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?
1935

1942

1919

1957
3 Under which political regime did Benjamin publish the essay?
The Communist Party

The Italian Fascist Party

The Socialist 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

Photography

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

Thomas Hobbes

Karl Marx

John Locke
7 What, according to Benjamin, is the most useful example of mechanical reproduction in art?
Photography

Film

Literature

Painting
8 What, according to Benjamin, makes art historical?
Beauty

Authenticity

Genius

Market value
9 Which of these terms denotes a piece of art's uniqueness?
Aura

Originality

Vibe

Authenticity
10 Which of these is the opposite of cult value?
Exhibition value

Authentic value

Reproduction value

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

Portraits of landscapes

Photographs of deceased people

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

The animation

The soundboard

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

Props

Heroes

Cult leaders
14 What, according to Benjamin, do film studios do to replace the lack of aura in film?
Incorporate slow-motion shots

Generate the cult of the movie star

Advertise the films constantly

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

Painter and Surgeon

Magician and Painter

Surgeon and Cameraman
16 Who pioneered psychoanalysis as a discipline?
Walter Benjamin

Jaques Lacan

Laura Mulvey

Sigmund Freud
17 What does psychoanalysis address?
The human body

The unconscious

The role of art in society

The prevalence of depression
18 Which of these technologies does Benjamin not mention in regard to film?
Boom mics

Slow motion

Space expands

Close-ups
19 Which artistic movement does Benjamin compare to bullets being shot?
Impressionism

Abstract Expressionism

Dadaism

Cubism
20 Which art form has a tactile quality?
Architecture

Photography

Painting

Sculpture
21 Benjamin argues that film audiences are fundamentally what?
Experts

Distracted

Critical

Ignorant
22 Whom does Benjamin caution against at the end of the essay?
Art critics

Communists

Fascists

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

War is beautiful

Fascism will take over the world

Art is political
24 Which of these is an example of ritual?
The Mona Lisa

Contemporary sculpture

Cave drawings made for the gods

Film
25 What, according to Benjamin, has been lost from contemporary art?
Genius

Beauty

Reproducibility

Aura

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