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  • 1. Where are the finest preserved works of Gothic painting in Croatia located?
A) Dubrovnik
B) Zagreb
C) Split
D) Istria
  • 2. Who created the 1474 fresco-cycle in the Church of Holy Mary in Škriljinah near Beram?
A) Vincent from Kastav
B) Francesco Robba
C) Federiko Benković
D) Vlaho Bukovac
  • 3. In which church is the famous 1474 fresco-cycle by Vincent from Kastav located?
A) Church of Holy Mary in Škriljinah
B) Church of St. Donatus
C) Church of St. Mark
D) Cathedral of St. Domnius
  • 4. Where is Hvals’ Zbornik located today?
A) Split
B) Rome
C) Zagreb
D) Istanbul
  • 5. Where is the Missal of the Bosnian Duke Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić currently housed?
A) Paris
B) Zagreb
C) Vienna
D) Istanbul
  • 6. Who made the Missal of the Bosnian Duke Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić?
A) Vincent from Kastav
B) Federiko Benković
C) Monks from Split
D) Monks from Zadar
  • 7. Who was the most prominent painter from Croatia who worked almost his entire life in Italy?
A) Vlaho Bukovac
B) Vincent from Kastav
C) Francesco Robba
D) Federiko Benković
  • 8. Who created the best Baroque sculptures in Croatia?
A) Vlaho Bukovac
B) Francesco Robba
C) Vincent from Kastav
D) Federiko Benković
  • 9. What was the characteristic of the Romantic movement in Croatia at the beginning of the 19th century?
A) Dark and expressionist
B) Aggressive and political
C) Abstract and geometric
D) Sentimental, gentle and subtle
  • 10. Who brought the spirit of impressionism from Paris to Croatia?
A) Vlaho Bukovac
B) Francesco Robba
C) Vincent from Kastav
D) Federiko Benković
  • 11. At which exhibition were young Croatian artists able to set aside all other artistic options in Austro-Hungary?
A) Millennium Exhibition in Budapest
B) Vienna Secession Exhibition
C) Venice Biennale
D) World Fair in Paris
  • 12. Where did the Secession ideas that began modern art in Croatia spread from?
A) London and Berlin
B) Budapest and Prague
C) Paris and Rome
D) Vienna and Munich
  • 13. Where did post-Impressionism spread from to influence modern art in Croatia?
A) Paris
B) Venice
C) Munich
D) Vienna
  • 14. What themes were used by many Croatian artists to bring a native cultural identity into their art?
A) National history and legends
B) Industrial machinery and factories
C) Mythological Greek gods
D) Abstract geometric shapes
  • 15. What political message was contained in some artwork during and following the First World War in Croatia?
A) Against the ruling Austro-Hungarian state
B) Supporting the Austro-Hungarian monarchy
C) Promoting global capitalism
D) For the expansion of the Ottoman Empire
  • 16. What political entity did Croatian lands join after the First World War?
A) Kingdom of Italy
B) Soviet Union
C) Austro-Hungarian Empire
D) Kingdom of Yugoslavia
  • 17. What artistic change was noticeable in Croatia in 1919 after joining the Kingdom of Yugoslavia?
A) A return to Baroque sculptures
B) An embrace of socialist realism
C) Strict adherence to romanticism
D) A move to flatter forms, with signs of cubism and expressionism
  • 18. What did the Earth Group seek to reflect in their art during the 1920s?
A) Religious devotion and saints
B) Ancient Roman history
C) Pure mathematical abstraction
D) Reality and social issues
  • 19. Which artistic movement developed alongside the Earth Group in the 1920s?
A) Naive art
B) Impressionism
C) Gothic painting
D) Art informel
  • 20. What trend occurred in Croatian art by the 1930s?
A) A massive surge in computer art
B) An embrace of chaotic abstract expressionism
C) A return to more simple, classical styles
D) The invention of photography-based installations
  • 21. What artistic movement led to geometric abstraction in paintings in post-WWII Croatia?
A) Secession ideas
B) Romanticism
C) Bauhaus ideas
D) The Earth Group
  • 22. Why did socialist realism never truly take hold in Socialist Yugoslavia?
A) Because the government banned all visual arts
B) Because artists completely stopped painting
C) Due to strict orders from Paris and Vienna
D) Due to the early split with the rest of the Eastern Bloc
  • 23. What took hold in Croatian art alongside a more analytical approach in the 1960s?
A) Non-conventional forms of visual expression
B) Gothic fresco painting
C) Strict classical portraiture
D) Romantic landscape painting
  • 24. Which new media became a focus of artistic process in the 1960s in Croatia?
