Belgium's quirky obsession with surrealism
  • 1. Who is considered the father of Belgian surrealism?
A) René Magritte
B) Joan Miró
C) Salvador Dalí
D) Pablo Picasso
  • 2. Where is the Magritte Museum located?
A) Brussels
B) Bruges
C) Ghent
D) Antwerp
  • 3. Which famous surrealist painting features a pipe inscribed with the words 'Ceci n'est pas une pipe'?
A) Guernica
B) The Persistence of Memory
C) The Treachery of Images
D) The Son of Man
  • 4. What year did René Magritte die?
A) 1975
B) 1967
C) 1983
D) 1954
  • 5. Who said 'Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision'?
A) Salvador Dalí
B) Pablo Picasso
C) Joan Miró
D) André Breton
  • 6. In the surrealist manifesto, who is nicknamed 'The Pope of Surrealism'?
A) Salvador Dalí
B) André Breton
C) Joan Miró
D) Pablo Picasso
  • 7. Which famous surrealist artist was born in Ostend, Belgium?
A) Salvador Dalí
B) Pablo Picasso
C) Frida Kahlo
D) James Ensor
  • 8. Which Belgian city is known as the birthplace of artist René Magritte?
A) Tournai
B) Ixelles
C) Lessines
D) Schaerbeek
  • 9. What is the title of René Magritte's famous painting of a bowler-hatted man with an apple hiding his face?
A) Guernica
B) The Son of Man
C) The Treachery of Images
D) The Persistence of Memory
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