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Ophelia, by John Everett Millais
Contributed by: Clarkson
  • 1. In which year did John Everett Millais complete his painting 'Ophelia'?
A) 1852
B) 1848
C) 1855
D) 1860
  • 2. Which Shakespeare play features the character Ophelia?
A) King Lear
B) Macbeth
C) Hamlet
D) Romeo and Juliet
  • 3. What artistic movement was Millais associated with when he painted Ophelia?
A) Romanticism
B) Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
C) Baroque
D) Impressionism
  • 4. Who was the model for Ophelia in Millais' painting?
A) Effie Gray
B) Fanny Cornforth
C) Elizabeth Siddal
D) Jane Morris
  • 5. What type of flowers is Ophelia holding in the painting?
A) Poppies and daisies
B) Roses and lilies
C) Orchids and carnations
D) Sunflowers and tulips
  • 6. Where is Millais' Ophelia currently housed?
A) Louvre Museum, Paris
B) Uffizi Gallery, Florence
C) Tate Britain, London
D) National Gallery, Washington
  • 7. What natural setting did Millais choose for the background of Ophelia?
A) A stream in Wales
B) A riverbank in Surrey
C) A lake in Scotland
D) A pond in Kent
  • 8. How did Millais achieve the detailed botanical elements in Ophelia?
A) Painted outdoors from nature
B) Copied from other paintings
C) Used botanical illustrations
D) Imagined the plants
  • 9. What literary source directly inspired Millais' composition?
A) Act IV, Scene VII of Hamlet
B) A sonnet by Shakespeare
C) Greek mythology
D) A Victorian poem
  • 10. Which other Pre-Raphaelite artist was closely associated with Millais?
A) Dante Gabriel Rossetti
B) John Constable
C) J.M.W. Turner
D) William Hogarth
  • 11. What symbolic meaning do the flowers in Ophelia's hands carry?
A) War and peace
B) Wealth and power
C) Love and marriage
D) Death and innocence
  • 12. How did Millais paint the underwater elements?
A) Copied from scientific drawings
B) Painted entirely from memory
C) Used photographs as reference
D) Used a glass tank in his studio
  • 13. Which character describes Ophelia's death in Hamlet?
A) Ophelia's ghost
B) The gravedigger
C) Queen Gertrude
D) Hamlet himself
  • 14. What is the overall mood of the painting?
A) Violent and aggressive
B) Melancholy and beautiful
C) Joyful and celebratory
D) Comic and lighthearted
  • 15. Which flower symbolizes death in the painting?
A) Rose
B) Ivy
C) Daisy
D) Poppy
  • 16. What was innovative about Millais' approach to landscape in Ophelia?
A) Direct observation from nature
B) Use of photography only
C) Copying old masters
D) Pure imagination
  • 17. What body of water is depicted in the background of 'Ophelia'?
A) A pond
B) The sea
C) A river
D) A lake
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