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Multiple Choice


This activity contains 13 questions.

Question 1
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Open Hint for Question 1 in a new window		 The systematic slaughter of millions of Jews, Slavs, gypsies and other groups by the Nazis is now called the
 
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Question 2
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Open Hint for Question 2 in a new window		 The philosophy that seeks engagement in a world that is essentially "absurd," empty of fundamental or ultimate meaning, is called
 
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Question 3
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Open Hint for Question 3 in a new window		 Taking their cue from the European modernists, the New York School developed a style called
 
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Question 4
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Open Hint for Question 4 in a new window		 The New York avant-garde that followed Abstract Expressionism was called
 
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Question 5
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Open Hint for Question 5 in a new window		 The label applied to artists and writers who define the newest wave of artistic experiment is the
 
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Question 6
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Open Hint for Question 6 in a new window		 By 1960 the avant-garde scene was witness to intentionally provocative and improvisational events executed by artists known as
 
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Question 7
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Open Hint for Question 7 in a new window		 The English sculptor know for his smoothly carved organic forms added a new element to the vocabulary of modernism was
 
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Question 8
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Open Hint for Question 8 in a new window		 Assemblages of cut-out shapes suspended in air are called
 
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Question 9
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Open Hint for Question 9 in a new window		 The architect who proclaimed, "Less is more!" was
 
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Question 10
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Open Hint for Question 10 in a new window		 A musical method in which every aspect of a composition--pitch, duration of notes, dynamics--is calculated is called
 
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Question 11
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Open Hint for Question 11 in a new window		 Painting that faithfully reproduces the qualities of the photographic image is known as
 
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Question 12
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Open Hint for Question 12 in a new window		 Which of the following is the name given to artistic works created for a particular site and then dismantled?
 
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Question 13
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Open Hint for Question 13 in a new window		 The artist known for his use of collage and photomontage was
 
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