Question

While it is easy to represent a ruler through a portrait or a statue ,how does one go about giving the face to a nation ? Artist in the 18th and 19th century found a way out by personifying a nation . In other words they represented a country as if it were a person. Nations were then portrayed as female figures . The female form that was chosen to personify the nation did not stand for any particular woman in real life ; rather it sought to give the abstract idea of the nation a concrete form . That is the female figures became an allegory to the nation.
 
Answer the following MCQs
(A)       Which of the following attributes word personified as female allegory
(a)truth
(b)Republic
(c)strength
 
(B)       Which of the following was an attribute of the female allegory of Liberty?
(a)she wore a Crown of Thorns
(b)she wore a red cap
(c)she had a sword in her hand
 
(C)What is an allegory?
(a)expression of abstract Idea through a person or thing
(b)a comparison with any object using like or as
(c)it is a story
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Answer 1

Answer:

A) (b) Republic

B) (b) She wore a red cao

C) (c) It is a story