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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the subject of Claude's snow scene?
2. Why is Christine under so much nervous tension after they get back to Paris?
3. How is Claude when he and Sandoz return to Paris and go to a restaurant?
4. What do Sandoz and Bongrand have to say about Claude's early works of art?
5. What does Sandoz point out to Claude?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay of at least two typed, double-spaced pages on the topic of art in the grotesque. Discuss how the painting of the Dead Child is, in fact, a serious work of art. How does this address the idea that the purpose of art is not limited to being pretty. How should a person look at a work like the Dead Child? Why would Claude, the artist, not understand how such a painting could be ignored and dismissed?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay of at least two typed, double-spaced pages on the topic of Belief in the Intelligence of the Public. Point one of the essay should include the various reactions to Claude's Open Air painting. Point two should bring in an example like the reaction of the public to the invention of the airplane. Point three should be a more philosophical evaluation of public opinion in general.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay of at least two typed, double-spaced pages on the topic of Provencal Morality in the 19th century. In the essay points, include (1) public opinion of single women seen in the company of young men, (2) public acceptance of a courtesan but detesting a trollop, (3) double standards for men and women.
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