FAS / Constructed response choices -
- Write a detailed, if brief, comparison between Mamet's "Glengarry Glen Ross" and "The Garden of Earthly Delights" by Hieronymus Bosch.
- Write a detailed, if brief, comparison between the Soup Cans and Brillo Boxes of Andy Warhol and Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf."
- Write a detailed, if brief, comparison between the organic art of Goldsworthy, Dougherty and Connell and the paintings of Jackson Pollock
Albee and Woolf quiz / Name the speaker for quotes 1 - 12. a) George b) Martha c) Nick d) Honey
1. "Will you show her where we keep the, uh, euphemism?"
2. "You tried to *communicate.* That's touching."
3."I hope that was an empty bottle! You can't afford to waste good liquor."
4. "Never mix, never worry!"
5. "Don't worry about it! Anybody who comes here ends up getting
testy; it's expected! Don't be upset!"
6. "They're dancing like they (have) danced before."
7. "You can stand it. You married me for it."
8. "To you, everybody's a flop!"
9. "I disgust me."
10. "Someone who can keep learning the games we play as quickly as I can change them."
11. "George and Martha: sad, sad, sad."
12. "You can't decide these things by yourself."
13. Albee's works are considered well-crafted, often __ examinations of the modern condition. a) sympathetic b) unsympathetic c) clinical d) ritual.
14. Actor in the role of George: a) George Segal b) Richard Burton c) Wayne Newton d) Dean Martin.
15. The American Dream is a concept that includes education, marriage, 2.5 children and __ success. a) material b) spiritual c) sexual d) ambitious.
16. WAVW was given the Pulitzer Prize for literature. T / F
17. US president who was in office when the play of WAVW debuted - in 1962. a) Richard Nixon b) Dwight Eisenhower c) John Kennedy d) Lyndon Johnson.
18. Virginia Woolf was an American female author, essayist and publisher regarded as a foremost modernist though she wrote mostly during the 1920's. T / F
19. Early 1960's poetry: a) Bob Dylan b) Allen Ginsberg c) Joan Baez d) Beatles.
20. Of the numerous taboo items in George and Martha's life, the one most closely held: a) alcoholism b) strife continually followed by truce c) a 16-year old son d) George's failed novel.
Shoes and silk screens / Warhol 1
1. Pittsburgh, Warhol's home, is on the a) west b) east c) north side of Pennsylvania.
2. Warhol attended ___ Institute, named for founder, philanthropist
and steel magnate Andrew __ . a) Carnegie b) Ford c) Getty d) Rockefeller.
3. Warhol was raised in a strongly __ ethnic community. a) Slovak
b) German c) Greek d) Turkish.
4. Before he became a success as a pop artist Warhol had a day job.
He was an a) ad writer b) shoe designer c) illustrator d) print
maker.
5. Arguably the most important woman in Warhol's life was __ . a) Edie Sedgwick b) Marilyn Monroe c) Julia Warhola.
6. In 1962 he sold the group of pop art silk-screen paintings for
$1000 to a Los Angeles gallery owner because they did not sell to art
collectors. They were images of __ . a) Marilyn Monroe b) Elvis c) Campbell's Soup cans.
7. Warhol's large art studio, a place for work and for the
shenanigans of tawdry hangers-on, was painted and papered in silver
and called The __ . a) Salon b) Studio c) Factory d) Fire Station.
The Greenwich Village quiz
1. Mark Rothko was a native a) NYC b) Poland c) Russia d) Israel.
2. Which came first in the world of fine arts painting? a) impressionism b) expressionism
3. NYC replaced Paris as the center for cutting edge art in what decade?
a) 1940's b) 1950's c) 1960's d) 1970's.
4. The A bomb and the Cold War: which nation was second in demonstrating their possession of the nuclear bomb? a) US b) Russia c) England d) Germany
5. Two of NYC's boroughs are on Long Island: a) Bronx, Brooklyn b) Brooklyn, Manhattan c) Queens, Brooklyn d) Bronx, Manhattan.
6. "Color field paintings:" a) Pollock b) Rothko c) Benton
7. Houston is the site of the outstanding Menil Collection and the nearby __ Chapel. a) Rothko b) Pollock c) Matisse d) Magritte.
8. "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? What blood tread?"
It is a quote from the 19th century French poet Artur Rimbaud used by a) Jackson Pollock b) Lee Krasner c) Peggy Guggenheim d) Mark Rothko.
9. "La danse," Dance, is an epic painting composed in 1909 by the French painter a) Pablo Picasso b) Vincent Van Gogh c) Henri Matisse d) Paul Cezanne.
