After Basquiat quiz

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Fine Arts review after Basquiat

1. Avant garde Irish novelist who wrote in a punctuation-less style called stream of consciousness: __ . a) Samuel Beckett b) James Joyce c) Jonathan Swift d) Oscar Wilde.
2. He wrote the existential, absurdist drama "Waiting for Godot." ___ . Use a choice as listed above.
3. "A Modest Proposal" offered the idea that the poor Irish might survive famine by having more babies - and eating them for sustenance. The author was __. Use a choice as listed above.
4. "Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught." That's from the witty playwright __.
Use a choice as listed above.
5. This artist's collages were thought to be better than his paintings: __.
a) Romare Bearden b) Julian Schnabel c) Jacob Lawrence d) Jean-Michel Basqiat.
6. This African-American painter often produced a stream of canvasses with a single theme, such as Migration: __ . Use a choice as listed above.
7. Broken ceramic dishes were glued to giant canvasses by this artist. He painted portraits atop the craggy field of crockery. __ . Use a choice as listed above.
8. Gray's Anatomy was one of his principal source books, or places where he got ideas and images for his paintings. __ . Use a choice as listed above.
9. Contemporary artist who has specialized in painting on velvet, on tarpaulins, on film, on sails and rug pads: __ . Use a choice as listed above.
10. His subject matter tended to be the civil rights movement and jazz: __ . Use a choice as listed above.
11. Had a Puerto Rican mother and Haitian father: __ . Use a choice as listed above.
12. "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly:" __ . Use a choice as listed above.
13. Caravaggio: a) 1200's b) 1400's c) 1600's d) 1800's.
14. Caravaggio's most dramatic schtick: a) satire b) street life c) fresco d) chiaroscuro.
15. The pre-emptive strike: a) Julius Caesar b) Cassius c) Brutus d) Cleopatra VII.
16. Basquiat was known for his a) movies b) embarrassing tirades c) work ethic d) his ability to adapt to the marketplace.
17. In the mid-1980's Basquiat collaborated on a series of paintings with the notable artist a) Jackson Pollock b) Langston Hughes c) Willem De Kooning d) Andy Warhol.
18. Basquiat'ss favorite part of Manhattan was the historic warehouse district which became a center for art and cool stuff, SoHo. It is adjacent to a) Columbia Univ b) Times Square c) Greenwich Village d) Harlem.