Question 1

Briefly describe impressionism.

Accepted Answer

An attempt to capture momentary fleeting "impressions" received by the physical senses

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An attempt to depict realistic landscapes

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An exploration of abstract shapes and colors

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A style that focuses on exaggerated emotions

Question 2

In what style of art did artists seek to do "art for art's sake"?

Accepted Answer

Abstract art

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Realism

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Surrealism

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Impressionism

Question 3

Who wrote and illustrated The Tale of Peter Rabbit?

Accepted Answer

Beatrix Potter

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K. Rowling

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Lewis Carroll

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Roald Dahl

Question 4

What two British socialist writers praised Communist Russia?

Accepted Answer

George Bernard Shaw and H.G. Wells

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William Shakespeare and Jane Austen

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Oscar Wilde and Emily Bronte

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Charles Dickens and Virginia Woolf

Question 5

Name two American writers who attacked America's cherished traditional morality.

Accepted Answer

L. Mencken and Sinclair Lewis

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Mark Twain and Edgar Allan Poe

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Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway

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Harper Lee and Toni Morrison

Question 6

Who wrote The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings series?

Accepted Answer

J. R. R. Tolkien

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K. Rowling

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S. Lewis

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George R. R. Martin

Question 7

Who wrote Animal Farm and 1984?

Accepted Answer

George Orwell

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Aldous Huxley

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Philip K. Dick

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Ray Bradbury

Question 8

What British apologist for the Christian faith was one of the best-known conservative writers of the early-20th century?

Accepted Answer

C.  S. Lewis

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K. Chesterton

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R. R. Tolkien

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Dorothy L. Sayers

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