What did Courbet employ in the The Stone Breakers to convey the dismal nature of manual labor?

A) A blend of soft pastels for the stones
B) A palette of dirty browns and grays
C) Swirling, diagonal lines
D) Bright color highlights

What was the most influential building in the later Cinquecento Italy?

A) Church of San Francesco
B) Santissima Annunziata
C) Il Gesù
D) Santa Maria della Grazie

Which of the following is the modern-day region that was occupied by the Classic Maya?

A) Caribbean coast of South America
B) Southwestern Mexico
C) Valley of Mexico
D) Belize, southern Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala

A great achievement of Les Très Riches Heures was that it made manuscripts more closely resemble which art form?

A) Landscape murals
B) Panel paintings
C) Polychrome sculpture
D) Decorative tracery

How often is the wooden Ise Shrine ritually rebuilt to maintain its spiritual purity?

A) Every 50 years
B) Every 20 years
C) Every century
D) Every millennium

Who is the gay artist whose exhibit The Perfect Moment was canceled for its openly gay character?

A) Willie Bester
B) Cliff Whiting
C) David Wojnarowicz
D) Robert Mapplethorpe

Why does a film shot and projected at 16 fps exhibit greater flicker than a film shot and projected at 24 fps?

A) because 16 fps is slow motion
B) because 24 fps is fast motion
C) because 16 fps film is high definition
D) because persistence of vision and critical flicker fusion require rapid projection

Otto Dix's work Der Krieg is in what time-honored religious format?

A) Diptych
B) Prayerbook
C) Reliquary
D) Triptych

What term was applied to Surrealist and other avant-garde art by Hitler and the Nazi regime in 1930s and 1940s Germany?

A) Inferior
B) Anti-Aryan
C) Askew
D) Degenerate

What was notable about the depiction of Greeks on the Ionic frieze of the Parthenon?

A) The Athenians were shown as allies of the Spartans.
B) The citizens appeared to be wearing the costumes of deities.
C) It shows the earliest-known interaction between gods and men.
D) No human event had been depicted on a Greek temple previously.