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The Magpie, by Claude Monet
  • 1. Who painted 'The Magpie'?
A) Edgar Degas
B) Édouard Manet
C) Claude Monet
D) Pierre-Auguste Renoir
  • 2. In what year was 'The Magpie' completed?
A) 1874
B) 1882
C) 1869
D) 1855
  • 3. What artistic movement is 'The Magpie' most associated with?
A) Romanticism
B) Baroque
C) Impressionism
D) Realism
  • 4. What season is depicted in 'The Magpie'?
A) Winter
B) Autumn
C) Summer
D) Spring
  • 5. What building is partially visible in the background?
A) A church
B) A castle
C) A farmhouse
D) A windmill
  • 6. Where is 'The Magpie' currently housed?
A) Metropolitan Museum, New York
B) Musée d'Orsay, Paris
C) Louvre Museum, Paris
D) National Gallery, London
  • 7. What is notable about the painting's initial reception?
A) It was rejected by the Paris Salon
B) It was destroyed by critics
C) It won first prize
D) It was immediately purchased by the state
  • 8. What technique did Monet use to capture light effects on snow?
A) Broken color brushstrokes
B) Pointillism
C) Glazing
D) Smooth blending
  • 9. How does Monet create a sense of depth in the painting?
A) Overlapping figures
B) Size exaggeration
C) Atmospheric perspective
D) Linear perspective only
  • 10. How many magpies are visible in the painting?
A) None
B) Two
C) One
D) Three
  • 11. What time of day is suggested by the lighting?
A) Sunset
B) Midday
C) Night
D) Sunrise
  • 12. What was Monet's financial situation when painting 'The Magpie'?
A) Struggling financially
B) Government sponsored
C) Recently inherited fortune
D) Wealthy and established
  • 13. What other Impressionist painter was working with Monet at this time?
A) Vincent van Gogh
B) Paul Cézanne
C) Pierre-Auguste Renoir
D) Paul Gauguin
  • 14. What is the painting's French title?
A) L'Oiseau
B) Le Corbeau
C) La Neige
D) La Pie
  • 15. What type of light effect was Monet primarily trying to capture in this painting?
A) Sunlight on snow
B) Streetlamp light
C) Moonlight
D) Candlelight
  • 16. In which French region was this painting created?
A) Paris
B) Provence
C) Normandy
D) Brittany
  • 17. What creates the visual contrast in the painting?
A) A blue door on a yellow wall
B) A red apple on a tree
C) A bright sun in a dark sky
D) The dark magpie against white snow
  • 18. What time of day does the lighting in the painting suggest?
A) Morning
B) Noon
C) Night
D) Afternoon
  • 19. How does the magpie function in the composition?
A) As a symbolic centerpiece
B) As background detail
C) As part of a flock
D) As a focal point
  • 20. What was innovative about Monet's depiction of shadows in this painting?
A) They are colored rather than gray
B) They are completely absent
C) They are exaggeratedly long
D) They are painted in pure black
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