10. Greenwich Village in the 1950's: a) walkups and lofts b) gentrification.
11. In Dallas you will find work by Picasso in 2 of the 3 museums in the Dallas Arts District. You will not find Picasso in the a) Nasher b) DMA c) Crow d) Meyerson.
12. A perquisite, or "perk," for government work in the early 1940's was
a) draft deferment b) 4-F draft status c) salary adequate to feed a family d) free housing.
13. In one or 2 sentences explain the quote in number 8.
1. Guernica is a painting of the destruction in the war known as the __ __ __.
2. Guernica is a village in the Atlantic region of Spain - near the Pyrenees and the French border - that has its own language and customs. Today the region is known for its separatist radicals. The people are known as __ .
3. The bomb-dropping airplanes that his Guernica were supplied to the Spanish forces by the nations of __ and __ .
4. Guernica is known for its scale. a) 11'X26' b) 26' X 75' c) 150' X 290'
Matisse and Picasso
1. Mariscos: a) arroz b) antibes c) prawns d) pollo.
2. 50-foot-tall, 162-ton steel sculpture by Picasso, 1967: a) Chicago b) NYC c) Los Angeles d) Paris.
3. The art collection of Gertrude and Leo Stein became famous partly because they were friends with New Yorkers Carl Van Vechten and Henry McBride, both a) publishers b) critics c) painters d) bankers.
4. "There is no there there." a) Picasso b) Matisse c) Stein d) Hemingway.
5. Hemingway, Pound, Picasso and Matisse met and chatted in the __ established by Gertrude Stein in her art-filled apartment. a) aficionado b) townhouse c) midnight meetings d) salon.
Please answer either a) Picasso or b) Matisse for 6. - 12.:
6. Initially labelled a "wild beast painter," or fauve (fauvist).
7. El Greco.
8. Barcelona.
9. La danse.
10. Les demoiselles d'Avignon.
11. Guernica.
12. Gertrude Stein.
Mamet, Chicago and modern drama
1. Chicago is America's __ city in population. a) second b) third c) fourth.
2. The Central Business District in Chicago is referred to as the a) Lakefront b) CBGB c) El d) Loop.
3. The newest public sculpture in Chicago: a) Chicago Matisse b) Cloud Gate c) Millennium Park d) Silver Arch.
4. Author of Glengarry Glen Ross: a) Albee b) Mamet c) Beckett d) Miller.
5. In Glengarry Glen Ross - GGR - the sales team has been given a challenge. First prize is a Cadillac, second is a set of steak knives and third is
a) better leads b) dismissal c) a transfer d) a certificate of appreciation.
6. Choose a city that lies upon Lake Michigan: a) Milwaukee b) Detroit c) Cleveland d) Buffalo.
7. "Chicago" is a name derived from the parlance of a) African-Americans b) Indigenous peoples c) a Dutch explorer d) the first Trade center on Lake Ontario.
8. The Mamet play and movie which addresses the relationship between male professor and female college student: a) Oleanna b) American Buffalo c) Zoo Story d) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
9. The salesmen in GGR are supllied with names and phone numbers of potential clients. These are called a) leads b) sits c) pigeons d) closers.
10. The salesmen in GGR do their best not to use underhanded or dishonest techniques in their sales efforts. T / F
11. Spanish artist who ceded a public sculpture to the city of Chicago: a) Matisse b) Degas c) Picasso d) El Greco.
Leonardo / Michelangelo quiz
All answers will be L) Leonardo or M) Michelangelo or N) neither.
1. Statue of Moses - which crowns the sarcophagus of the tomb of Pope Julius II.
2. "One of you will betray me."
3. The Vatican / Sistine mural called The Last Judgement.
4. La Gioconda, the "laughing one."
5. Life of this artist slightly preceded the life of his contemporary Renaissance fellow.
6. Worked as military architect and engineer for Cesare Borgia, for whom he created the map of the town of Imola.
7. Mother and son sculpture known as the Pieta.
8. The Gran Cavallo, or giant horse.
9. Collection of sketch-filled, annotated notebooks; some 13,000 pages.
10. Architect of St Peter's Basilica, Rome.
11. Monumental statue of the biblical hero David - 17 feet in height.
12. Vitruvian Man, or the Canon of Proportions.
13. Ponte Vecchio, the Medieval bridge notable for being lined with shops, is in the city of __ . a) Milano b) Florence / Firenze c) Roma d) Venetia.
1. M
2. L
3. M
4. L
5. L
6. L
7. M
8. L
9. L
10. M
11. M
12. L
Leonardo Supper Quiz
1. Leonardo's equestrian statue, "Gran cavallo," was never cast in bronze though it inspired awe as a giant clay sculpture. The subject was a __ . a) prince b) eagle c) horse d) castle.
