Which Monet Painting Best Reflects Your Soul?

By: Emily Maggrett

6 Min Quiz

Image: Claude Monet / The Yorck Project via WikiCommons

About This Quiz

A major Impressionist figure, Claude Monet's paintings still appear fresh today because of their revolutionary treatment of light on various objects, including water, architecture and flowers. Obsessed with how mist and smoke affect visibility and devoted to color and form over realism, Monet's paintings often verge on being abstract, which contributes to their modern feel. Monet himself once said, "I like to paint as a bird sings," and it's easy to see that naturalism across all of his work, whether he's painting a cathedral or his own garden at Giverny.

If you're a Monet lover, you've probably wondered why some of his pieces speak so strongly to you. Or perhaps you're new to Monet but feel drawn to his aesthetic. In this quiz, we're going to find out which stunning Monet painting reflects your soul by asking you all about your loves, hates, passions and preferences. Through these questions, we hope to build a psychological profile for you so that we can show you a Monet that your soul will find utterly uplifting!

Are you ready to explore your own emotional landscape through Monet's extraordinary work? Put on your fuzziest slippers, brew up a mug of peppermint tea and come play this quiz!

Today, you're picnicking in the park. What delicacies do you pack in your basket?

Baguette, pâté, fruit tarts and cheese

Cold pizza, red wine and dark chocolate
Croissants, cold salads, salami and beer

Quiche, white wine and pears

You're visiting a French perfume store. Which scent do you buy?

A light floral scent, such as Coco Mademoiselle Chanel

A mysterious oudh scent, such as Gao's Xerjoff Oud Stars
Something clean, like White Diamonds

A spicy Hermes cologne

Which of these lines of poetry do you relate to the most?

"The fog comes/on little cat feet./It sits looking/over harbor and city/on silent haunches/and then moves on."

"There’s a certain Slant of light/Winter Afternoons – /That oppresses, like the Heft/Of Cathedral Tunes – "
"I celebrate, and sing myself/And what I assume you shall assume/For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you."

"And as I was green and carefree, famous among the barns/About the happy yard and singing as the farm was home/In the sun that is young once only/Time let me play and be/Golden in the mercy of his means."

You're at the flower shop. Which of these bouquets do you pick?

A mixture of hyacinth, wisteria and Solomon's seal

A fragrant bunch of jasmine and violets
Pink roses

A blend of blue irises and purple lupines

You're vacationing in the Swiss Alps. A friend says there's an amazing party nearby, but you'll have to snowshoe for five miles to get there. What do you say?

"I'd rather stay home and drink cocoa."

"HECK NO. I don't want to go to parties even when it's easy!"
"Sure, let's go!"

"Fine, but I'm not snowshoeing home."

When you read the news, what kind of stories disturb you the most?

Stories about social injustice

Stories about government corruption
Stories about murders

Stories about environmental issues

What's the most romantic classical music piece in the world?

"Intermezzo, from Cavalleria Rusticana" by Mascagni

"Clair De Lune" by Claude Debussy
"O Mio Babbino Caro" by Puccini

"Salut d’Amour" by Elgar

Recently, you've made a new friend who often tells you their personal secrets. How do you respond when he does this?

I listen and reveal a few secrets of my own.

I listen but don't share.
I ignore them because I hate that kind of talk.

I try to solve their problems for them.

On a scale of 1 to Idris Elba, how intense are you?

4. I'm just not that intense.

10. I'm as intense as Idris Elba in "The Wire."
1. I'm not intense about anything except being chill!

8. I'm as intense as Idris Elba in "Luther."

Let's say your coworker keeps showing up to work with bad colds or flus, which the whole office eventually catches. How do you deal with her?

Nothing. I just suffer through it.

I ask my manager to tell her not to come in when she's sick.
I ignore the situation because I usually get over my colds quickly.

I nicely ask her to not come in when she's sick.

What makes you feel guilty?

