Q 01/05

Jean Renoir's father, who often painted him as a child, was a leading figure of which art movement?

A) Impressionism

B) Expressionism

C) Surrealism

D) Art Nouveau

Answer · why

A) Impressionism

Impressionism. Pierre-Auguste Renoir so loved painting his son's long golden hair that he kept it uncut until Jean was seven, to the boy's embarrassme...

Q 02/05

In which Paris district was Jean Renoir born in 1894?

A) Le Marais

B) Belleville

C) Montparnasse

D) Montmartre

Answer · why

D) Montmartre

Montmartre. As a small boy he was taken to Guignol, France's answer to Punch and Judy, and the puppet shows left a lasting mark on his films.

Q 03/05

Which US president said everyone who believes in democracy should see Renoir's La Grande Illusion?

A) Herbert Hoover

B) Harry S. Truman

C) Franklin D. Roosevelt

D) Dwight D. Eisenhower

Answer · why

C) Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt. He saw it at a White House screening arranged for his wife Eleanor's birthday, and the subtitled French film went on to play in...

Q 04/05

Who took the young Jean Renoir to puppet shows and to his first film?

A) Berthe Morisot, a family friend

B) Aline Charigot, his mother

C) Gabrielle Renard, his nanny

D) Jeanne Baudot, his godmother

Answer · why

C) Gabrielle Renard, his nanny

Gabrielle Renard, his nanny, was his mother's young cousin, hired just before his birth. He closed his memoirs with the cry of his childhood: 'Wait fo...

Q 05/05

What role did Renoir take on in World War I after being wounded in the leg?

A) Naval gunner

B) Ambulance driver

C) Official war artist

D) Reconnaissance pilot

Answer · why

D) Reconnaissance pilot

Reconnaissance pilot. He photographed German troop movements until a rough landing aggravated his leg wound and sent him back to Paris, where he passe...