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MIDTERM EXAMINATION - ART APPRECIATION (GE-8)

1ST SEMESTER SY 2020-2021

TEST QUESTION: Read carefully, answer the following and make sure to follow instruction in each test
item. Use the separate ANSWER SHEET!

I. TRUE OR FALSE (10 pts.)

DIRECTIONS: Write TRUE if the statement is correct but if it is incorrect, write the correct word/s at
the blank. THE UNDERLINE word/s will give you an idea if its correct or incorrect.

Example: Not Nature

_______________ 1. Art is nature.

1. Art is being crafted by people regardless of his origin.

3. Art is something that is perennial around us.

5. Art is very vital in man’s existence.

7. Culture is a means of understanding man and his affairs.

8. Everyone is expected to like all art works.

10. Experience is the only source of man’s creativity.

12. Human beings are drawn towards what is good and

ultimately beautiful.

14. Movies and cinemas are considered to be natural art.

16. Nature is man-made and art is God-made.

18. To be human is to possess the qualities and attributes of

man.

II. IDENTIFICATION: (10 PTS)

Direction: Read the following statements and identify what elements of making art have been
described. Write “C” for creativity, “I” for imagination, “E” for expression.

  11 Being original or patented product.   16 First time that you see the artwork
  12 It shows endless possibilities   17 Revelation of artist inner self.
  13 Making image at the back of one’s mind.   18 The beginning of knowledge.
  14 Making ordinary things extraordinary   19 The release of artist emotions.
  15 Something that stimulates change.   20 Thinking outside the box

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III. MULTIPLE CHOICE:

Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer to the following questions.
21. Which of the following is the Latin word which means everything that is artificially made or composed
by man?
a. AR b. ARS c. ARTES d. ARYAS
22. Which of the following is NOT said by Aristotle in his description of ARTS?
a. All arts are patterned on nature. c. Art is nature.
b. Art has no other end but itself. d. Art is the right reason of making things.

23. Which of the following do not justify that “art involves experience”?
a. A choreographer who uses basketball skills in the dance steps
b. A designer who uses computer application in creating posters of their products.
c. A painter who shows the various strokes of his brush in creating his masterpiece.
d. A radio DJ dispensing advice on love and using things that happened to him as basis.

24. Which type of art is generally the one that we perceived with our eyes?
a. Drama Arts b. Music c. Visual Arts d. Dance
25. Which art combines spoken and written words and their meanings into forms which have artistic and
emotional appeal?
a. Drama Arts b. Literature c. Music d. Visual Arts
26. Which type of art combines sound in rhythmic succession producing melody?
a. Dance b. Drama Arts c. Music d. Visual Arts
27. Which art involves bodily movements and feet moving in rhythm?
a. Dance b. Drama Arts c. Music d. Visual Arts
28. Which form of literary art expressed nature using special forms and choice of words and emotional
images?
a. Essay b. Journals c. Poetry d. Prose Fiction
29. Which does not belong to the group of instruments?
a. Banjo b. Guitar c. Keyboard d. violin
30. Which instrument does not belong to this group?
a. Clarinet b. Saxophone c. trombone d. trumpet
31. Which of the types of dances include folk dancing associated with national and cultural groups?
a. Ballet c. Modern Dances
b. Ethnologic Dances d. Social Dances
32. What form of art refers to putting together succession of still images in order to create an illusion of
movement?
a. Film c. Photography
b. Performance Arts d. Visual Arts
33. Which of the art forms uses live presentation and the artist’s medium is mainly the human body where
he or she uses to perform?
a. Film c. Photography
b. Performance Arts d. Visual Arts

34. What art form uses artist expression of emotion of images he created not by using paint or charcoal or
camera but through creative words?
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 a. Performance Arts c. Poetry
b. Photography d. Visual Arts

35. Which of the art forms uses live performers to present accounts of imaginary events before a live
audience?
a. Performance Arts c. Poetry
b. Photography d. Theatre Arts

36. What art form uses creative writing styles, unique and not following specific format or norms?
a. Literary Arts c. Poetry
b. Photography d. Theatre Arts
37. What is considered to be the most complicated art form which uses plan, design and construction?
a. Architecture c. Film
b. Engineering d. Theatre Arts
38. What is the function of arts when its goal is to address collectively interest of people and identify them
as a group?

a. Economic Function of Art c. Social Function of Art

b. Personal Function of Art d. Religious Function of Art

39. What function of art when its goal self-satisfaction as fame and created certain status of excellence?
a. Economic Function of Art c. Social Function of Art
b. Personal Function of Art d. Religious Function of Art

40. Which of the functions of art when it is considered as symbolic guide in places of worship and in certain
group’s spiritual development?
a. Economic Function of Art c. Social Function of Art
b. Personal Function of Art d. Religious Function of Art

IV. MATCHING TYPE:

DIRECTIONS: Match column A with column B. Write the letter of the correct answer.

A. Elements of Painting (5pts)

A B
41. An area of flat surface enclosed extended points. A. Colors
42. Man’s own invention of an extension of a point B. Line
43. Refers to the feel or tactile quality of a surface of an object. C. Shapes
44. Series of wave lengths which strike our retina. D. Size
45. The smallness and largeness of object. E. Texture
B. Colors Interpretations (5pts)

46. Excitement, danger, heat, and war A. BLUE

47. Spring, safety, restful and pleasant B. BLACK
48. Happiness, pleasure, and popular with men C. GREEN
49. Mourning , sorrow, and death D. PURPLE
50. Represents royalty and kingly power E. RED

C. Classification of Colors (5pts)

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 51. The original colors as classified in the colorwheel. A. Analogous Color
52. Combinations of two original colors. B. Complementary Colors
53. Mixture of original color and one combination colors. C. Primary Color
54. Scheme composed of an original color and matching D. Secondary Color
with combination colors. E. Technicolor
55. Three neighboring colors in the colorwheel. F. Tertiary Color

D. Mediums of Painting (5pts)

A B
56. Dry heat-softened wax and or modern time Resin. A. Acrylic

57. Earth or mineral pigments mixed with egg yolk or egg white. B. Encaustic

58. Earth pigments with water on plaster wall while it is still damp. C. Fresco

59. A tempered paint made of pure ground pigment bound with gum Arabic D.Tempera

60. Synthetic paint using polymer emulsion as binder. E. Watercolor

Prepared by:

LIBNER M. BAUTISTA, LPT ISABELITA F. PASCUAL, LPT

Instructor, Social Science Instructor, Social Science

Noted by:

VIRGILIO M. DECENA, LPT

Department Head, Social Science

Approved by:

OLIVE C. DELFINO, LPT

Dean, Technical Teacher Education

MA. LOUELLA O. RUFA, Ed.D.

Vice President for Academic Affairs