This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Movements > Realism > Realism – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Realism Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What influences the fate of the characters? A) The environment in which they live. B) Their family. C) School, their education. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The environment in which they live. 2. How many Impressionist exhibitions were there in total? A) 5. B) 6. C) 8. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 8. 3. The Gilded Age refers to A) The prosperous times before the Civil War. B) The focus on outward appearance in Romanticism. C) The way some made money during the Civil War. D) The prosperous time after the Civil War when materialism was established. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The prosperous time after the Civil War when materialism was established. 4. Wilson & Kelling (1982) argue which approach is necessary to tackle crime? A) Softly softly. B) Public-led. C) Zero tolerance. D) Shock and awe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Zero tolerance. 5. Elevating depictions of nature to achieve more beautiful, harmonious, and perfect depictions A) Idealism. B) Expressionism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idealism. 6. The contrast between expectations and what is reality. A) Paradox. B) Cadence. C) Coda. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony. 7. Jean-Francois Millet was a Realist painter who was renowned for painting The Gleaners. TRUE or FALSE. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 8. Which American artist is known for his paintings of African American life in Harlem? A) Jacob Lawrence. B) Rene Magritte. C) Grant Wood. D) Franz Kline. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jacob Lawrence. 9. The showing of things as they are in life. A) Naturalism. B) Regionalism. C) Realism. D) Idealism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Realism. 10. "Desiree's Baby":What does Armand find out from his mother's letter? A) He is the one who is not white. B) He is adopted also. C) He will inherit a fortune. D) Desiree never loved him. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is the one who is not white. 11. Person who poses, or "sits, " for an artist to paint, sculpt, or photograph A) Sitter. B) Patron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sitter. 12. The theory that argues that the use of force is of low salience is: A) Realism. B) Complex Intedependence. C) Liberalism. D) Marxism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complex Intedependence. 13. What style of theatre is Steven Davis' play 'Juice'? A) Theatre for Young People-episodic realism . B) Comedy . C) Realism . D) Drama . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theatre for Young People-episodic realism . 14. What is the scale that shows the range of values from light to dark in a painting or photograph? A) Contrast scale. B) Brightness scale. C) Color scale. D) Grayscale. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grayscale. 15. If you're benefiting then I'm losing. I have a(n) ..... outlook. A) Zero sum. B) Positive sum. C) Empirical. D) Normative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zero sum. 16. A person with a (a) philosophy may be heard saying things like "there is no truth" or "who am I to tell you what to do, there is no right or wrong." A) Realist. B) Empiricist. C) Materialist. D) A relativist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A relativist. 17. Which Spanish painter based his paintings on his irrational fears and nightmares? A) Pablo Picasso. B) John Gray. C) Salvador Dali. D) Georges Braque. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Salvador Dali. 18. The focus of American Realism is ..... A) To write with verisimilitude. B) To bore readers with real-life accounts of the day. C) To use satire to make a change in politics. D) To tell the story of royalty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To write with verisimilitude. 19. A set of contradictory concepts that reveal a hidden and/or unexpected truth A) Paradox. B) Coda. C) Cadence. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paradox. 20. Which of the following is not an example of an American playwright working in realism? A) Lillian Hellman. B) Tennessee Williams. C) Arthur Miller. D) Anton Chekhov. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anton Chekhov. 21. What was the name of the place that dominated the circulation of art products in France at that time? A) National museum. B) The Paris Salon. C) Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture. 22. What intellectual developments stimulated realism in the 19th century? A) The rise of professional journalism. B) The development of photography. C) The anti-Romantic movement in Germany. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 23. Realism believes in A) Individual development. B) Social development. C) Social and individual development. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Social and individual development. 24. Walt WhitmanWhat poetic device does Whitman use in "I Hear America Singing" to list various professions? A) He uses Free Verse. B) He uses Refrain. C) He uses Cataloging. D) He uses Repitition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He uses Cataloging. 25. The hamster took over the world. A) R. B) F. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) F. 26. The overall design or organization of a work A) Composition. B) Picture Plane. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Composition. 27. Which kind of authors wrote about the West and Midwest? A) Romantics. B) Regionalists. C) Naturalists. D) Realists. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Regionalists. 28. Match the "-ism" with the characteristic/examples listed below:Man versus Nature A) Realism. B) Regionalism. C) Patriotism. D) Naturalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Naturalism. 29. Match the "-ism" with the characteristic/example:Focused on setting, dialect (vernacular), culture, and beliefs of the area A) Regionalism. B) Naturalism. C) Romanticism. D) Realism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Regionalism. 30. Who is the Dutch artist known for his hyperrealistic paintings of food and everyday objects? A) Tjalf Sparnaay. B) Piet Mondrian. C) Vincent van Gogh. D) Rembrandt van Rijn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tjalf Sparnaay. 