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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which unique content is present in Chapter 2, on pages 40 and 41?
(a) Advertisement for a body lotion.
(b) A horse jumping through a hoop of fire.
(c) The slogan "Frank Cooper puts everything he's got into making soup."
(d) Formal portrait of George Washington.

2. What does the author use "The Key of Dreams" as an example of?
(a) The use of words with image.
(b) The use of bad titles.
(c) The gap between words and image.
(d) The use of poetry in image.

3. What affect does a title have on a painting's meaning?
(a) A title can be changed to any words without affecting the viewer.
(b) Words in a title can change the interpretation of a painting.
(c) Words in a title will affect the painting more than the viewer.
(d) A title is not necessary in historical paintings.

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

5. According to the authors, what is a woman's internal presence comprised of?
(a) A preception of what men like.
(b) An idea of what she looks like to a man.
(c) An illusion of what she should be.
(d) A perception of how she should act to be treated like she wants.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is similar about all of the women in the images on pages 36 and 37?

3. Which words best describe Chapter 1 as a whole?

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

5. According to Berger et al., how must a woman observe herself in order to see herself in the eyes of a man?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how the commission by Frans Hals could easily be misunderstood by the modern viewer.

2. According to Berger et al., how can the story of Adam and Eve explain the shamefulness associated with being naked?

3. Describe how Bronzino's painting of Cupid kissing the lips of Venus shows that nudity is created with a spectator in mind.

4. What effect does the inclusion of text have on the images in pages 40 and 41?

5. Describe how there is a gap between words and sight, as explained in Chapter 1.

6. Describe how Magritte's painting "The Key of Dreams" is a commentary on the gap between words and image.

7. In Chapter 2, pages 42 and 43, how do the women in the images appear to men in the images?

8. What is the purpose of mixing images of foodstuffs with images of females in various stages of undress?

9. Describe the general mood of the collection of images on pages 42 and 43.

10. Describe the metaphor of the lighthouse and the single eye of perspective.

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