Some think the liberal arts are a waste of time. Some think they are the things that give life its taste. Whether you stand on one side or the other, we bet you still know some of the answers to these questions. Care to show us how much of the liberal arts you know?
Which of the following is an inner conflict?
Man versus environment
Man versus himself
Man versus man
Man versus society
Andrew Lloyd Webber composed all of the following EXCEPT:
The Phantom of the Opera
Jesus Christ Superstar
Evita
Cats
Porgy and Bess
Sunset Boulevard
Who is the author of 'Lolita'?
Daniel Defoe
Edgar Allan Poe
Charles Dickens
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Jane Austen
Vladimir Nabokov
An exhibition of expressionist art would include works by which of the following painters?
Salvador Dali
Edvard Munch
Pablo Picasso
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Claude Monet
What does a museum conservator do?
Chooses artwork for public exhibitions
Protects and restores damaged works of art
Designs the floorplan and layout of the museum
Researches and writes labels for museum exhibitions
Who wrote: "I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference."
Robert Frost
Walt Whitman
Maya Angelou
John Keats
Professor Friedrich Bhaer appears in which of the following novels?
Frankenstein
David Copperfield
Lolita
Jane Eyre
Little Women
Don Quixote
Which of the following was composed by George Gershwin?
West Side Story
Starlight Express
An American in Paris
The Phantom of the Opera
'The Thinker' was sculpted by:
Auguste Rodin
Augusta Savage
Lorenzo Ghiberti
Donatello
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Which of the following artists did not live in the 20th century?
Oscar Claude Monet
Frida Kahlo
Edvard Munch
Gustav Klimt
Francisco de Goya
Who wrote the poem "I Sing the Body Electric"?
Walt Whitman
Emily Dickinson
Allen Ginsberg
Maya Angelou
Who composed the piece: "Swan Lake"?
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ludwig van Beethoven
Frédéric Chopin
Who was the artist to develop the artistic movement of Impressionism?
Claude Monet
Salvador Dali
Edgar Degas
Pablo Picasso
Shall we give it another go?
Whether you learned these subjects or not, you may have forgotten most of what you once knew. How about giving our quiz a second go, and if you still get here, perhaps it's time to learn a bit more about the arts that shaped our understanding of beauty, if that is a subject that interests you.
Whether you learned these subjects or not, you have a pretty good understanding of the liberal arts. That's good to see. What would we do without the works of literature, music, paint and others which have shaped our understanding of beauty can be?
Whether you learned these subjects or not, you have a frightfully good knowledge about the liberal arts. Good for you! What would we do without the works of literature, music, paint and others which have shaped our understanding of beauty can be? Congratulations, you ACED this quiz!