Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe, by Édouard Manet - Quiz
  • 1. Who painted 'Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe'?
A) Paul Cézanne
B) Claude Monet
C) Pierre-Auguste Renoir
D) Édouard Manet
  • 2. In what year was 'Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe' completed?
A) 1870
B) 1880
C) 1855
D) 1863
  • 3. What was the original French title of the painting?
A) Le Pique-nique
B) Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe
C) Les Baigneuses
D) Le Jardin
  • 4. Where is 'Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe' currently housed?
A) Musée d'Orsay, Paris
B) Louvre Museum, Paris
C) Metropolitan Museum, New York
D) National Gallery, London
  • 5. Which artistic movement is Manet associated with?
A) Cubism
B) Surrealism
C) Impressionism
D) Baroque
  • 6. What was controversial about the painting when first exhibited?
A) The clothing styles shown
B) The landscape background
C) Nude woman with clothed men
D) The picnic food depicted
  • 7. Who was the model for the nude woman in the foreground?
A) Camille Doncieux
B) Suzanne Manet
C) Victorine Meurent
D) Berthe Morisot
  • 8. What is the English translation of the title?
A) Breakfast in the Garden
B) Picnic in the Park
C) Dinner in the Meadow
D) Luncheon on the Grass
  • 9. How did critics initially react to the painting?
A) With shock and outrage
B) With great admiration
C) With confusion
D) With indifference
  • 10. Which emperor established the Salon des Refusés?
A) Napoleon Bonaparte
B) Napoleon III
C) Louis XIV
D) Louis Philippe
  • 11. Which other Manet painting caused similar controversy?
A) The Balcony
B) Olympia
C) A Bar at the Folies-Bergère
D) The Fifer
  • 12. What is the overall lighting effect in the painting?
A) Moonlit
B) Harsh and direct
C) Soft and diffused
D) Candlelit
  • 13. Which writer defended Manet's work?
A) Gustave Flaubert
B) Victor Hugo
C) Émile Zola
D) Charles Baudelaire
  • 14. What modern quality did the painting introduce?
A) Abstract forms
B) Contemporary realism
C) Religious symbolism
D) Mythological themes
  • 15. Where was 'Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe' first publicly shown after being rejected by the official Salon?
A) The Paris Opera
B) The Salon des Refusés
C) The Musée d'Orsay
D) The Louvre
  • 16. What is notable about the perspective in the painting?
A) It has multiple vanishing points
B) It uses perfect linear perspective
C) The figures appear disconnected from the background
D) It creates an optical illusion
  • 17. Which later artist created a modern version of this composition?
A) Andy Warhol
B) Vincent van Gogh
C) Salvador Dalí
D) Pablo Picasso
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