Painting Quiz
1.Which mythological figure appears in Breughel’s painting?
A. Perseus
B. Daedalus
C. Oedipus
D. Icarus
2.Auden saw Bruegel’s painting in a museum in which city?
A. Paris
B. Brussels
C. New York
D. Boston
3. Which Italian Renaissance painter painted “The Birth of Venus”?
A. Michelangelo
B. Botticelli
C. Leonardo da Vinci
D. Raphael
4. What kind of shell does the goddess stand on?
A. Clam
B. Turtle
C. Scallop
D. Crab
5. Which poet inspired the painting, “I saw the Figure 5 in Gold”?
A. William Carlos Williams
B. John Updike
C. Anne Sexton
D. Charles Demuth
6. What animal does the girl in “Mourning Picture” pet?
A. Kitten
B. Poodle
C. Sheep
D. Monkey
7. Which poet mourns the dead girl in Mourning Picture”?
A. Jane Flanders
B. Adrienne Rich
C. Wislawa Szymborska
D. W. H. Auden
8. Which painter painted “Two Women Dressing their Hair”?
A. Eduard Manet
B. Marcel Duchamp
C. Pablo Picasso
D. Kitagwa Utamaro
9. What kind of bird did John James Audubon paint?
A. Flamingo
B. Blue Jay
C. Bald Eagle
D. Nightingale
10. Identify the artistic style or period of “Nude Descending a Staircase”
A. Abstract Expressionist
B. Impressionist
C. Fauvist
D. Cubist
Prepare an outline for your Comparison essay that does the following:
 Identify the specific painting or image and poems that you will compare.
 Describe the painting or picture in visual detail and its relationship to the poem
 Research the artist’s background, context, and period in art history.
 Interpret the painting’s meaning or relevance to current media