German Culture Quiz 1

Questions

1. The Small Fortune is a famous engraving by which German artist?

   1. Albrecht Durer
   2. Ernst Kirchner
   3. Paul Klee
   4. Max Ernst

2. Who lived from 1833 until 1897?

   1. Felix Mendelssohn
   2. Robert Schumann
   3. Johannes Brahms
   4. Richard Strauss

3. Which of these was branded a degenerate by the Nazis with most of his work destroyed?

   1. Ernst Kirchner
   2. Albrecht Durer
   3. Max Ernst
   4. Paul Klee

4. Which of these was born in 1770?

   1. JS Bach
   2. Brahms
   3. Mendelsshon
   4. Beethoven

5. Which of these painters died in 1940?

   1. Ernst Kirchner
   2. Max Ernst
   3. Albrecht Durer
   4. Paul Klee

6. Which of these helped found the Die Brucke school of art?

   1. Max Ernst
   2. Paul Klee
   3. Ernst Kirchner
   4. Albrecht Durer

7. Which of these composers was born in Hamburg?

   1. Johannes Brahms
   2. Richard Strauss
   3. Felix Mendelssohn
   4. Robert Schumann

8. Which of these artists was born in 1891?

   1. Max Ernst
   2. Ernst Kirchner
   3. Albrecht Durer
   4. Paul Klee

9. Which Beethoven Symphony is known as Eroica?

   1. 4
   2. 6
   3. 5
   4. 3

10. Wellingtons Victory is a work by which composer?

    1. Mendelsshon
    2. JS Bach
    3. Beethoven
    4. Brahms

11. A Week of Kindess was a notable art work by which Germany artist?

    1. Albrecht Durer
    2. Ernst Kirchner
    3. Max Ernst
    4. Paul Klee

12. The Ill Assorted Couple is a famous engraving by which German artist?

    1. Paul Klee
    2. Max Ernst
    3. Ernst Kirchner
    4. Albrecht Durer

13. The Eye of Silence was a notable art work by which Germany artist?

    1. Ernst Kirchner
    2. Albrecht Durer
    3. Paul Klee
    4. Max Ernst

14. Sibyl of the Rhine was another name for which composer?

    1. George Telemann
    2. Johann Pachelbel
    3. Hildegard Von Bingen
    4. Chrsipth Gluck

15. Paris Dream was a notable art work by which Germany artist?

    1. Max Ernst
    2. Albrecht Durer
    3. Ernst Kirchner
    4. Paul Klee

16. Naked People Playing is a seminal expressionist work by which German?

    1. Paul Klee
    2. Ernst Kirchner
    3. Albrecht Durer
    4. Max Ernst

17. Luise Straus was one of the wives of which German Artist?

    1. Max Ernst
    2. Paul Klee
    3. Albrecht Durer
    4. Ernst Kirchner

18. How many symphonies did Brahms compose?

    1. 2
    2. 4
    3. 5
    4. 3

19. Egmont is a work by which composer?

    1. Brahms
    2. Mendelsshon
    3. Beethoven
    4. JS Bach

20. Colour Theory was a key work by whom?

    1. Paul Klee
    2. Albrecht Durer
    3. Max Ernst
    4. Ernst Kirchner