Q 01/05

Gauguin was born in Paris in which year of revolutions across Europe?

A) 1848

B) 1851

C) 1853

D) 1859

Answer · why

A) 1848

His journalist father fled France when his newspaper was suppressed, bound for Peru.

Q 02/05

In which country did Gauguin spend a privileged early childhood?

A) Brazil

B) Peru

C) Argentina

D) Mexico

Answer · why

B) Peru

Peru. He was waited on by servants there, and those vivid memories stayed with him for the rest of his life.

Q 03/05

Gauguin's grandmother Flora Tristan was an activist in which movement?

A) Monarchism

B) Temperance

C) Early socialism

D) Catholic revival

Answer · why

C) Early socialism

Early socialism. She toured France city by city urging workers to join together in one union, and died in Bordeaux.

Q 04/05

Before painting, Gauguin served in the merchant marine and then which force?

A) The Foreign Legion

B) The Paris police

C) The colonial infantry

D) The French navy

Answer · why

D) The French navy

The French navy. His mother died while he was away at sea, leaving him in the care of a wealthy guardian, Gustave Arosa.

Q 05/05

What job did Gauguin take in Paris in 1871 that he kept for over a decade?

A) Stockbroker

B) Insurance agent

C) Railway clerk

D) Customs officer

Answer · why

A) Stockbroker

Stockbroker. The Paris stock market crash of 1882 ended that comfortable career, and he set out to make his living as a painter.