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Eva Zeisel Quiz

Eva Zeisel Quiz
1) Which dinnerware line or pattern is not an Eva Zeisel design?

a) Museum
b) Riverside
c) High Fashion
d) Studio 10

2) Which of the following statements is false?
a) Eva Polanyi Stricker was born on November 11, 1906 in Budapest.
b) Eva started a pottery before she was even 18 years old.
c) Eva Zeisel came to New York in October 1938
d) Zeisel began teaching at the Pratt Institute in 1942

3) Which design is not by Eva Zeisel?
a) Savoy vase
b) Utility Ware
c) Silhouette
d) Town & Country

4) What typeof product has Eva Zeisel not designed?
a) ceramic tableware
b) glasses & glassware
c) metal furniture
d) cab-forward truck

5) Which one of the following statements is true of Eva Zeisel as of June 2010?
a) She is 100 years old.
b) She is 103 years old and her present designs are some of her best work.
c) She is 101 years old and known as the "doyen of design."
d) She is 105 years old and her designs are like Grandma Moses'.

6) Which pottery never mass produced an Eva Zeisel design?
a) Hall China
b) Red Wing Potteries
c) KleinReid
d) Laurel Potteries

7) Regarding Eva Zeisel, which word or phrase is the odd one out?
a) playful
b) strictly form and function
c) whimsy
d) beauty

8) Which of the following statements is false?
a) Eva Zeisel was appointed the art director for A. H. Heisey in 1953.
b) Tomorrow's Classic shapes are now being produced by Royal Stafford.
c) Red Wing Town & Country features artful, ergonomic structures.
d) Zeisel was never one of MOMA's Good Design winners.

9) Recent manufacturers or distributors of Eva Zeisel designs include all but...
a) KleinReid
b) Nambé
c) ACME Studio
d) Bay Ridge Specialty Company

10) Which of the following is the best answer regarding Eva Zeisel's honors?
a) A doctorate by the Rhode Island School of Design
b) The Binns Medal & also an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from Parsons
c) Honorary Doctor of the Royal College of Art
d) All of the above