A) Baroque marble sculptures
B) Illuminated liturgical manuscripts
C) Photography, video, computer art, performance art and installations
D) Oil paintings on wooden panels
  • 25. How can the art of the 1970s in Croatia be best described?
A) Exclusively impressionist and sentimental
B) More conceptual, figurative and expressionist
C) Purely focused on Gothic church frescoes
D) Strictly socialist realist
  • 26. What did the 1980s bring back to Croatian art?
A) A total rejection of canvas and paint
B) Computer art and video installations exclusively
C) A return to traditional painting and images
D) The dominance of socialist realism
  • 27. What cultural model was followed by the Italic cities remaining on the coast?
A) Venice
B) Rome
C) Athens
D) Constantinople
  • 28. In what century did the Croats migrate to the area of the Dalmatian hinterland?
A) 9th century
B) 5th century
C) 11th century
D) 7th century
  • 29. What religion did the Croats practice before adopting Christianity?
A) Zoroastrianism
B) Hellenistic paganism
C) Roman polytheism
D) Slavic paganism
  • 30. Near which mountain can toponyms related to Slavic gods be found?
A) Učka mountain
B) Velebit mountain
C) Dinara mountain
D) Biokovo mountain
  • 31. Which period is considered the foundational period of Croatian medieval culture?
A) Baroque period
B) Renaissance period
C) Gothic period
D) Pre-Romanesque period
  • 32. Where did the first Benedictine monks in Croatia initially come from?
A) English monasteries
B) Spanish monasteries
C) Frankish monasteries
D) Irish monasteries
  • 33. During the reign of which 9th-century duke was the first Benedictine monastery in Dalmatia constructed?
A) Branimir
B) Trpimir
C) Tomislav
D) Zvonimir
  • 34. Whose rule is particularly considered a time of 'cultural blossom' due to extensive church construction and stone inscriptions?
A) Provost Dobroslav
B) Duke Trpimir
C) King Zvonimir
D) Duke Branimir
  • 35. How many stone inscriptions mentioning Branimir's name remain preserved to this day?
A) Ten
B) Three
C) Seven
D) Five
  • 36. Which 11th-century king brought another period of cultural blossom to the Croatian kingdom?
A) Trpimir
B) Branimir
C) Demetruis Zvonimir
D) Tomislav
  • 37. What is the name of the famous 11th-century inscription recording Zvonimir's donations?
A) Knin document
B) Baška tablet
C) Rižinice inscription
D) Solin tablet
  • 38. In which scripts were original documents issued by Croatian medieval rulers written?
A) Beneventan, Carolingian minuscule, or Gothic minuscule script
B) Runes, Ogham, or Phoenician script
C) Hieroglyphics, cuneiform, or Demotic script
D) Cyrillic, Greek, or Arabic script
  • 39. In which language were original documents issued by Croatian medieval rulers written?
A) Church Slavonic
B) Croatian language
C) Latin language
D) Italian language
  • 40. Who launched the construction of the Romanesque Knin cathedral during the 13th century?
A) Croatian provost Dobroslav
B) Duke Trpimir
C) King Demetruis Zvonimir
D) Queen Helen of Zadar
  • 41. On the site of which earlier structure was the Romanesque Knin cathedral constructed?
A) Royal mausoleum
B) Pagan temple
C) Frankish fortress
D) Benedictine monastery
  • 42. Where was the Romanesque Knin cathedral located?
A) Kapitul near Knin
B) Rižinice near Solin
C) Baška on Krk island
D) St. Stephen on the Island
  • 43. What forced the high clergy to move their seats away from the Knin cathedral?
A) Viking raids
B) Frankish occupation
C) Ottoman invasions
D) Venetian expansion
  • 44. Which city-state was founded by Greeks from Syracuse on the island of Vis in 390 BC?
A) Issa
B) Pharos
C) Corcyra Nigra
D) Salona
  • 45. Which Greek colony was established on the island of Hvar?
A) Corcyra Nigra
B) Pharos
C) Jader
D) Issa
  • 46. What was the ancient Greek name for the island of Korčula?
A) Corcyra Nigra
B) Pola
C) Pharos
D) Issa
  • 47. In what year did Greeks from Syracuse arrive to found city-states on Adriatic islands?
A) 390 BC
B) 300 AD
C) 2nd century
D) 229 BC
  • 48. Which queen of Ardiaei engaged in pirating activities that drew the attention of Rome?
A) Duse
B) Teuta
C) Anastasia
D) Euphrasia
  • 49. In what year did Roman attention to the Eastern Adriatic Coast get drawn due to pirating activities?
A) 6th century
B) 229 BC
C) 390 BC
D) 300 AD
  • 50. What was the name of the major revolt involving the Illyrians and Romans?