When people want more from me than I can give

Having more privilege than others
Nothing!

Being more successful than my friends

You go on vacation to Cabo. Turns out that your boyfriend reserved your hotel without checking its reviews and it's totally filthy. Even worse, the scuba diving company has canceled your reservation. How do you deal?

I quietly freak out but then calm down by swimming.

I yell at my boyfriend and drink a lot of margaritas.
I don't really care; we're in Cabo!

I slowly lose my mind and decide to go home.

If you bought a home with a yard, which trees would you hope surrounded it?

Weeping willows

Quince trees
Ginkgo trees

Poplars

Someone rings you and offers you an interview for a well-paid job. You already have a decent job. What do you do?

Decline. I'm satisfied with what I have.

Say yes. They probably won't hire me anyway.
I'd probably say yes then accidentally blow off the interview.

I'd have a hard time deciding. I'm ambitious but scared of new situations.

Which of these words makes you shudder?

Lover

Moist
Forever

Debt

Let's say you're given a time machine. Which of these scenarios will you choose to experience?

Aristocrat in the French countryside, circa 1883

Rapscallion writer in Venice in the 1930s
1920s flapper, party girl

Journalist in New York City in the post-war 1940s

Do you have a secret superpower? What is it?

Listening to boring people

Finding the dark side of even the happiest news
Getting people to party

Being interested in spreadsheets

Besides Monet, what other artists do you love?

Auguste Renoir

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Walt Disney

David Hockney

If you were to go on a long hike in order to heal your sorrows, where would you go?

I'd hike the Pacific Crest Trail like Cheryl Strayed.

Um, I feel zero need to hike, actually.
Someday I'd like to hike in the Rockies.

I'd like to hike through the Cotswolds.

Which of these common sayings is the most annoying?

Waiters who say, "How's everything tasting?"

Men who say, "We're pregnant" when their wives get pregnant.
"No offense, but ... "

"Keep calm and [something dumb]"

You're asked to take a series of photos of a place or thing that you particularly love. What does your series focus on?

I photograph my child or nephew.

I shoot the people who wait at the bus stop across the street.
I take daily self-portraits.

I shoot the building next to my house in every kind of weather.

What DON'T you talk about with your mother?

My job

My love life
My weight

My finances

If you could be married to any of Marilyn Monroe's former partners, which one would you pick?

Joe DiMaggio

Arthur Miller
Marlon Brando

Elia Kazan

Which of these images sounds the most beautiful to you?

A flowering cherry tree beaded with rain

A crumbling city by the sea
A group of youth swimming down the river on a summer day

A dark pine forest filled with wildflowers

You find out you're getting fired. How do you soothe your soul?

I do a two-hour hot yoga class.

I grab a drink in my favorite bar.
I call all my friends and ask for sympathy.

I immediately apply for three new jobs.

A Scorpio asks you to backpack through Europe with him. What do you say?

"I don't know about this ... "

"Let me just grab my journal."
"Yes, please."

"No thank you, sir."

A tiny dog wants to be your best friend. Do you accept him?

OF COURSE I DO OMG

Depends. Is he a grumpy little guy?
Yes. Put him in my handbag right now!

Sure. He can be my calm companion.

What's the best way to enjoy potatoes?

Mashed with chives

Gnocchi
Grated into fried potato cakes

Wrapped in foil and baked in a campfire

In relationships, do you love too hard?

Yes, sometimes.

I've lost myself in relationships before, but now I know better.
Nope! I look after number 1.

No. I'm too scared of being rejected.

Which quote matches your philosophy best?

"My wish is to stay always like this, living quietly in a corner of nature."

"It is extraordinary to see the sea; what a spectacle!"
"I am installed in a fairylike place. I do not know where to poke my head; everything is superb, and I would like to do everything, so I use up and squander lots of color, for there are trials to be made."

"I have always worked better alone and from my own impressions."

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