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The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Hokusai - Exam
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  • 1. Who created The Great Wave off Kanagawa?
A) Takashi Murakami
B) Utagawa Hiroshige
C) Claude Monet
D) Katsushika Hokusai
  • 2. In which century was The Great Wave created?
A) 18th century
B) 20th century
C) 19th century
D) 17th century
  • 3. What type of artwork is The Great Wave?
A) Oil painting
B) Watercolor
C) Sculpture
D) Woodblock print
  • 4. Which country's art form is The Great Wave?
A) Vietnamese
B) Korean
C) Japanese
D) Chinese
  • 5. What is the prominent mountain in The Great Wave background?
A) Mount Kilimanjaro
B) Mount Everest
C) Mount Rainier
D) Mount Fuji
  • 6. What series does The Great Wave belong to?
A) Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido
B) Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
C) One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
D) Eight Views of Omi
  • 7. What type of boats are shown in The Great Wave?
A) Warships
B) Sailboats
C) Canoes
D) Fishing boats
  • 8. What color dominates The Great Wave?
A) Red
B) Yellow
C) Green
D) Blue
  • 9. What artistic tradition does The Great Wave represent?
A) Impressionism
B) Surrealism
C) Cubism
D) Ukiyo-e
  • 10. What European artist was influenced by The Great Wave?
A) Vincent van Gogh
B) Leonardo da Vinci
C) Michelangelo
D) Pablo Picasso
  • 11. What cultural movement popularized The Great Wave in Europe?
A) Orientalism
B) Romanticism
C) Realism
D) Japonisme
  • 12. What is the original Japanese title?
A) Nami no Fuji
B) Umi no Oki
C) Kanagawa-oki Nami Ura
D) Fuji San no Nami
  • 13. What printing technique was used?
A) Screen printing
B) Lithography
C) Woodblock printing
D) Etching
  • 14. What makes the blue color in original prints?
A) Lapis lazuli
B) Prussian blue
C) Indigo
D) Cobalt blue
  • 15. What is the wave's relationship to Mount Fuji?
A) Pointing to it
B) Reflecting it
C) Framing it
D) Covering it
  • 16. In which country was 'The Great Wave off Kanagawa' created?
A) China
B) Japan
C) United States
D) France
  • 17. What is the foam of the wave often compared to?
A) Flowers
B) Clouds
C) Birds
D) Claws
  • 18. How many views of Mount Fuji were originally planned in the series?
A) 100
B) 36
C) 48
D) 24
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