2. L was raised in the vicinity of the city that was a center of Renaissance arts from the 14th to 16th centuries, Firenze. Today Firenze, located on the famous Arno River, is known as __, which means "flower." a) Florence b) Bologna c) Venetia d) Roma.
3. In Firenze visitors find a Medieval enclosed bridge called the "__ Vecchio." This bridge integrated shops into the structure. Once the stores featured butchers; today the storefronts are occupied by jewelers and art dealers.
a) Regulare b) Ponte c) Duomo d) Arco.
4. As a young man L was apprenticed to a studio where he learned drafting, chemistry, metallurgy, metal working, plaster casting, leather working, mechanics and carpentry as well as the artistic skills of drawing, painting, sculpting and modelling. It was the workshop operated by the famous artist __ . a) Michelangelo b) Botticelli c) Ludovico il Moro d) Andrea del Verrocchio.
5. The Last Supper was painted for a __ . a) monastery b) library c) museum d) art gallery
6. The Last Supper is a mural. Such works were ordinarily painted via the style called __, in which paint is applied to wet plaster. a) watercolor b) pastel c) fresco d) relief.
7. The Last Supper is on display in the city of a) Milan b) Florence c) Roma d) Bologna.
8. The figures in Supper are __ life size. a) larger than b) one half c) three quarters.
9. Much of his work was not performed as an artist but as an architect and designer to aid his royal employers in their __ . a) religious duties b) wars c) public buildings d) personal residences.
10. Cesare Borgia's stronghold city, Imola, was celebrated and aided by a __ developed by Leonardo. a) canal b) map c) fortified wall d) system of wells.
11. Leonardo was a bastard, or illegitimate child. T / F
12. His life of 57 years surrounded the year of __ . a) 1300 b) 1400 c) 1500 d) 1600.
13. In traditional paintings of The Last Supper one person is often placed on the other side of the table from the remaining apostles: __ . This was not true in Leonardo's version. a) Peter b) Judas c) Matthew d) Paul.
14. Leonardo did not die in Italy. In has last years he was employed and housed by Francis I, King of __ . a) France b) Germany c) Espana d) England.
15. Leonardo was sporadic and dilatory; his rate of work could be called __ . a) fast b) slow c) erratic.
Leonardo / Michelangelo quiz
All answers will be a) Leonardo or b) Michelangelo or c) neither.
1. Life of this artist slightly preceded the life of his contemporary Renaissance fellow.
2. Geologist, cartographer, architect, engineer, mathematician.
3. From the region of Tuscany / Florence, the town of Vinci.
4. "The empirical methods he employed were unusual for his time," said Wikipedia.
a) intuitive, deeply understood b) by means of observation, experimentation or by the evidence c) as revealed by a conscious awareness of an ultimate reality.
5. Much of his work in Milano under the patronage of Ludovico el Moro.
6. Spent his last years in France in a chateau given him by Francis I.
7. Vitruvian Man, or the Canon of Proportions.
8. Ponte Vecchio, a Medieval bridge notable for being lined with shops, is in the city of __ . a) Milano b) Florence / Firenze c) Roma d) Venetia.
9. Primarily known as a painter.
10. The Last Supper.
11. The Mona Lisa.
12. Collection of sketch-filled, annotated notebooks; some 13,000 pages.
13. Experimentation and procrastination.
14. Concepts of the helicopter, armored tank, solar power.
15. An artistic apprenticeship would have included lessons in metallurgy, chemistry and carpentry. T / F
16. Contains egg yolk as a binder: a) oil paint b) tempera paint c) fresco.
17. The Gran Cavallo, or giant horse.
18. Worked as military architect and engineer for Cesare Borgia, for whom he created the map of the town of Imola.
19. La Gioconda, the "laughing one."
20. Notable painting in monks' refectory in the Convent of Santa Maria della Grazie in Milan.
21. Study of anatomy and production of anatomic sketches.
22. Mother and son sculpture known as the Pieta.
23. Monumental statue of the biblical hero David - 17 feet in height.
24. Paintings of scenes from Genesis on the ceiling and The Last Judgment on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in Rome.
25. Architect of St Peter's Basilica, Rome.
26. Attended the Humanist academy in which the Medici had been inspired by Plato.
27."One of you will betray me."
