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Course
World Cultures II
Test
Week 2 Quiz 1
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Submitted
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Completed
Attempt Score
36 out of 40 points
Time Elapsed
26 minutes.
Instructions
Question 1
4 out of 4 points
Why did Pope Urban VIII commission a baldachino (canopy) for Saint Peter's interior?
Answer
Selected Answer: To define the altar space
Correct Answer: To define the altar space
Question 2
4 out of 4 points
What technique that contrasts large areas of dark with smaller illuminated areas did Caravaggio master?
Answer
Selected Answer: Tenebrism
Correct Answer: Tenebrism
Question 3
4 out of 4 points
What did Bernini aim to symbolize with his oval colonnade that encloses Vatican Square?
Answer
Selected Answer: The motherly arms of the church
Correct Answer: The motherly arms of the church
Question 4
0 out of 4 points
Why did the orphanage directors hope audiences would be dazzled by the orphans' musical performances?
Answer
Selected Answer: They would help find jobs for the orphans
Correct Answer: They would donate money to the orphanages
Question 5
4 out of 4 points
Why did Gabrieli organize his compositions around a single note-the tonic note?
Answer
Selected Answer: To heighten the sense of harmonic drama
Correct Answer: To heighten the sense of harmonic drama
Question 6
4 out of 4 points
Why was Rembrandt's Captain Frans Banning Cocq Mustering His Company once mistitled The Night Watch?
Answer
Selected Answer: It was covered with grime
Correct Answer: It was covered with grime
Question 7
4 out of 4 points
What manner of inquiry did René Descartes advocate?
Answer
Selected Answer: Deductive reasoning
Correct Answer: Deductive reasoning
Question 8
4 out of 4 points
Why did Johannes Goedaert paint a broken and empty nautilus shell beside the vase in his Flowers in a Wan-li Vase