Question 1

According to Marcuse, the social function of art is to:

Accepted Answer

A)  provide a blueprint for a better future. 
B)  annoy the ruling class. 
C)  bring the truth to the repressed masses. 
D)  keep alive the dream of liberation. 
E)  illustrate the difference between necessary and surplus repression. 
A)  provide a blueprint for a better future. 
B)  annoy the ruling class. 
C)  bring the truth to the repressed masses. 
D)  keep alive the dream of liberation. 
E)  illustrate the difference between necessary and surplus repression.

Question 2

Tolstoy held that great art must:

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A)  be imaginative. 
B)  be sincere. 
C)  educate the audience. 
D)  have a subject with wide appeal. 
E)  Both B and D 
A)  be imaginative. 
B)  be sincere. 
C)  educate the audience. 
D)  have a subject with wide appeal. 
E)  Both B and D

Question 3

A tragedy, according to Aristotle, should involve a:

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A)  virtuous and just person who is destroyed by an error in judgment. 
B)  not particularly virtuous person who is destroyed by vice and depravity. 
C)  virtuous person destroyed by simple bad luck. 
D)  not particularly virtuous person destroyed by an error in judgment. 
E)  virtuous person destroyed by vice and depravity. 
A)  virtuous and just person who is destroyed by an error in judgment. 
B)  not particularly virtuous person who is destroyed by vice and depravity. 
C)  virtuous person destroyed by simple bad luck. 
D)  not particularly virtuous person destroyed by an error in judgment. 
E)  virtuous person destroyed by vice and depravity.

Question 4

The image of an object is a reproduction of a reproduction of the real chair.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Who of the following believes that civilization cannot exist without repression?

Accepted Answer

A)  Plato 
B)  Aristotle 
C)  Freud 
D)  Marcuse 
E)  Both C and D 
A)  Plato 
B)  Aristotle 
C)  Freud 
D)  Marcuse 
E)  Both C and D

Question 6

According to Plato, a chair has more reality than the ideal Form of a chair.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Aristotle tells us that the plot of a good tragedy:

Accepted Answer

A)  should be simple. 
B)  must imitate actions arousing fear and pity. 
C)  involves a good man passing from happiness to misery. 
D)  Both A and C 
E)  All of the above 
A)  should be simple. 
B)  must imitate actions arousing fear and pity. 
C)  involves a good man passing from happiness to misery. 
D)  Both A and C 
E)  All of the above

Question 8

According to whom does knowledge consist of a rational understanding of the realm of universal forms?

Accepted Answer

A)  Kant 
B)  Aristotle 
C)  Tolstoy 
D)  Marcuse 
E)  Plato 
A)  Kant 
B)  Aristotle 
C)  Tolstoy 
D)  Marcuse 
E)  Plato

Question 9

Plato tells us that poets ought to be eliminated from a perfect society, even though they appeal to the highest portion of the soul.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

According to Martin Gayford, a work of art loses a great deal of meaning when it is discovered to be a forgery. .

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

A persuasive sounding argument which is in fact formally invalid is an example of the distinction between appearance and reality.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Plato and Aristotle agree that:

Accepted Answer

A)  poetry should be banned from an ideal society. 
B)  art merely provides us with imperfect copies of particular instances of universal forms. 
C)  we should seek knowledge of the universal forms of justice, beauty, and goodness. 
D)  All of the above 
E)  None of the above 
A)  poetry should be banned from an ideal society. 
B)  art merely provides us with imperfect copies of particular instances of universal forms. 
C)  we should seek knowledge of the universal forms of justice, beauty, and goodness. 
D)  All of the above 
E)  None of the above

Question 13

According to Aristotle, the universal forms:

Accepted Answer

A)  don't actually exist. 
B)  are embodied all around us in the things of the world of space and time. 
C)  exist in an independent transcendent reality. 
D)  were a fiction created by Plato. 
E)  None of the above 
A)  don't actually exist. 
B)  are embodied all around us in the things of the world of space and time. 
C)  exist in an independent transcendent reality. 
D)  were a fiction created by Plato. 
E)  None of the above

Question 14

The work of a carpenter who makes a chair is perfectly real, but the work of a painter who represents it is not.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Plato tells us that reason alone will fail to show us when the easy way is in fact the harmful way.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which artist does not count as an example of the new theory of art Danto proffers?