28. Widely regarded as handsome; posed as a artist's model.
29. Donatello's bronze statue of David.
30. Statue in front of the Palazzo Vecchio that was symbolic of the independence of the city-state of Florence.
31. Statue of Moses - which crowns the sarcophagus of the tomb of Pope Julius II.
32. Four years of painting upon a scaffolding.
33. The Vatican / Sistine mural called The Last Judgement.
34. "However rich I may have been, I have always lived like a poor man."
35. "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."
An investment opportunity: Glengarry Glen Ross
1. Author of Glengarry Glen Ross: a) Edward Albee b) David Mamet c) Samuel Beckett d) Arthur Miller.
2. In Glengarry Glen Ross - GGR - the sales team has been given a challenge. First prize is a Cadillac, second is a set of steak knives and third is
a) better leads b) dismissal c) a transfer d) a certificate of appreciation.
3. The Mamet play and movie which addresses the relationship between male professor and female college student: a) Oleanna b) American Buffalo c) Zoo Story d) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
4. The salesmen in GGR are supplied with names and phone numbers of potential clients. These are called a) leads b) sits c) pigeons d) closers.
5. The salesmen in GGR are told to get an appointment to have a face-to-face meeting with their clients. These are called a) leads b) sits c) pigeons d) closers.
6. The salesmen in GGR are told that they're losers. It is an attempt to fire them up so they will become successes, or __ . a) leaders b) sitters c) pigeons d) closers.
7. The Blake character lectures the sales office on basic techniques, such as "A-B-C: Always be ___ . " a) coping b) closing c) classy d) careful.
8. The salesmen in GGR do their best not to use underhanded or dishonest techniques in their sales efforts. T / F
9. A real estate company across the street seems like enticing work to 2 of the salesmen in GGR. The company is run by Jerry Graff and is notable because their leads are based on a list of well-paid professionals, a group of __ . a) doctors b) nurses c) lawyers d) financial advisers.
Rocks and sticks quiz
1. Sculpture from woven saplings. a) Andy Goldsworthy b) Patrick Dougherty c) Clyde Connell.
2. Sculpture from flower blossoms: ___ art. a) ephemeral b) mortal c) Abstract d) expressionistic
3. Sculpture from balanced rocks. a) Andy Goldsworthy b) Patrick Dougherty c) Clyde Connell.
4. Three-dimensional, site-specific work of art that attempts to transform perception of a space: __ art. a) conceptual b) installation c) abstract d) philosophical.
5. Sculptor notable for creating a type of kinetic sculpture that takes advantage of the principle of equilibrium. a) Alexander Calder b) Salvador Dali c) Robert Rauschenburg d) Jackson Pollock.
6. Sculptor who made art from brown paper, newspaper, rattan, cypress, discarded farm implements and rocks. a) Andy Goldsworthy b) Patrick Dougherty c) Clyde Connell.
7. "The White Paintings:" a) Alexander Calder b) Salvador Dali c) Robert Rauschenburg d) Jackson Pollock.
Boat necked shirt: the Picasso quiz
1. Misogyny: negative attitude - even hatred of: a) exercise b) witches c) men
d) women.
2. Exaggerated male attitude: a) machismo b) pacifism c) misogyny d) fascism.
3. Mapping the life of Picasso: 1. Malaga 2. Barcelona 3. ___ 4. Vallauris, Provence region and Cote d'Azur of France.
a) Paris b) Valencia c) Marseille d) Seville.
4. In Paris, one of Picasso's most frequent destinations was the
a) Louvre b) Tour Eiffel c) Notre Dame de Paris d) River Seine.
5. Like Lennon & McCartney, Pablo Picasso was competitive with his
peers. He both worked with and in an effort to top fellows like:
a) Jackson Pollock b) Henri Matisse c) Chuck Close d) Richard Serra.
6. Picasso would have served you a supper of a) tortellini b)
sauerkraut c) mughal curry d) paella.
7. The Spanish peninsula was occupied by the Romans and, later, by the
North African Moors. The peninsula is called a) Apulia b) Iberia
c) Anatolia d) Barcelona.
8. Seville, Cordova, Granada: these are the Moorish cities of Spain's
southern region. It is known as a) Andalusia b) Navarre c) Valencia d)
Aragon.
9. The region of Paris historically notable for pimps, eccentrics,
anarchists, students and artists: a) Bastille b) le Louvre c) Montmartre d) Champs Elysees.
Pollock
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).
1. d lower east side
2. d free housing
3. b connecticut
4. d lee krassner
5. a peggy guggenheim
6. b abstract
7. c Life
8. a Rockwell
9. F
10. d Long island
11. b de Kooning
12. b lee krassner
1. d
2. a
3. b
4.d
5. a
6. b
7. c
8. a
9. t
10. d
11. b
12. b
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