A) Roman-Illyrian Rebellion
B) Adriatic Uprising
C) Great Dalmatian War
D) Great Illyrian Revolt
  • 51. How many cities with Roman citizenship (civitas) were there at least in Istria, Liburnia, and Dalmatia?
A) Forty
B) Three
C) Ten
D) Thirty
  • 52. In which city are the best preserved Roman monuments, including a 2nd-century amphitheater, located?
A) Salona
B) Zadar
C) Pola (Pula)
D) Poreč
  • 53. What was the largest and most important city of Dalmatia in the 3rd century AD?
A) Issa
B) Salona
C) Pola
D) Jader
  • 54. What was the population of Salona in the 3rd century AD?
A) 4,000
B) 100,000
C) 10,000
D) 40,000
  • 55. Who was born in Salona and later built a massive palace nearby?
A) Saint Anastasius
B) Queen Teuta
C) Saint Domnius
D) Emperor Diocletian
  • 56. Around what year was Diocletian's Palace built?
A) 229 BC
B) 600 AD
C) 300 AD
D) 390 BC
  • 57. What did Salona become the center of for the entire western Balkans in the 4th century?
A) Greek colonization
B) Illyrian art
C) Christianity
D) Roman government
  • 58. Name one of the saints associated with Salona.
A) Teuta
B) Domnius (Duje)
C) Diocletian
D) Euphrasius
  • 59. Name the second saint associated with Salona mentioned in the text.
A) Teuta
B) Anastasius (Staš)
C) Domnius
D) Diocletian
  • 60. Where is the Euphrasian Basilica located?
A) Zadar
B) Salona
C) Pula
D) Poreč
  • 61. Who led the 19th-century Illyrian movement which drove Croatian romantic nationalism?
A) Ante Starčević
B) Stjepan Radić
C) Ljudevit Gaj
D) Josip Jelačić
  • 62. What organization was established in 1842 as part of the Zagreb Reading Room to promote Croatian national identity?
A) Illyrian Academy
B) Matica ilirska
C) Matica hrvatska
D) Zagreb Cultural Society
  • 63. In what year was Matica ilirska renamed to Matica hrvatska?
A) 1900
B) 1872
C) 1848
D) 1842
  • 64. What clothing item, considered a precursor of the modern necktie, originates from Croatia?
A) Cravat
B) Cloak
C) Sash
D) Vest
  • 65. From which culture are the most interesting Copper Age or Eneolithic findings in Croatia?
A) Vinkovci culture
B) Dalmatian culture
C) Illyrian culture
D) Vučedol culture
  • 66. Which Bronze Age culture developed out of the Vučedol culture?
A) Nezakcij culture
B) Krapina culture
C) Zagreb culture
D) Vinkovci culture
  • 67. What recognizable object replaced needles and buttons in the Vinkovci culture?
A) Copper clasps
B) Bone pins
C) Bronze fibulas
D) Iron buckles
  • 68. What effect did the wars against the expanding Ottoman Empire have on Croatian cultural development?
A) It slowed it down
B) It accelerated it
C) It had no effect
D) It completely stopped all arts
  • 69. Who wrote the novel Planine (The Mountains)?
A) Petar Zoranić
B) Marko Marulić
C) Šimun Kožičić Benja
D) Brne Karnarutić
  • 70. Who wrote 'Molitva suprotiva Turkom' (A Prayer Against the Turks)?
A) Marko Marulić
B) Matija Antun Relković
C) Tituš Brezovački
D) Petar Zoranić
  • 71. Who is the author of 'Vazetje Sigeta grada'?
A) Juraj Dalmatinac
B) Julije Klović
C) Andrija Kačić Miošić
D) Brne Karnarutić
  • 72. What was Giorgio da Sebenico known as in Croatian?
A) Radovan
B) Juraj Dalmatinac
C) Andrija Buvina
D) Julije Klović
  • 73. For what artistic work is Giorgio da Sebenico (Juraj Dalmatinac) best known?
A) Chest of St Simeon
B) Trogir cathedral stone portal
C) Šibenik Cathedral
D) Split Cathedral wooden doors
  • 74. What was Giulio Clovo known as in Croatian?
A) Julije Klović
B) Juraj Dalmatinac
C) Antun Kanižlić
D) Baltazar Adam Krčelić
  • 75. What art form is Giulio Clovo (Julije Klović) best known for?
A) Fresco paintings
B) Stone sculpture
C) Gilded metal reliefs
D) Miniature paintings
  • 76. Who wrote 'Satir iliti divlji čovik'?
