The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Hokusai
  • 1. Who created The Great Wave off Kanagawa?
A) Utagawa Hiroshige
B) Takashi Murakami
C) Claude Monet
D) Katsushika Hokusai
  • 2. In which century was The Great Wave created?
A) 18th century
B) 17th century
C) 19th century
D) 20th century
  • 3. What type of artwork is The Great Wave?
A) Watercolor
B) Sculpture
C) Woodblock print
D) Oil painting
  • 4. Which country's art form is The Great Wave?
A) Japanese
B) Chinese
C) Korean
D) Vietnamese
  • 5. What is the prominent mountain in The Great Wave background?
A) Mount Fuji
B) Mount Rainier
C) Mount Everest
D) Mount Kilimanjaro
  • 6. What series does The Great Wave belong to?
A) One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
B) Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
C) Eight Views of Omi
D) Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido
  • 7. What type of boats are shown in The Great Wave?
A) Fishing boats
B) Warships
C) Sailboats
D) Canoes
  • 8. What color dominates The Great Wave?
A) Green
B) Red
C) Blue
D) Yellow
  • 9. What artistic tradition does The Great Wave represent?
A) Cubism
B) Impressionism
C) Ukiyo-e
D) Surrealism
  • 10. What European artist was influenced by The Great Wave?
A) Vincent van Gogh
B) Leonardo da Vinci
C) Michelangelo
D) Pablo Picasso
  • 11. What cultural movement popularized The Great Wave in Europe?
A) Romanticism
B) Japonisme
C) Orientalism
D) Realism
  • 12. What is the original Japanese title?
A) Umi no Oki
B) Nami no Fuji
C) Kanagawa-oki Nami Ura
D) Fuji San no Nami
  • 13. What printing technique was used?
A) Woodblock printing
B) Lithography
C) Screen printing
D) Etching
  • 14. What makes the blue color in original prints?
A) Cobalt blue
B) Prussian blue
C) Indigo
D) Lapis lazuli
  • 15. What is the wave's relationship to Mount Fuji?
A) Framing it
B) Covering it
C) Pointing to it
D) Reflecting it
  • 16. In which country was 'The Great Wave off Kanagawa' created?
A) United States
B) Japan
C) France
D) China
  • 17. What is the foam of the wave often compared to?
A) Flowers
B) Clouds
C) Claws
D) Birds
  • 18. How many views of Mount Fuji were originally planned in the series?
A) 100
B) 48
C) 24
D) 36
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