• 1. 
    Which decade could be called a “Melville revival,” when Herman Melville’s work (especially Moby Dick) became extremely popular for the first time since his death?

  • 1940s
  • 1890s
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
  • 2. 
    A centennial performance by Felix Mendelssohn and Eduard Devrient was a key moment in the revival of which classical musician’s compositions?

  • Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Joseph Haydn
  • Frédéric Chopin
  • 3. 
    Which was the only painting by Vincent van Gogh’s to sell within his lifetime?

  • The Yellow House
  • Portrait of Doctor Gachet 
  • Wheatfield with Crows
  • The Red Vineyard
  • 4. 
    Which Harlem Renaissance-era author was forgotten in her lifetime but rediscovered decades later, partly due to the writing of Alice Walker?

  • Jessie Redmon Fauset
  • Zora Neale Hurston
  • Nella Larsen
  • Dorothy West
  • 5. 
    Which architect whose career plateaued after leaving a firm with a partner to work independently published two books that caused him to be recognized as a forerunner of modern architecture after his death?

  • Louis Sullivan
  • Frank Gehry
  • Dankmar Adler
  • Frank Lloyd Wright
  • 6. 
    Whose films quickly lost their novelty upon release but, in the 1920s, were revitalized by a new generation of film lovers?

  • Ferdinand Zecca
  • Jehanne D’Alcy
  • Georges Méliès
  • Fernande Albany
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