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Echo and Narcissus, by John William Waterhouse
Contributed by: Muir
  • 1. What artistic movement is Waterhouse associated with?
A) Pre-Raphaelite
B) Cubism
C) Baroque
D) Impressionism
  • 2. What mythological punishment did Echo receive?
A) Could only repeat others' words
B) Lost her voice completely
C) Became invisible
D) Turned into a flower
  • 3. How does Narcissus die in the myth?
A) Wasting away by the pool
B) Killed by the gods
C) Turning into stone
D) Drowning in the water
  • 4. What flower grows where Narcissus dies?
A) Rose
B) Narcissus flower
C) Violet
D) Lily
  • 5. Which goddess cursed Narcissus?
A) Athena
B) Hera
C) Aphrodite
D) Nemesis
  • 6. What is the primary medium of Waterhouse's painting?
A) Oil on canvas
B) Watercolor
C) Tempera
D) Fresco
  • 7. What is Narcissus leaning on in the painting?
A) A tree
B) Nothing
C) The ground
D) A rock
  • 8. Who rejected Echo's love in the myth?
A) Apollo
B) Pan
C) Zeus
D) Narcissus
  • 9. What is the dominant mood of the painting?
A) Joyful
B) Melancholy
C) Angry
D) Triumphant
  • 10. What type of nymph was Echo?
A) Mountain nymph
B) Tree nymph
C) Sea nymph
D) River nymph
  • 11. How does Waterhouse depict the water's surface?
A) Frozen
B) Rippled and disturbed
C) Flowing rapidly
D) Calm and reflective
  • 12. What is the source of the Echo and Narcissus myth?
A) Hesiod's Theogony
B) Virgil's Aeneid
C) Ovid's Metamorphoses
D) Homer's Iliad
  • 13. What is Echo's expression in the painting?
A) Anger and frustration
B) Indifference
C) Joy and excitement
D) Longing and sorrow
  • 14. What element connects Echo and Narcissus in their fates?
A) Mortal death
B) Divine punishment
C) Physical transformation
D) Unrequited love
  • 15. How does Waterhouse handle light in the painting?
A) Moonlight
B) Artificial light
C) Soft, diffused light
D) Harsh direct sunlight
  • 16. What is Narcissus's fatal flaw?
A) Greed
B) Dishonesty
C) Cowardice
D) Vanity and self-love
  • 17. What is the composition's focal point?
A) The surrounding forest
B) Narcissus and his reflection
C) Echo's face
D) The sky
  • 18. How does Waterhouse depict Echo's physical form?
A) As a shadow
B) Transparent
C) Solid but fading
D) As a voice only
  • 19. What psychological concept derives from this myth?
A) Mythomania
B) Echoism
C) Narcissism
D) Nympholepsy
  • 20. What century did Waterhouse paint his version?
A) 20th century
B) 17th century
C) 18th century
D) 19th century
  • 21. Where is Echo hiding when she watches Narcissus?
A) Behind trees
B) Underwater
C) In a cave
D) In clouds
  • 22. Who was the original author of the Narcissus myth?
A) Ovid
B) Homer
C) Virgil
D) Hesiod
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