Викторина по страноведению англоговорящих стран. Искусство.

Art of English-speaking countries

1. The only British artist who drew a lot of satirical paintings, reflecting the ills of social life.

1. Thomas Gainsborough b) John Constable c) William Hogarth

2. ………….. composed a hugely popular musical version of “The Phantom of the Opera”.

a) Andrew Lloyd Webber b) Edward Benjamin Britten c) Edward William Elgar

3. What is the oldest museum in Great Britain?

a) The Natural History Museum b) Ashmolean Museum c) The British Museum

4. …..contains hundreds of wax figures which are sculpture portraits of famous personalities.

a) The Tate Gallery b) Victoria and Albert Museum c) Madame Tussauds Museum

5. The most imaginative English artist who was attracted by craggy cliffs, old abbeys, ruined castles, thunderstorms and the sea. He refused to sell his pictures.

a) Joseph Mallord William Turner b) William Hogarth c) Joshua Reynolds

6. The outstanding British poet ………….. lived in poverty and died young?

a) George Gordon Byron b) William Shakespeare c) Robert Burns

7. The Nobel Prize for literature was given to the famous British writer……… in 1925.

a) George Bernard Shaw b) John Galsworthy c) Charles Dickens

8. This American historical painter was made a knight by the English king George III.

a) Thomas Eakins b) Benjamin West c) Winslow Homer

9. Eugene O’Neil, the Nobel Prize Winner and the Pulitzer Laureate is one of the most famous ………………… in America.

a) writers b) painters c) playwrights

10. This American woman was one of the leading artists in the Impressionist movement. She never married, never had children, however, mothers with their children were a popular subject of her painting.

a) Lucy Bacon b) Pauline Amalie Dohn c) Mary Cassatt

Ключи

1. c 2. a 3. b 4. c 5. a 6. c 7. a 8. b 9. c 10. c