31. What colour did the Impressionists abandon in their quest to capture light A) Brown. B) White. C) Red. D) Black. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Black. 32. A women thinks her boyfriend is acting weird because he is about to propose to her, but the audience knows he's about to break up with her A) Situational irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Verbal irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dramatic irony. 33. Photography comes from 2 words meaning? A) Picture/drawing. B) Light/drawing. C) Drawing/color. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Light/drawing. 34. Curriculum:Practical and useful A) Realism. B) Idealism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Realism. 35. Works of magic realism are NOT novels or short stories A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 36. A smooth slab or board used for mixing paints or cosmetics A) Plane. B) Palette. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Palette. 37. Which of the following is NOT the primary method of education in realism? A) Logical reasoning. B) Scientific method. C) Observation. D) Dialectical method. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dialectical method. 38. Based on the story, Armand Aubigny can be characterized as A) Welcoming and friendly. B) Rich, fair, and loving. C) Cruel, racist, and arrogant. D) Insane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cruel, racist, and arrogant. 39. True or false the Battle hymn of the Republic portrays War as noble A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 40. What is the importance of proper world-building in creating a believable animated world? A) To create depth and richness. B) To make the story more convenient. C) To focus on the main characters. D) To save time and effort. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To create depth and richness. 41. Artists either from or living in France, c.1885-1905, who moved away from the impressionist style A) Post-Modernism. B) Post-Impressionism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Post-Impressionism. 42. Which American painter is known for her up close, abstracted paintings of flowers and later animal skulls? A) Frida Kahlo. B) Georgia O'Keeffe. C) Sally Mann. D) Roberta Frost. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Georgia O'Keeffe. 43. Detail, novel, omniscient narrator are part of the ..... A) Characteristics. B) Authors. C) History. D) Art and Music. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Characteristics. 44. Right Realists argue that Zero Tolerance Policing during the 1990s resulted in a dramatic reduction in violent crime in: A) Chicago. B) The Angels. C) Detroit. D) New York. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) New York. 45. In the 1990s the U.S. pretty well dominated the system. This is called A) Polarity. B) Hegemony. C) Ideationalism. D) The Neo-Westphalian system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hegemony. 46. What is the core concept of realism A) The attempt to represent subject matter truthfully. B) Perceive and understand reality. C) Both concepts. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both concepts. 47. What word means:befitting or characteristic of one of eminent rank or attainments ; commanding, dominant; intensely compelling:urgent A) Imperious. B) Succinct. C) Sift. D) Mealy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imperious. 48. Who is considerd the leader of the Realist movement? A) Claude Monet. B) Pablo Picasso. C) Gustave Courbet. D) Andy Warhol. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gustave Courbet. 49. Leonardo was not only a painter, but a scientist and mathematician. TRUE or FALSE A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 50. When did Realism come about? A) The late 19th century. B) The mid 19th century. C) The early 19th century. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The mid 19th century. 51. Name the Renaissance painter that painted School of Athens. A) Donatello. B) Raphael. C) Leonardo da Vinci. D) Rembrandt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rembrandt. 52. Who was the French painter hailed as the trailblazer of the French Romantic school. A) J.M.W Turner. B) Frida Kahlo. C) Eugene Delacroix. D) Francisco de Goya. E) Vincent Van Gogh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eugene Delacroix. 53. According to naturalism, nature is ..... toward humankind. A) Compassionate. B) Indifferent. C) Sympathetic. D) Forgiving. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indifferent. 54. When prescribing, realists A) Are very cautious about using military power. B) Usually want to use military power. C) Never want to use military power. D) Realism is amoral, so there's no prescription. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are very cautious about using military power. 55. A story about a wizard and dragon is A) Fantasy. B) Real. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fantasy. 56. Which of the following world philosophies assumes that children are blank slates and should be provided with experience by going to school? A) Pragmatism. B) Realism. C) Essentialism. D) Idealism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Realism. 57. Which Surrealism artist placed everyday objects in irrational settings creating scenes that were just slightly surreal? A) John Gray. B) Rene Magritte. C) Grant Wood. D) Fernand Leger. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rene Magritte. 58. Which of the following is the philosopher of realism? A) Aristotle. B) Plato. C) Descartes. D) Socrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aristotle. 59. Who founded Pointillism? A) Pablo Picasso. B) Edward Munch. C) George Seurat. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) George Seurat. 60. The literary era of realism began during/after which major event in U.S. history? A) Signing of the Declaration of Independence. B) Manifest destiny. C) World War I. D) Civil War. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Civil War. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesMovements QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesRealism Quiz 1Realism Quiz 2Realism Quiz 3Realism Quiz 4Realism Quiz 5Realism Quiz 6Realism Quiz 7Realism Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books