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altibaby

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on: Jun 23, 2018
Pablo Picasso's Guernica was a protest against:
 
  A. the draft.
  B. the bombing of a civilian population.
  C. the atomic bomb.
  D. concentration camps.
  E. environmental devastation.

Question 2

The pyramids at Giza in Egypt were built as:
 
  A. palaces.
  B. tombs.
  C. libraries.
  D. fortresses.
  E. None of these answers are correct.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 23, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B
Picasso's reaction to the horror of the bombing of civilians during the Spanish Civil War impelled him to paint Guernica depicting the massacre.

Answer to Question 2

B
Pharaohs constructed massive pyramids as tombs that were outfitted with everything they would need in the afterlife.


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