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