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"The Dinner Party": Wing Three

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Chicago, Judy : "The Dinner Party": Wing Three

Introduction:
"The conclusion of Judy Chicago's masterwork covers the period from the American Revolution to the Women's Revolution. Most of the questions are about the women subjects rather than the specific artworks."


1. This Native American honored with a place setting at "The Dinner Party" lived c. 1786-1812. Her son, pictured with her in a US government engraving, was born in 1805.
    Pocahontas
    Sacajawea
    Wilma Mankiller
    Anne Hutchinson


2. Caroline Herschel, who lived from 1750-1848, is included at "The Dinner Party" for her contribution to which of the following fields of endeavor?
    Astronomy
    Manufacturing
    Dance
    Architecture


3. For what accomplishments is Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) accorded a place at "The Dinner Party"?
    She was a composer of orchestral and chamber music
    Her death in childbirth ushered in a new era of cleanliness in obstetrics
    She was openly gay and hosted a famous Paris cultural salon
    She was an author and a feminist theoretician


4. Probably the most-reproduced (on posters and postcards) plate from "The Dinner Party" is that of Sojourner Truth (1797-1883). Which of these facts about Sojourner Truth and her inclusion in "The Dinner Party" is TRUE?
    All of these
    Her inclusion in "The Dinner Party" represents the struggle of women of color against sexual and racial oppression.
    Sojourner Truth was an abolitionist.
    Sojourner Truth was an early feminist.


5. The words "Independence Is Achieved by Unity" appear on what part of "The Dinner Party" place setting honoring Susan B. Anthony?
    Plate
    Heritage Floor
    Goblet Rim
    Table Runner


6. Each of these remarkable women is honored at "The Dinner Party". Three appear as names on the Heritage Floor. Which woman has a place setting at the artwork table?
    Babe Didrickson
    Sonja Henie
    Amelia Earhart
    Elizabeth Blackwell


7. Emily Dickinson's place setting is one of the most controversial in "The Dinner Party". What does Emily's plate look like?
    It's covered with Satanic symbols
    It's pink and frilly
    It looks like a prison cell
    It's covered with Sapphic symbols


8. A review of "The Dinner Party" in the publication "The Village Voice" stated that Margaret Sanger's place setting was "a bloody mess, evocative of one too many surgeries". What is a likely reason for the artist's choice of red for Ms. Sanger's plate?
    Ms. Sanger trained as a nurse
    Red is the colour associated with Socialism
    All of these
    Ms. Sanger taught early 20th-century young women about menstruation


9. This writer, who lived from 1882-1941, felt that women's voices were shockingly underrepresented in literature. (We may surmise that she spent hours in a room of her own ...)
    Ethel Smyth
    Virginia Woolf
    Vita Sackville-West
    Clarissa Dalloway


10. The final place setting at "The Dinner Party" is that of artist Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986). Although she is best-known for her paintings of flowers, her "Dinner Party" plate resembles which of her other frequently-appearing themes?
    Cow skull
    External female genitalia
    Desert sunset
    Her own face


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