The Gibbin House - Honors Level quiz

When protagonist Anka describes the sense of feeling adrift on her journey to London, she compares herself to the shipwrecked victims on the Raft of the Medusa. Who does she say is the artist of this famous French painting?Gibbin House

Anka arrives in the London suburb of Hampstead, glad to discover that it resembles a bucolic village. Which English painter does her companion Alfred Deisler mention as being known for having depicted this area?Gibbin House

Anka fondly recalls her love of art, and the way she liked to place herself as characters in the paintings. In the group portraits, for which the French painter Fatin-Latour is so famous for, which dreamy poet does she imagine herself as?Gibbin House

A popular Swedish children's book serves as the hiding place for Anka's treasured family photograph during her train journey from Vienna to London. What is the title? (Hint: Nobel Prize Winner Selma Lagerlof wrote this charming book to educate children on Sweden's geography) Gibbin House

During their afternoons in the study, Theodor and Anka like to recommend books to each other in an effort to strengthen their friendship. One in particular, "The Book of Images" was a favorite of her mother's with poems that highlight the somberness of autumn. Name the poet, whose lines Anka fondly quotes to Theodor.Gibbin House

When Theodor references lines about the 'blushful Hippocrene', as the kind of reading he might indulge in on a sunny day, who is he quoting?Gibbin House

Theodor tells Anka about the afternoon of the 1908 Kunstschau, which introduced Kokoschka (and him) to the world of art. Theodor's brother at the time is in love with an actress who meets a tragic end. What Oscar Wilde work is she an understudy for that afternoon? Gibbin House

To which Buechner play about the struggle of the proletariat does Martin have plans to invite Raluca, but then changes his mind after their quarrel? (Hint: a speech from the play is quoted on the first page of 'Gibbin House')Gibbin House

In his first encounter with Theodor, a young Professor Deisler bemoans the depiction of the female form in the paintings of Fragonard and Ingres. Which famous portrait of Ingres's does he reference for its 'ungodly' serpentine spine?

When Raluca and Anian happen on Albert Hellert and Martin in the Café Ebers, the eminent art dealer is announcing that Thomas Mann is scheduled to visit Vienna? To which other famous German writer does the conversation turn next? (Hint: He is said to have gone mad during a thunder storm)Gibbin House