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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is one of the first artists to break the tradition of objectifying women nudes?
(a) Manet.
(b) Rembrant.
(c) Da Vinci.
(d) Picasso.

2. How do Berger et al. refer to a woman's dual role?
(a) Needs and wants.
(b) Image and imaginary.
(c) Seen and sight.
(d) Surveyor and surveyed.

3. What do Berger et al. say about the portrayal of naked women in early European oil paintings?
(a) That they need to balance the number of male and female nudes in a painting.
(b) That paintings of nudes should not be reproduced.
(c) That paintings of nudes are shameful in any culture.
(d) That they should not turn a naked body into an object for display.

4. What does Kenneth Clark (not the authors) say about the concepts of naked and nude?
(a) That naked is any undressed object.
(b) That both naked and nude can be forms or art.
(c) That nude is a form of art and naked is simply being without clothes.
(d) That nude is a term used only for naked women.

5. What generalization could be made about the combination of images on pages 40 and 41?
(a) They are to create a feeling of beauty in all people.
(b) They are to promote the authority and power of famous politicians.
(c) They are to demonstrate the importance of a good education.
(d) They are to promote the provocative qualities in women.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author proposes that there is a gap between what two concepts?

2. What is prominent in Ruben's painting?

3. According to Berger et al., what social presence does a man command?

4. What word best describes the overall affect of the combined images on pages 36 and 37?

5. In general, what does seeing do?

(see the answer key)

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