Q 01/05

In which year did Van Gogh paint The Starry Night?

A) 1889

B) 1885

C) 1888

D) 1890

Answer · why

A) 1889

He wrote to Paris around 18 June to say he had a new study of a starry sky.

Q 02/05

Where has The Starry Night hung since 1941?

A) National Gallery, London

B) Museum of Modern Art, New York

C) Musée d'Orsay, Paris

D) Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

Answer · why

B) Museum of Modern Art, New York

It came through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest and is rarely loaned out.

Q 03/05

The Starry Night shows the view from Van Gogh's room in what kind of institution?

A) A monastery school

B) A hospital for the poor

C) A mental asylum

D) A prison

Answer · why

C) A mental asylum

Saint-Paul-de-Mausole occupied a former monastery near Saint-Rémy-de-Provence.

Q 04/05

On what date did Van Gogh voluntarily admit himself to the asylum?

A) 8 May 1889

B) 23 December 1888

C) 1 January 1889

D) 29 July 1889

Answer · why

A) 8 May 1889

It followed the December breakdown in which he mutilated his own left ear.

Q 05/05

Which direction did the asylum window in the painting face?

A) West

B) North

C) South

D) East

Answer · why

D) East

That is why the light before sunrise and the morning star appear; the sun rose over the enclosed wheat field.