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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What character often appears in the images on pages 72 and 73?
(a) The king's chamberlain.
(b) Pan.
(c) The Pope.
(d) The Madonna.

2. What is visually similar about the paintings "Sarah Burge, 1883. Dr Barnardo's Homes" and " Peasant Boy Leaning on Sill"?
(a) They both portray elderly subjects.
(b) They both contain subjects that are moving.
(c) They are both black and white reproductions.
(d) They both portray wealthy subjects.

3. What is the purpose of the paired images on pages 126 and 127?
(a) Each pair demonstrates a different period in art history.
(b) Each pair demonstrates ways to pose the human body as a subject.
(c) Each pair plays off each other to enhance their subject matter and style.
(d) Each pair shows a different side of popular culture.

4. What is evident when comparing the two images "Sarah Burge, 1883. Dr Barnardo's Homes" and " Peasant Boy Leaning on Sill"?
(a) The photograph portrays the subject in more clarity.
(b) The photograph captures motion better than the oil painting.
(c) The oil painting contains less realism than the photograph.
(d) The oil painting has more detail than the photograph.

5. All of the following are included in the images featured on pages 70 to 71, except for which ones?
(a) Hunting.
(b) Dead animals.
(c) Political icons.
(d) Food and drink.

6. What covers the Knoll Ball Room?
(a) Heavy tapestries.
(b) Busts of prominent persons.
(c) Nude photos.
(d) Oil paintings.

7. According to Berger et al., what does traditional oil painting effectively do?
(a) Promotes the lower classes of society.
(b) Allows for the reformation of the church.
(c) Permits artists to express portraits in a humanistic style.
(d) Reduces all things to a tradable material or measurable commodity.

8. From what time period are the images on pages 120 and 121?
(a) The sixteenth century.
(b) Late twentieth century.
(c) The nineteenth century.
(d) Early twenty-first century.

9. How is Maddox Brown's painting different than the other images on pages 66 and 67?
(a) The painting includes mythical beings that are not present in the other images.
(b) The painting is entirely in black and white.
(c) The painting depicts an unknown subject.
(d) The painting could be considered humorous in comparison to the other images.

10. What is the appearance of the figures in pages 72 to 73?
(a) Idealistic nudes.
(b) Ornamentally dressed females.
(c) Stern portraits.
(d) Prominent figures dressed according to their time period.

11. How could one best describe Hans Baldung Grien's "Three ages of Women"?
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Humorous.
(c) Sensual.
(d) Lovely.

12. Which words best describe the setting of "Demoiselles au bord de la Seine"?
(a) Sensual and exotic.
(b) Dark and cold.
(c) Spontaneous and abstract.
(d) Dainty and lacy.

13. When was oil painting first developed?
(a) Fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
(b) Early twentieth century.
(c) Late eighteenth century.
(d) During the Middle Ages.

14. Which work is by Courbet, as shown in Chapter 6 on pages 124 and 125?
(a) "The Temptation of Saint Anthony."
(b) "Girl in White Stockings."
(c) "La Fortune."
(d) "The Witches Sabbath."

15. Which of the following is the title of a painting on pages 72 and 73?
(a) "President Washington Age 40."
(b) "Venus and Mars."
(c) "Unearthly."
(d) "The Princess of Russia."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most true about Chapter 4?

2. What is different about an art collector compared to a collector of other objects?

3. All of the following are titles of works that begin Chapter 6, except for which one?

4. What could easily be stated as the theme of the paintings on pages 68 and 69?

5. What is extraordinary about painting subjects such as children?

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