Accepted Answer

A)  Warhol 
B)  Lichtenstein 
C)  Oldenburg 
D)  Rauschenberg 
E)  None of the above 
A)  Warhol 
B)  Lichtenstein 
C)  Oldenburg 
D)  Rauschenberg 
E)  None of the above

Question 17

Music, according to Tolstoy, cannot communicate the highest religious feeling.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Duchamp decreed that it is the artist's idea, not his hand, that makes something art. .

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Aristotle holds that we can attain true knowledge only by:

Accepted Answer

A)  catharsis. 
B)  grasping the transcendent Forms through reason. 
C)  purging ourselves of all harmful passions. 
D)  coming to know the Forms by studying their particular instances. 
E)  None of the above 
A)  catharsis. 
B)  grasping the transcendent Forms through reason. 
C)  purging ourselves of all harmful passions. 
D)  coming to know the Forms by studying their particular instances. 
E)  None of the above

Question 20

What was wrong with Gauguin's little ceramic sculpture "The Faun"?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was a forgery. 
B)  Everyone thought it was a forgery, but it was not. 
C)  It was signed by Gauguin's student. 
D)  Experts damaged it when trying to determine whether it was a forgery. 
E)  Gauguin made it in a different style that did not resemble his other work. 
A)  It was a forgery. 
B)  Everyone thought it was a forgery, but it was not. 
C)  It was signed by Gauguin's student. 
D)  Experts damaged it when trying to determine whether it was a forgery. 
E)  Gauguin made it in a different style that did not resemble his other work.

According to Marcuse, the social function of art is to:

Tolstoy held that great art must:

A tragedy, according to Aristotle, should involve a:

The image of an object is a reproduction of a reproduction of the real chair.

Who of the following believes that civilization cannot exist without repression?

According to Plato, a chair has more reality than the ideal Form of a chair.

Aristotle tells us that the plot of a good tragedy:

According to whom does knowledge consist of a rational understanding of the realm of universal forms?

Plato tells us that poets ought to be eliminated from a perfect society, even though they appeal to the highest portion of the soul.

According to Martin Gayford, a work of art loses a great deal of meaning when it is discovered to be a forgery. .

A persuasive sounding argument which is in fact formally invalid is an example of the distinction between appearance and reality.

Plato and Aristotle agree that:

According to Aristotle, the universal forms:

The work of a carpenter who makes a chair is perfectly real, but the work of a painter who represents it is not.

Plato tells us that reason alone will fail to show us when the easy way is in fact the harmful way.

Which artist does not count as an example of the new theory of art Danto proffers?

Music, according to Tolstoy, cannot communicate the highest religious feeling.

Duchamp decreed that it is the artist's idea, not his hand, that makes something art. .

Aristotle holds that we can attain true knowledge only by:

What was wrong with Gauguin's little ceramic sculpture "The Faun"?

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Exam 7: Philosophy of Art

According to Marcuse, the social function of art is to:

Tolstoy held that great art must:

A tragedy, according to Aristotle, should involve a:

The image of an object is a reproduction of a reproduction of the real chair.

Who of the following believes that civilization cannot exist without repression?

According to Plato, a chair has more reality than the ideal Form of a chair.

Aristotle tells us that the plot of a good tragedy:

According to whom does knowledge consist of a rational understanding of the realm of universal forms?

Plato tells us that poets ought to be eliminated from a perfect society, even though they appeal to the highest portion of the soul.

According to Martin Gayford, a work of art loses a great deal of meaning when it is discovered to be a forgery. .

A persuasive sounding argument which is in fact formally invalid is an example of the distinction between appearance and reality.

Plato and Aristotle agree that:

According to Aristotle, the universal forms:

The work of a carpenter who makes a chair is perfectly real, but the work of a painter who represents it is not.

Plato tells us that reason alone will fail to show us when the easy way is in fact the harmful way.

Which artist does not count as an example of the new theory of art Danto proffers?

Music, according to Tolstoy, cannot communicate the highest religious feeling.

Duchamp decreed that it is the artist's idea, not his hand, that makes something art. .

Aristotle holds that we can attain true knowledge only by:

What was wrong with Gauguin's little ceramic sculpture "The Faun"?

What Is Philosophy

Theory of Knowledge

Metaphysics and Philosophy of Mind

Philosophy of Science

Ethical Theory

Social and Political Philosophy

Philosophy of Religion

Filters