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Peggy Guggenheim: Quiz

  
  

Question 1: After the outbreak of World War II, she purchased as much abstract and ________ art as possible.
Color FieldDadaSurrealismAbstract expressionism

Question 2: It was followed by exhibitions on ________ (his first one-man-show in England), Yves Tanguy, Wolfgang Paalen and several other well known and some lesser-known artists.
Andrei BelyAnthroposophyBruno WalterWassily Kandinsky

Question 3: Peggy's father was of Swiss-German Jewish origin, and her mother ________, German, and Dutch.
SamaritanJewsJudaismKabbalah

Question 4: Pieces in her collection embrace Cubism, Surrealism and ________.
United StatesNational Security AgencyCentral Intelligence AgencyAbstract expressionism

Question 5: She met ________ during this time, and in time became her friend and patron.
Natalie Clifford BarneyDjuna BarnesRomaine BrooksLadies Almanack

Question 6: Starting in late December 1937, she and ________ had a brief affair.
From an Abandoned WorkWaiting for GodotKrapp's Last TapeSamuel Beckett

Question 7: She started making plans for a Museum of Modern Art in London together with the English art historian and art critic ________.
The Green ChildAnarchismHenry MooreHerbert Read

Question 8: She was a clerk in an avant-garde bookstore when she first became enamored with the members of the ________ artistic community.
BohemianismCaspar David FriedrichWalter ScottCharles-Valentin Alkan

Question 9: Once there, she became friendly with avant-garde writers and artists, many of whom were living in poverty in the ________ quarter of the city.
Diego RiveraParisAmedeo ModiglianiMontparnasse

Question 10: Peggy Guggenheim is portrayed by Amy Madigan in the movie Pollock (2000), directed by ________, based on the life of Jackson Pollock.
Gene HackmanGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion PictureEd HarrisAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actor
















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