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Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe, by Édouard Manet - Quiz
Contributed by: Clarkson
  • 1. Who painted 'Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe'?
A) Claude Monet
B) Paul Cézanne
C) Édouard Manet
D) Pierre-Auguste Renoir
  • 2. In what year was 'Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe' completed?
A) 1870
B) 1880
C) 1863
D) 1855
  • 3. What was the original French title of the painting?
A) Les Baigneuses
B) Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe
C) Le Pique-nique
D) Le Jardin
  • 4. Where is 'Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe' currently housed?
A) National Gallery, London
B) Metropolitan Museum, New York
C) Musée d'Orsay, Paris
D) Louvre Museum, Paris
  • 5. Which artistic movement is Manet associated with?
A) Surrealism
B) Baroque
C) Impressionism
D) Cubism
  • 6. What was controversial about the painting when first exhibited?
A) The clothing styles shown
B) The picnic food depicted
C) Nude woman with clothed men
D) The landscape background
  • 7. Who was the model for the nude woman in the foreground?
A) Victorine Meurent
B) Suzanne Manet
C) Berthe Morisot
D) Camille Doncieux
  • 8. What is the English translation of the title?
A) Dinner in the Meadow
B) Luncheon on the Grass
C) Breakfast in the Garden
D) Picnic in the Park
  • 9. How did critics initially react to the painting?
A) With confusion
B) With great admiration
C) With indifference
D) With shock and outrage
  • 10. Which emperor established the Salon des Refusés?
A) Napoleon Bonaparte
B) Louis Philippe
C) Louis XIV
D) Napoleon III
  • 11. Which other Manet painting caused similar controversy?
A) The Balcony
B) Olympia
C) A Bar at the Folies-Bergère
D) The Fifer
  • 12. What is the overall lighting effect in the painting?
A) Harsh and direct
B) Soft and diffused
C) Candlelit
D) Moonlit
  • 13. Which writer defended Manet's work?
A) Charles Baudelaire
B) Émile Zola
C) Victor Hugo
D) Gustave Flaubert
  • 14. What modern quality did the painting introduce?
A) Abstract forms
B) Mythological themes
C) Contemporary realism
D) Religious symbolism
  • 15. Where was 'Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe' first publicly shown after being rejected by the official Salon?
A) The Musée d'Orsay
B) The Louvre
C) The Paris Opera
D) The Salon des Refusés
  • 16. What is notable about the perspective in the painting?
A) It uses perfect linear perspective
B) It has multiple vanishing points
C) The figures appear disconnected from the background
D) It creates an optical illusion
  • 17. Which later artist created a modern version of this composition?
A) Salvador Dalí
B) Andy Warhol
C) Pablo Picasso
D) Vincent van Gogh
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