


FAMOUS PAINTINGS
Provide the name of the painting. (e.g., This painting by Salvador Dali is often referred to as “Melting Clocks.” Answer: “The Persistence of Memory.”)
Freshman level
1. Leonardo da Vinci’s painting of the final meal that Jesus shared with his apostles.
2. Edvard Munch’s painting of an agonized face with a reddish sky in the background.
3. The painting “Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1” is better known by this name.
Graduate level
4. Grant Wood’s painting of a farmer holding a pitchfork, standing beside his daughter.
5. Edward Hopper’s painting of four people in a downtown diner late at night.
6. Vincent van Gogh’s painting of a night sky with stars and the moon.
Ph.D. level
7. Pablo Picasso’s painting depicting the 1937 bombing of a Spanish town.
8. This painting depicts a French revolutionary leader lying dead in his bath.
Answers: 1. “The Last Supper.” 2. “The Scream.” 3. “Whistler’s Mother.” 4. “American Gothic.” 5. “Nighthawks.” 6. “Starry Night.” 7. “Guernica.” 8. “The Death of Marat.”
— North America Syndicate