Belgium's quirky obsession with surrealism - Exam
- 1. Who is considered the father of Belgian surrealism?
A) Salvador Dalí
B) Joan Miró
C) Pablo Picasso
D) René Magritte
- 2. Where is the Magritte Museum located?
A) Bruges
B) Brussels
C) Ghent
D) Antwerp
- 3. Which famous surrealist painting features a pipe inscribed with the words 'Ceci n'est pas une pipe'?
A) The Persistence of Memory
B) The Treachery of Images
C) Guernica
D) The Son of Man
- 4. What year did René Magritte die?
A) 1975
B) 1954
C) 1967
D) 1983
- 5. Which famous surrealist artist was born in Ostend, Belgium?
A) James Ensor
B) Salvador Dalí
C) Pablo Picasso
D) Frida Kahlo
- 6. Who said 'Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision'?
A) Pablo Picasso
B) Joan Miró
C) André Breton
D) Salvador Dalí
- 7. In the surrealist manifesto, who is nicknamed 'The Pope of Surrealism'?
A) Salvador Dalí
B) Joan Miró
C) André Breton
D) Pablo Picasso
- 8. Which Belgian city is known as the birthplace of artist René Magritte?
A) Ixelles
B) Lessines
C) Tournai
D) Schaerbeek
- 9. What is the title of René Magritte's famous painting of a bowler-hatted man with an apple hiding his face?
A) The Persistence of Memory
B) The Son of Man
C) The Treachery of Images
D) Guernica
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