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Ophelia, by John Everett Millais
  • 1. In which year did John Everett Millais complete his painting 'Ophelia'?
A) 1848
B) 1855
C) 1852
D) 1860
  • 2. Which Shakespeare play features the character Ophelia?
A) Romeo and Juliet
B) Macbeth
C) King Lear
D) Hamlet
  • 3. What artistic movement was Millais associated with when he painted Ophelia?
A) Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
B) Impressionism
C) Baroque
D) Romanticism
  • 4. Who was the model for Ophelia in Millais' painting?
A) Elizabeth Siddal
B) Fanny Cornforth
C) Jane Morris
D) Effie Gray
  • 5. What type of flowers is Ophelia holding in the painting?
A) Roses and lilies
B) Sunflowers and tulips
C) Poppies and daisies
D) Orchids and carnations
  • 6. Where is Millais' Ophelia currently housed?
A) Uffizi Gallery, Florence
B) National Gallery, Washington
C) Tate Britain, London
D) Louvre Museum, Paris
  • 7. What natural setting did Millais choose for the background of Ophelia?
A) A lake in Scotland
B) A stream in Wales
C) A riverbank in Surrey
D) A pond in Kent
  • 8. How did Millais achieve the detailed botanical elements in Ophelia?
A) Used botanical illustrations
B) Painted outdoors from nature
C) Imagined the plants
D) Copied from other paintings
  • 9. What literary source directly inspired Millais' composition?
A) A Victorian poem
B) A sonnet by Shakespeare
C) Greek mythology
D) Act IV, Scene VII of Hamlet
  • 10. Which other Pre-Raphaelite artist was closely associated with Millais?
A) William Hogarth
B) J.M.W. Turner
C) Dante Gabriel Rossetti
D) John Constable
  • 11. What symbolic meaning do the flowers in Ophelia's hands carry?
A) Death and innocence
B) War and peace
C) Love and marriage
D) Wealth and power
  • 12. How did Millais paint the underwater elements?
A) Painted entirely from memory
B) Used photographs as reference
C) Used a glass tank in his studio
D) Copied from scientific drawings
  • 13. Which character describes Ophelia's death in Hamlet?
A) Queen Gertrude
B) The gravedigger
C) Hamlet himself
D) Ophelia's ghost
  • 14. What is the overall mood of the painting?
A) Comic and lighthearted
B) Joyful and celebratory
C) Melancholy and beautiful
D) Violent and aggressive
  • 15. Which flower symbolizes death in the painting?
A) Rose
B) Poppy
C) Daisy
D) Ivy
  • 16. What was innovative about Millais' approach to landscape in Ophelia?
A) Pure imagination
B) Copying old masters
C) Direct observation from nature
D) Use of photography only
  • 17. What body of water is depicted in the background of 'Ophelia'?
A) A lake
B) The sea
C) A river
D) A pond
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