- 1. Who is considered the founding father of French Impressionism?
A) Claude Monet
B) Paul Cezanne
C) Pierre-Auguste Renoir
D) Edouard Manet
- 2. Which art movement directly preceded Impressionism?
A) Baroque
B) Abstract Expressionism
C) Realism
D) Cubism
- 3. Who is known for painting dancers and theatrical scenes in the Impressionist style?
A) Camille Pissarro
B) Paul Gauguin
C) Edgar Degas
D) Henri Matisse
- 4. Which artist is associated with the technique of 'Impasto' where paint is applied in thick layers?
A) Wassily Kandinsky
B) Vincent van Gogh
C) Georges Braque
D) Kazimir Malevich
- 5. What was a significant technology that influenced Impressionist artists in capturing fleeting moments?
A) Photography
B) Internet
C) Video recording
D) Television
- 6. Impressionists aimed to capture the ________ of a scene rather than its exact details.
A) Static nature
B) Essence
C) Abstraction
D) Linearity
- 7. Who painted the famous 'Luncheon of the Boating Party' depicting a group of friends sharing a meal by the river?
A) Pierre-Auguste Renoir
B) Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
C) Mary Cassatt
D) Edouard Manet
- 8. Which museum holds the largest collection of French Impressionist paintings?
A) Louvre Museum
B) The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C) Musée d'Orsay
D) National Gallery, London
- 9. In which city did the first Impressionist exhibition take place in 1874?
A) New York
B) London
C) Berlin
D) Paris
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