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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is unique about the Cubist images in Chapter 2 on pages 38 and 39?
(a) They consist of a variety of wild animals.
(b) It takes some imagination to see a nude female figure.
(c) It seems that the figures in the images are male.
(d) The images include an enormous amount of detail.

2. What does the author assert about vision?
(a) Vision is common to all living things.
(b) Vision is a reciprocal function.
(c) Vision is a chemical reaction.
(d) Vision is a mechanical function.

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

4. What painting by Ruben is included in pages 42 and 43?
(a) "Bathsheba at Her Bath."
(b) "Abstract female nude."
(c) "Judgement of Paris."
(d) "Birds flying from haystack."

5. What diversifies the meaning of a painting?
(a) The type of museum lighting.
(b) Its title.
(c) Its type of framing.
(d) Its reproduction in many locations.

Short Answer Questions

1. In general, what does seeing do?

2. Which statement best describes what is eliminated when a work of art is reproduced?

3. Why does the author discuss the work of Frans Hals?

4. Who is meant to be the ideal viewer of pages 42 and 43?

5. Which of the following is a detail of Gauguin's painting "Nevermore"?

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