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