objective : Recognize ways that we live with art.
Learning Objective : Describe how art can shape our daily life.
Topic : Purposes of art
Topic : Art and everyday life
Topic : Responding to art
Source : Chapter 01 TB Living with Art > In 2020 after the death of George Floyd
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,11) Who designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC?
A) Maya Lin
B) Paul Pujol
C) Frank Gehry
D) Zaha Hadid
E) Gillian Wearing
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Bloom's : Remember
Learning Objective : Identify significant works of art and artists.
Learning Objective : Recall the artistic contributions of Maya Lin.
Topic : Artist: Maya Lin
Source : Chapter 01 TB Living with Art > Who designed the Vietnam Veterans
12) In what year was the Vietnam Veterans Memorial unveiled in Washington, DC?
A) 1959
B) 1981
C) 1982
D) 1987
E) 1989
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Learning Objective : Identify significant works of art and artists.
Learning Objective : Recall the artistic contributions of Maya Lin.
Topic : Artist: Maya Lin
Source : Chapter 01 TB Living with Art > In what year was the Vietnam Veterans
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,13) The Kingdom of Benin, which is now part of current-day Nigeria, wants what from the art
world returned?
A) Burial chambers with treasures such as silverware that were taken by unethical
archeologists
B) Gold coins and locally-made jewelry that were looted by British colonizers
C) A group of bronze plaque sculptures looted by British soldiers
D) Bronze plaques studded with coral and jeweled necklaces pillaged by the French and
Germans
E) All of the choices are correct.
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Learning Objective : Identify significant works of art and artists.
Learning Objective : Discuss how viewers respond to art.
Learning Objective : Recall how art has been looted and destroyed.
Topic : Purposes of art
Topic : Art and everyday life
Source : Chapter 01 TB Living with Art > The Kingdom of Benin
14) Early in World War II, these people were or this group was tasked with protecting Europe’s
cultural treasures and art. After the war, they were tasked with locating, taking inventory of,
and returning looted art to rightful owners. Who were they?
A) the Louvre Museum European Collections Unit
B) the Fine Arts and Archives Section
C) American and French art historians
D) European and American art historians
E) the Monuments Men
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Learning Objective : Discuss how viewers respond to art.
Learning Objective : Recall how art has been looted and destroyed.
Learning Objective : Recognize we have a responsibility for the art surrounding us.
Learning Objective : Describe how art can influence history.
Topic : Art and everyday life
Topic : Responding to art
Source : Chapter 01 TB Living with Art > Early in World War II, these people
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,15) What is represented by the visual titled Stowage of the British Slave Ship Brookes Under the
Regulated Slave Trade Act of 1788?
A) It is an early example of a table used for calculations.
B) It is a photograph showing the extremely crowded living conditions of those enslaved
on British ships.
C) It is a painting that shows the horrifying conditions endured by those packed in an
unventilated ship.
D) It consists of diagrams with small figures showing the little space every enslaved
man, woman, and child has.
E) All of the choices apply.
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Bloom's : Understand
Learning Objective : Identify significant works of art and artists.
Learning Objective : Discuss how viewers respond to art.
Learning Objective : Describe how art can influence history.
Learning Objective : Describe how art can shape our daily life.
Topic : Purposes of art
Topic : Art and everyday life
Source : Chapter 01 TB Living with Art > What is represented by the visual
16) As a demonstration of how art affects our lives, a graphic designer in 1994 created a two-
color logo for which transportation or shipping company that was so successful it has
endured decades later? The logo is seen on packaging, planes, and trucks.
A) United Parcel Service
B) Federal Express
C) United States Postal Service
D) United Van Lines
E) U-Haul
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Bloom's : Remember
Learning Objective : Discuss how viewers respond to art.
Learning Objective : Recognize ways that we live with art.
Learning Objective : Describe how art can shape our daily life.
Topic : Purposes of art
Topic : Art and everyday life
Topic : Responding to art
Source : Chapter 01 TB Living with Art > As a demonstration of how art
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, 17) Who was the architect of the transformative Guggenheim Museum Bilbao?
A) Frank Lloyd Wright
B) Maya Lin
C) Frank Gehry
D) Zaha Hadid
E) It is kept a secret.
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Bloom's : Remember
Learning Objective : Identify significant works of art and artists.
Learning Objective : Discuss how viewers respond to art.
Learning Objective : Recognize ways that we live with art.
Learning Objective : Describe how art can shape our daily life.
Topic : Purposes of art
Topic : Art and everyday life
Topic : Responding to art
Source : Chapter 01 TB Living with Art > Who was the architect
18) Where is the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao located?
A) Spain
B) Italy
C) New York City
D) Miami, Florida
E) Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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Bloom's : Remember
Learning Objective : Identify significant works of art and artists.
Learning Objective : Recognize ways that we live with art.
Learning Objective : Describe how art can shape our daily life.
Topic : Art and everyday life
Source : Chapter 01 TB Living with Art > Where is the Guggenheim
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