A) Tituš Brezovački
B) Matija Petar Katančić
C) Matija Antun Relković
D) Andrija Kačić Miošić
  • 77. Who is the author of 'Matijaš grabancijaš dijak'?
A) Tituš Brezovački
B) Matija Antun Relković
C) Antun Kanižlić
D) Baltazar Adam Krčelić
  • 78. Which of the following authors belongs to the Croatian enlightenment period?
A) Baltazar Adam Krčelić
B) Marko Marulić
C) Brne Karnarutić
D) Petar Zoranić
  • 79. Which author besides Krčelić and Kanižlić is mentioned as part of the Croatian enlightenment period?
A) Julije Klović
B) Juraj Dalmatinac
C) Andrija Buvina
D) Matija Petar Katančić
  • 80. Who made the wooden doors of the Split cathedral around 1220?
A) Radovan
B) Andrija Buvina
C) Ivan Meštrović
D) Antun Augustinčić
  • 81. Who created the stone portal of the Trogir cathedral around 1240?
A) Frano Kršinić
B) Juraj Dalmatinac
C) Radovan
D) Andrija Buvina
  • 82. What political status did Zadar hold during the era of the Chest of St Simeon?
A) The capital of the empire
B) An Ottoman stronghold
C) A completely autonomous Slavic kingdom
D) An independent Venetian city
  • 83. Where were the artisans from who made the reliefs in gilded metal on the Chest of St Simeon in Zadar?
A) Dubrovnik
B) Šibenik
C) Milan
D) Venice
  • 84. Around what year were the reliefs on the Chest of St Simeon made?
A) 1750
B) 1220
C) 1240
D) 1380
  • 85. Which of the following is a prominent modern Croatian sculptor?
A) Ivan Meštrović
B) Matija Antun Relković
C) Tituš Brezovački
D) Andrija Kačić Miošić
  • 86. Besides Ivan Meštrović, which modern sculptor is explicitly named in the text?
A) Juraj Dalmatinac
B) Andrija Buvina
C) Antun Augustinčić
D) Julije Klović
  • 87. Who is the third modern Croatian sculptor mentioned in the text alongside Meštrović and Augustinčić?
A) Frano Kršinić
B) Baltazar Adam Krčelić
C) Radovan
D) Brne Karnarutić
  • 88. Where were the influences of Roman art the strongest in early Croatian architecture due to dense urbanization?
A) Zagreb
B) Dalmatia
C) Istria
D) Slavonia
  • 89. What style of architecture is found along the Croatian coast?
A) Baroque
B) Romanesque
C) Gothic
D) Mediterranean
  • 90. Which Venetian architect's works exemplify the strong influence of Renaissance architecture in major urban areas along the Croatian coast?
A) Donato Bramante
B) Filippo Brunelleschi
C) Andrea Palladio
D) Giorgio da Sebenico
  • 91. Who, alongside Giorgio da Sebenico, exemplified the Renaissance architectural influence along the Croatian coast?
A) Luciano Laurana
B) Niccolò di Giovanni Fiorentino
C) Francesco Laurana
D) Michelozzo
  • 92. What was the name of the group of painters and architects that set the foundations of Croatian modern design?
A) Zenit
B) Bauhaus
C) Gorgona
D) Exat 51
  • 93. What does the acronym Exat stand for in the context of Croatian design history?
A) Experimental atelier
B) Extended Artistic Tradition
C) Exhibition of Architecture and Technology
D) Expressive Art Team
  • 94. Which of the following was an architect member of Exat 51?
A) Ivan Picelj
B) Vlado Kristl
C) Vjenceslav Richter
D) Aleksandar Srnec
  • 95. Who is considered one of the greatest Croatian designers, with an award from the Association of Croatian architects named after him?
A) Aleksandar Srnec
B) Bernardo Bernardi
C) Zdravko Bregovac
D) Vjenceslav Richter
  • 96. What did Croatian industry increasingly rely on for design by the 1970s and 1980s?
A) House design departments
B) Foreign consulting firms
C) Independent foreign artists
D) State-mandated copying bureaus
  • 97. Who was the Croatian music producer that launched the Cro dance scene during the war?
A) Marin Držić
B) Matija Antun Relković
C) Vatroslav Lisinski
D) Zoran Škugor
  • 98. Turbo folk is more popular among which demographic group according to the 2018 research?
A) University professors
B) Females
C) Males
D) Elderly citizens
  • 99. What is the traditional humorous folk song of eastern Croatia's Slavonia region called?
A) Bećarac
B) Dora
C) Porin
D) Schlager
  • 100. In what year was bećarac listed on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List?
A) 1990
B) 2011
C) 1994
D) 2018
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