The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction Quizzes

The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction Quiz 1

1 What is Walter Benjamin's nationality?

Austrian

English

German

American
2 When was the essay originally published?

1957

1919

1942

1935
3 Under which political regime did Benjamin publish the essay?

The Socialist Party

The Communist Party

The Italian Fascist Party

The Nazi Party
4 Whom does Benjamin quote at the beginning of the essay?

Bertold Brecht

Salvador Dali

Eugene Atget

Paul Valery
5 Which of these arts forms does Benjamin not mention in his brief history of reproduction?

Lithograph

Printing press

Telegraph

Photography
6 To which political theorist does Benjamin refer at the beginning of the essay?

John Locke

Thomas Hobbes

Confucius

Karl Marx
7 What, according to Benjamin, is the most useful example of mechanical reproduction in art?

Photography

Literature

Painting

Film
8 What, according to Benjamin, makes art historical?

Genius

Market value

Authenticity

Beauty
9 Which of these terms denotes a piece of art's uniqueness?

Originality

Authenticity

Aura

Vibe
10 Which of these is the opposite of cult value?

Market value

Authentic value

Reproduction value

Exhibition value
11 What is Benjamin's example of the retention of cult value in art?

Photographs of deceased people

Poetry

Portraits of landscapes

Statues
12 Which piece of technology is central to film's mechanical reproduction?

The camera

The soundboard

The set

The animation
13 Benjamin argues that actors become what in contemporary film?

Heroes

Props

Pawns

Cult leaders
14 What, according to Benjamin, do film studios do to replace the lack of aura in film?

Generate the cult of the movie star

Advertise the films constantly

Incorporate slow-motion shots

Hire good looking actors
15 Which of these two are alike in their respective roles, according to Benjamin?

Magician and Painter

Magician and Cameraman

Surgeon and Cameraman

Painter and Surgeon
16 Who pioneered psychoanalysis as a discipline?

Walter Benjamin

Sigmund Freud

Jaques Lacan

Laura Mulvey
17 What does psychoanalysis address?

The unconscious

The prevalence of depression

The human body

The role of art in society
18 Which of these technologies does Benjamin not mention in regard to film?

Space expands

Boom mics

Close-ups

Slow motion
19 Which artistic movement does Benjamin compare to bullets being shot?

Cubism

Dadaism

Abstract Expressionism

Impressionism
20 Which art form has a tactile quality?

Architecture

Sculpture

Painting

Photography
21 Benjamin argues that film audiences are fundamentally what?

Ignorant

Critical

Distracted

Experts
22 Whom does Benjamin caution against at the end of the essay?

Fascists

Communists

Art critics

Nazis
23 What does Marinetti argue in the quote Benjamin includes at the end of the essay?

Fascism will take over the world

War is beautiful

Art is political

Art is meaningless
24 Which of these is an example of ritual?

Film

Cave drawings made for the gods

The Mona Lisa

Contemporary sculpture
25 What, according to Benjamin, has been lost from contemporary art?

Reproducibility

Beauty

Genius

Aura

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