Henry Moore (1898-1986): reading answers and analysis
The sculptor Henry Moore trained as a teacher to please his father, fought in the First World War, then studied at Leeds and the Royal College of Art, where ancient Egyptian, African and Mayan sculpture shaped him. Abstract work in the 1930s drew press hostility. Wartime drawings, a family sculpture for Harlow and bronze editions for collectors made him internationally famous.
Questions 1-13 · 13 marks · 2 question blocks
Where the answers sit
TRUE / FALSE / NOT GIVEN (1-7) runs from his schooldays to Unit One in 1933. The notes (8-13) continue from the 1931 exhibition through the 1940s, in order.
Questions 1-7
The FALSEs contradict clear facts: no sculpture teacher was appointed until his second year at Leeds, and Moore thought the Mayan figure had a power no other stone sculpture had. The NOT GIVENs ask about the Royal College's reputation and how popular the Trocadero sculpture was, and neither is discussed.
| Question | Answer | Also accepted |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TRUE | — |
| 2 | FALSE | — |
| 3 | NOT GIVEN | — |
| 4 | TRUE | — |
| 5 | NOT GIVEN | — |
| 6 | FALSE | — |
| 7 | TRUE | — |
Questions 8-13
The notes go decade by decade. Each answer is a noun close to its paraphrase: what critics called for, what was in short supply in the war, who he drew in Castleford, the subject of the Harlow commission, who bought the bronze editions, and what rose as a result.
| Question | Answer | Also accepted |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | resignation | — |
| 9 | materials | — |
| 10 | miners | — |
| 11 | family | — |
| 12 | collectors | — |
| 13 | income | — |
The questions most people get wrong
FALSE. Moore felt the Mayan figure had a power and originality that no other stone sculpture possessed, so he saw it as unlike the others.
The note needs the noun: there were calls for his 'resignation'. 'Resign' doesn't fit 'offer his ___'.
Bronze editions of seven to nine copies made his work available to collectors worldwide, so 'collectors' start to buy it.
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