Portrait of Yarrow Mamout, by Charles Willson Peale
  • 1. Who painted the portrait of Yarrow Mamout?
A) Charles Willson Peale
B) Rembrandt Peale
C) Gilbert Stuart
D) John Singleton Copley
  • 2. In what year was the portrait of Yarrow Mamout completed?
A) 1819
B) 1803
C) 1825
D) 1776
  • 3. What material did Charles Willson Peale use for this portrait?
A) Tempera on wood
B) Charcoal on paper
C) Oil on canvas
D) Watercolor on paper
  • 4. What language did Yarrow Mamout primarily speak?
A) Arabic
B) English
C) French
D) His native African language
  • 5. How did Charles Willson Peale likely learn about Yarrow Mamout?
A) Through family connections
B) Through newspaper advertisements
C) Through local Georgetown residents
D) Through government records
  • 6. What artistic style characterizes Peale's portrait of Yarrow Mamout?
A) Romanticism
B) American Neoclassicism
C) Baroque
D) Impressionism
  • 7. Yarrow Mamout was known for his ability to read and write in which language?
A) Latin
B) Arabic
C) French
D) Spanish
  • 8. What expression does Yarrow Mamout have in the portrait?
A) Sad and weary
B) Happy and smiling
C) Calm and dignified
D) Angry and defiant
  • 9. What was Charles Willson Peale's other profession besides painting?
A) Doctor
B) Naturalist and inventor
C) Politician
D) Architect
  • 10. Why is the portrait historically important today?
A) Demonstrates painting techniques
B) Documents early African American Muslim life
C) Records Georgetown architecture
D) Shows colonial fashion trends
  • 11. Yarrow Mamout was notable for being a freed slave from which country?
A) Guinea
B) Nigeria
C) Senegal
D) Ghana
  • 12. What was Yarrow Mamout's primary religion?
A) Traditional African religion
B) Judaism
C) Christianity
D) Islam
  • 13. What was Yarrow Mamout's ethnic group?
A) Wolof
B) Mandinka
C) Yoruba
D) Fulani
Created with That Quiz — the site for test creation and grading in math and other subjects.