Beata Beatrix, by Dante Gabriel Rossetti - Test
  • 1. Who painted 'Beata Beatrix'?
A) Edward Burne-Jones
B) William Holman Hunt
C) Dante Gabriel Rossetti
D) John Everett Millais
  • 2. What artistic movement is Rossetti associated with?
A) Baroque
B) Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
C) Impressionism
D) Romanticism
  • 3. What literary figure inspired 'Beata Beatrix'?
A) William Shakespeare
B) Dante Alighieri
C) Geoffrey Chaucer
D) John Milton
  • 4. Which of Dante's works features Beatrice?
A) Inferno
B) The Canterbury Tales
C) The Divine Comedy
D) Paradise Lost
  • 5. What is Beatrice portrayed as in the painting?
A) A warrior queen
B) A spiritual figure in ecstasy
C) A peasant woman
D) A mythological goddess
  • 6. What year was 'Beata Beatrix' completed?
A) 1870
B) 1860
C) 1880
D) 1850
  • 7. What does the poppy flower symbolize?
A) Wealth and prosperity
B) Wisdom and knowledge
C) Love and passion
D) Death and eternal sleep
  • 8. What city appears in the background?
A) Venice
B) London
C) Florence
D) Rome
  • 9. What two figures appear in the background?
A) Angels
B) Rossetti and his wife
C) Kings and queens
D) Dante and Love
  • 10. Where is the original painting housed?
A) Louvre, Paris
B) Metropolitan Museum, New York
C) Uffizi Gallery, Florence
D) Tate Britain, London
  • 11. How did Elizabeth Siddal die?
A) Tuberculosis
B) Laudanum overdose
C) Childbirth complications
D) Old age
  • 12. Beata Beatrix primarily depicts which historical figure?
A) Eleanor of Aquitaine
B) Simonetta Vespucci
C) Laura de Noves
D) Beatrice Portinari
  • 13. What time of day is depicted in the painting?
A) Midday
B) Midnight
C) Sunrise
D) Sunset
  • 14. How does Rossetti connect the painting to his personal life?
A) It depicts his childhood home
B) It memorializes his deceased wife
C) It shows his artistic studio
D) It portrays his parents
  • 15. How does the painting treat the subject of death?
A) As something to be feared
B) As a beautiful transformation
C) As a natural end
D) As a punishment
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