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The Death of Marat, by Jacques-Louis David
  • 1. In what year did Jacques-Louis David paint 'The Death of Marat'?
A) 1776
B) 1793
C) 1789
D) 1801
  • 2. Who was Jean-Paul Marat?
A) A military general
B) David's art teacher
C) A French king
D) A radical journalist and politician
  • 3. How was Marat killed?
A) Poisoned
B) Shot
C) Stabbed in his bath
D) Hanged
  • 4. Who assassinated Marat?
A) Napoleon Bonaparte
B) Charlotte Corday
C) Maximilien Robespierre
D) Marie Antoinette
  • 5. Why did Marat work in a bath?
A) For artistic inspiration
B) It was his office
C) To relieve his skin condition
D) He was hiding from enemies
  • 6. What is Marat holding in the painting?
A) A letter
B) A crown
C) A paintbrush
D) A sword
  • 7. What political faction did Marat belong to?
A) The Jacobins
B) The Royalists
C) The Moderates
D) The Girondins
  • 8. What newspaper did Marat publish?
A) Le Figaro
B) Le Monde
C) L'Ami du Peuple
D) La Gazette
  • 9. Where is the painting currently housed?
A) The Louvre
B) British Museum
C) Musée d'Orsay
D) Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
  • 10. What artistic movement does this painting represent?
A) Romanticism
B) Baroque
C) Neoclassicism
D) Impressionism
  • 11. What is missing from the painting's composition that would normally be in a bath?
A) Water
B) Towels
C) Soap
D) Clothing
  • 12. What does the blood on the letter symbolize?
A) Artistic flourish
B) The killer's signature
C) Marat's sacrifice for the revolution
D) Royalist oppression
  • 13. How did David know Marat personally?
A) Marat was his student
B) Marat was his patron
C) They were both Jacobin politicians
D) They were related
  • 14. What revolutionary event was occurring when David painted this work?
A) The rise of Napoleon
B) The Storming of the Bastille
C) The Reign of Terror
D) The Restoration
  • 15. What inscription did David add to the painting?
A) "Vive la Revolution"
B) "To Marat, David"
C) "Death to Tyrants"
D) "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
  • 16. What artistic technique creates the dramatic contrast?
A) Sfumato
B) Impasto
C) Pointillism
D) Chiaroscuro
  • 17. What was David's official role in the French Revolution?
A) Foreign diplomat
B) Military commander
C) Convention member
D) Treasury official
  • 18. How does the painting serve as propaganda?
A) It shows the brutality of revolution
B) It promotes royal restoration
C) It glorifies Marat as a revolutionary martyr
D) It criticizes the Jacobins
  • 19. How does David's painting transform Marat's death?
A) Into religious iconography
B) Into a comedy
C) Into political propaganda
D) Into abstract art
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