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