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The Death of Marat, by Jacques-Louis David
Contributed by: Warner
  • 1. In what year did Jacques-Louis David paint 'The Death of Marat'?
A) 1789
B) 1793
C) 1776
D) 1801
  • 2. Who was Jean-Paul Marat?
A) A French king
B) A radical journalist and politician
C) A military general
D) David's art teacher
  • 3. How was Marat killed?
A) Poisoned
B) Hanged
C) Stabbed in his bath
D) Shot
  • 4. Who assassinated Marat?
A) Maximilien Robespierre
B) Napoleon Bonaparte
C) Charlotte Corday
D) Marie Antoinette
  • 5. Why did Marat work in a bath?
A) He was hiding from enemies
B) For artistic inspiration
C) To relieve his skin condition
D) It was his office
  • 6. What is Marat holding in the painting?
A) A sword
B) A crown
C) A letter
D) A paintbrush
  • 7. What political faction did Marat belong to?
A) The Girondins
B) The Jacobins
C) The Moderates
D) The Royalists
  • 8. What newspaper did Marat publish?
A) Le Figaro
B) Le Monde
C) La Gazette
D) L'Ami du Peuple
  • 9. Where is the painting currently housed?
A) British Museum
B) Musée d'Orsay
C) The Louvre
D) Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
  • 10. What artistic movement does this painting represent?
A) Impressionism
B) Neoclassicism
C) Romanticism
D) Baroque
  • 11. What is missing from the painting's composition that would normally be in a bath?
A) Soap
B) Clothing
C) Towels
D) Water
  • 12. What does the blood on the letter symbolize?
A) Marat's sacrifice for the revolution
B) The killer's signature
C) Artistic flourish
D) Royalist oppression
  • 13. How did David know Marat personally?
A) Marat was his patron
B) They were both Jacobin politicians
C) Marat was his student
D) They were related
  • 14. What revolutionary event was occurring when David painted this work?
A) The Storming of the Bastille
B) The rise of Napoleon
C) The Restoration
D) The Reign of Terror
  • 15. What inscription did David add to the painting?
A) "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
B) "Death to Tyrants"
C) "Vive la Revolution"
D) "To Marat, David"
  • 16. What artistic technique creates the dramatic contrast?
A) Pointillism
B) Chiaroscuro
C) Sfumato
D) Impasto
  • 17. What was David's official role in the French Revolution?
A) Foreign diplomat
B) Convention member
C) Treasury official
D) Military commander
  • 18. How does the painting serve as propaganda?
A) It glorifies Marat as a revolutionary martyr
B) It shows the brutality of revolution
C) It criticizes the Jacobins
D) It promotes royal restoration
  • 19. How does David's painting transform Marat's death?
A) Into abstract art
B) Into political propaganda
C) Into religious iconography
D) Into a comedy
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