Question 1

Beckett's Waiting for Godot belongs to a dramatic genre known as

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A)   theater of the absurd.
B)   Neorealism.
C)   theater of the cruel.
D)   guerrilla theater.E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 2

Which composer wrote aleatory pieces such as 4' 33"?

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A)   Graham
B)   Dunham
C)   Cunningham
D)   CageE) A) and D)
F) B) and D) D

Question 3

In his writings on existentialism, Sartre insisted that each individual is

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A)   born with an essential nature.
B)   controlled by social and economic forces.
C)   the sun of his or her own actions.
D)   unable to choose between good and evil.E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 4

Which one of the following figures does NOT belong with the other three?

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A)   Ellison
B)   Brooks
C)   Baldwin
D)   NerudaE) All of the above
F) None of the above D

Question 5

The effort on the part of contemporary physicists to achieve a "theory of everything" is evident in

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A)   Language Theory.
B)   String Theory.
C)   Postmodernism.
D)   deconstructionism.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 6

The leading action painter of the twentieth century was

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A)   Rothko.
B)   Stella.
C)   Cage.
D)   Pollock.E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 7

The aesthetic, production, and materials of minimalist artworks are inspired by

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A)   commercial advertising.
B)   computer digitalization.
C)   industrial technology.
D)   environmental reform.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 8

Discuss the shift from Modernism to Postmodernism that occurred in the last fifty years. What factors have contributed to this shift? How are these reflected in the arts?

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Question 9

The pioneer figure in American Pop art was

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A)   Rauschenberg.
B)   Christo.
C)   Warhol.
D)   Gehry.E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 10

Sartre's landmark philosophic treatise is entitled

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A)   No Exit.
B)   Existence Precedes Essence.
C)   Being and Nothingness.
D)   Existentialism.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 11

Merce Cunningham's choreography is considered radical because it

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A)   does not depend on music.
B)   excludes female dancers.
C)   requires a polyrhythmic score.
D)   All these answer are correct.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C) A

Question 12

The assertion that "the world will never be white again" was made by which author of Go Tell It on the Mountain?

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A)   Martin Luther King, Jr.
B)   Langston Hughes
C)   James Baldwin
D)   Ralph EllisonE) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 13

Globalism is the pervasive condition of our time. Discuss the ways in which globalism has affected the arts.

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Globalism has had a profound impact on t...

Question 14

The United States Supreme Court did not ban school segregation until

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A)   1900.
B)   1925.
C)   1954.
D)   1975.E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 15

Arguably the most radical development in music in the last fifty years, as seen in synthesizers and sampling, has been the

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A)   impact of electronic technology.
B)   influence of non-Western music.
C)   application of the twelve-tone system.
D)   explosion in international dance.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 16

Einstein on the Beach, one of the first operas to employ electronically amplified instrumentation, was written by

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A)   Philip Glass.
B)   John Cage.
C)   György Ligeti.
D)   Shirin Neshat.E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 17

The elements of jazz and street slang in the poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks show the influence of

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A)   Langston Hughes.
B)   Ezra Pound.
C)   T. S. Eliot.
D)   Robert Frost.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 18

After 1945, there was a shift in major art production from

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A)   Paris to London.
B)   London to Paris.
C)   Paris to New York.
D)   New York to Paris.E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 19

Leading artists of China's Pop art movement, such as Wang Guangyi, have assumed the role of

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A)   defenders of consumerism.
B)   social critic.
C)   defenders of Maoism.
D)   spiritual leader.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 20

The feminist Simone de Beauvoir held that women

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A)   should reject the role of "Other."
B)   should learn to exploit male sexism to their own advantage.
C)   must find and express the essence of their feminine natures.
D)   All these answers are correct.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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