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The School of Athens, by Raphael - Test
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  • 1. Who painted The School of Athens?
A) Donatello
B) Leonardo da Vinci
C) Raphael
D) Michelangelo
  • 2. In which Roman building is The School of Athens located?
A) Apostolic Palace
B) Colosseum
C) St. Peter's Basilica
D) Sistine Chapel
  • 3. Aristotle gestures downward to represent his focus on:
A) Divine revelation
B) Mathematical abstraction
C) Political theory
D) Observation and experience
  • 4. Which Renaissance artist appears as Heraclitus?
A) Leonardo da Vinci
B) Donatello
C) Michelangelo
D) Titian
  • 5. The figure bending over with a compass represents:
A) Zoroaster
B) Ptolemy
C) Euclid
D) Archimedes
  • 6. The School of Athens was painted during which period?
A) High Renaissance
B) Baroque
C) Early Renaissance
D) Mannerism
  • 7. Which pope commissioned the painting?
A) Pope Alexander VI
B) Pope Julius II
C) Pope Pius III
D) Pope Leo X
  • 8. The figure isolated on the steps represents which philosopher?
A) Socrates
B) Diogenes
C) Plotinus
D) Heraclitus
  • 9. What does Plato hold in his left hand?
A) Nicomachean Ethics
B) Timaeus
C) The Republic
D) Elements
  • 10. Which figure holds the celestial sphere?
A) Aristotle
B) Ptolemy
C) Pythagoras
D) Zoroaster
  • 11. The painting symbolizes the pursuit of:
A) Political power
B) Religious devotion
C) Artistic beauty
D) Knowledge and truth
  • 12. The painting was completed around what year?
A) 1525
B) 1550
C) 1511
D) 1485
  • 13. In which century was The School of Athens painted?
A) 17th century
B) 14th century
C) 15th century
D) 16th century
  • 14. What is Aristotle gesturing toward?
A) The architecture
B) His students
C) The heavens
D) The earth
  • 15. Raphael included his own portrait in the painting. Where is he located?
A) On the far right
B) Center foreground
C) Left side with mathematicians
D) Next to Plato
  • 16. Which philosopher is shown lying on the steps?
A) Socrates
B) Epicurus
C) Heraclitus
D) Diogenes
  • 17. What is the main theme of The School of Athens?
A) Music
B) Philosophy
C) Religion
D) War
  • 18. Which book is Aristotle holding?
A) Poetics
B) Metaphysics
C) Nicomachean Ethics
D) Politics
  • 19. What technique did Raphael use for this painting?
A) Watercolor
B) Oil on canvas
C) Tempera
D) Fresco
  • 20. Which color dominates Aristotle's clothing?
A) Purple
B) Blue
C) Green
D) Red
  • 21. What is the overall composition style of the painting?
A) Asymmetrical
B) Symmetrical
C) Circular
D) Triangular
  • 22. Which Renaissance architect's style influenced the painting's architecture?
A) Alberti
B) Bramante
C) Brunelleschi
D) Palladio
  • 23. Which artistic principle is demonstrated through the receding arches?
A) Contrapposto
B) Chiaroscuro
C) Linear perspective
D) Sfumato
  • 24. The painting forms part of which room's decoration?
A) Hall of Constantine
B) Sistine Chapel
C) Stanza della Segnatura
D) Room of the Fire
  • 25. What is the general mood conveyed by the painting?
A) Religious devotion
B) Harmonious intellectual pursuit
C) Political conflict
D) Mythological drama
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