The Jackson Pollock Quiz

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1. Cheap housing can be had by struggling painters in the 1940's in Manhattan's __.
a) West Side b) Chelsea c) SoHo d) Lower East Side.
2. A perquisite, or "perk," for government work in the 1940's was a) draft deferment b) 4-F draft status c) salary adequate to feed a family d) free housing.
3. The state that is immediately northeast of New York: a) New Jersey b) Connecticut c) Delaware d) Massachusetts.
4. Pollock's almost-as-famous wife, also a modernist painter, was a) Peggy Guggenheim b) Marilyn Monroe c) Frida Kahlo d) Lee Krasner.
5. Pollock's principal patron was a) Peggy Guggenheim b) Marilyn Monroe c) Frida Kahlo d) Lee Krasner.
6. The school of art to which Pollock and his peers were attached by the media:
___ expressionism. a) Surrealist b) Abstract c) Modernist d) Dadaist.
7. American magazine with emphasis on photojournalism; it dominated the market from the 40's through the 70's: a) Fortune b) Look c) Life d) Saturday Evening Post.
8. American illustrator whose realistic work represented the values of the middle-class:
a) Norman Rockwell b) Thomas Hart Benton c) Marcel Duchamp d) Henry Luce.
9. T / F According to the movie Pollock the NY Times art critic wrote overwhelmingly positive reviews of his shows.
10. Pollock and Krasner have a productive period when they moved out of Manhattan. They relocated to a) Connecticut b) New Jersey c) Martha's Vineyard Island d) Long Island.
11. Successful artist of Pollock's circle: a) Pablo Picasso b) Willem de Kooning c) Andy Warhol d) Keith Haring.
12. The person who offered this literary quote: "To whom shall I hire myself out? / What beast must I adore? / What holy image is attacked? / What hearts must I break? / What lie must I maintain? / And, what blood shed?" a) Jackson Pollock
b) Lee Krasner c) Peggy Guggenheim d) Sande Pollock (the brother).