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1. When was Johann Wolfgang von Goethe born? a) 7 January 1754 b) 8 June 1752 c) 28 August 1749 d) 3 December 1748 2. Where was Johann Wolfgang von Goethe born? a) Frankfurt am Main b) Rome c) Naples d) Herculaneum 3. Where did Johann Wolfgang von Goethe study law in 1765-1768? a) Berlin b) Hamburg c) Leipzig d) Munich

1. When was Graham Greene born? a) 21 March 1908 b) 27 May 1903 c) 27 September 1902 d) 2 October 1904 2. Where was Graham Greene born? a) Freetown b) Havana c) Berkhamsted d) Saigon 3. Which college did Graham Greene attend? a) Corpus Christi College b) Merton College c) King’s College d) Balliol College

Who created Joseph Ratzinger Cardinal? a) John XXIII b) John Paul I c) Paul VI d) John Paul II When was Benedict XVI elected Pope? a) 1 January 2001 b) 19 April 2005 c) 16 September 2002 d) 31 October 1999 Which Motu Proprio did Benedict XVI issue on 7 July 2007? a) Africae Munus b) Spe Salvi c) Summorum Pontificum d) Deus Caritas Est By which Apostolic Constitution did Benedict XVI establish Personal Ordinariates? a) Universae Ecclesiae b) Dignitas Personae c) Caritas in Veritate d) Anglicanorum Coetibus

1. When was Howard Carter born? a) 4 February 1874 b) 9 May 1873 c) 23 August 1879 d) 30 December 1885 2. Where was Howard Carter born? a) Swaffham b) Edinburgh c) Eton d) Harrow 3. When did Howard Carter make drawings of sculptures and inscriptions at the temple of Hatshepsut? a) 1882-1884 b) 1893-1899 c) 1884-1889 d) 1889-1892

1. When was Henri Matisse born? a) 24 March 1874 b) 18 May 1872 c) 30 August 1870 d) 31 December 1869 2. Where was Henri Matisse born? a) Versailles b) Le Cateau c) Savoy d) Frankfurt 3. Who encouraged Henri Matisse to develop his own style of painting? a) Gustave Moraeau b) Fernand Cormon c) Pablo Picasso d) Milton Avery

1. What was Correggio’s original name? a) Antonio Allegri b) Dante Alighieri c) Brunetto Latini d) Giovanni Villani 2. Where was Correggio born? a) Modena b) Perugia c) Correggio d) Bologna 3. Whose family chapel’s decoration did Correggio complete in Mantua? a) Paolo Uccello b) Luigi Gonzaga c) Lorenzo Costa d) Andrea Mantegna

51. What was Canaletto’s original name? Francesco Guardi Giovanni Antonio Canal Sandro Botticelli Jacopo BelliniCorrect Answer: Giovanni Antonio Canal 52. When was Canaletto born? 30 January 1694 14 May 1692 19 August 1696 18 October 1697Correct Answer: 18 October 1697 53. Where was Canaletto born? Turin Geneva Venice LausanneCorrect Answer: Venice 54. Where did Canaletto paint scenes for Alessandro Scarlatti operas? Rome Paris Dresden AmsterdamCorrect Answer: Rome 55. Which war reduced the number of visitors to Venice and affected Canaletto’s commissions? Crimean War War of Austrian Succession Boer War Zulu WarCorrect Answer: War of Austrian Succession 56. Who suggested to ... Read more

61. When was Max Liebermann born? 6 January 1844 15 May 1842 20 July 1847 20 December 1845Correct Answer: 20 July 1847 62. Where was Max Liebermann born? Berlin Frankfurt Regensburg DanzigCorrect Answer: Berlin 63. Which art school did Max Liebermann attend? Dusseldorf Academy Weimar Art School J. J. School of Art Vienna Art SchoolCorrect Answer: Weimar Art School 64. Which painting earned Max Liebermann the title disciple of the ugly? Luncheon on the Grass The Absinthe Drinker The Boy with Cherries Women Plucking GeeseCorrect Answer: Women Plucking Geese 65. Where did Max Liebermann live in 1878-1884? Budapest Oslo Munich ... Read more

71. When was Max Beckmann born? 12 February 1884 15 May 1882 23 August 1889 28 December 1885Correct Answer: 12 February 1884 72. Where was Max Beckmann born? Austerlitz Ulm Leipzig BorodinoCorrect Answer: Leipzig 73. Where did Max Beckmann study art? Stadel School of Art Weimar Academy Ecole des Beaux-Arts Academie de Royale PeintureCorrect Answer: Weimar Academy 74. When did Max Beckmann serve as medical corpsman? Boer War Balkan War II Taiping Rebellion World War ICorrect Answer: World War I 75. When did Max Beckmann paint Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery? 1917 1914 1912 1908Correct Answer: 1917 76. ... Read more

81. When was Marc Chagall born? 1 February 1884 5 May 1882 7 July 1887 3 December 1885Correct Answer: 7 July 1887 82. Where was Marc Chagall born? Vitebsk Berlin Paris JerusalemCorrect Answer: Vitebsk 83. When did Marc Chagall paint The Dead Man? 1914 1908 1918 1922Correct Answer: 1908 84. Which of the following paintings did Marc Chagall paint in 1911? White Crucifixion Yellow Crucifixion Bride and Groom with Eiffel Tower I and the VillageCorrect Answer: I and the Village 85. Who commissioned Marc Chagall to create etchings of Nikolay Gogol’s novel Dead Souls? Igor Stravinsky Ambroise Vollard Sholem Aleichem ... Read more