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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. What is the main difference in the effect on the viewer between the two Rembrandt self-portraits?
(a) The first portrait displays the romance and intimacy between a married couple, while the second portrait displays the empty shell of a man.
(b) The first portrait is in color and the second portrait is in black and white.
(c) The second portrait follows all of the conventions of the time period and displays the wealth of the painter.
(d) The second portrait portrays the soul and individualistic style of the painter, a style that is completely avoided in the first self-portrait.

2. What types of images are paired together on pages 126 and 127?
(a) Female nude paintings and male nude photos.
(b) Drawings and architectural diagrams.
(c) Oil paintings and photographs.
(d) Advertisements and celebrity photos.

3. What does Couture's painting "A Roman Feast" display?
(a) The end of a war with a field of bodies.
(b) A full table of meat and bread.
(c) A voluptuous reclining woman.
(d) A full glass of wine and a festive party.

4. What is the most true about Chapter 4?
(a) There are no words used to describe the images.
(b) All of the subjects are nude or undressing.
(c) There are no titles to the works.
(d) All of the images are oil paintings.

5. What is significant about the images presented on pages 120 and 121?
(a) They are indicative of the times and how people lived then.
(b) They create a powerful commentary about social media.
(c) They contain famous subjects.
(d) They demonstrate the difference between nude and clothed figures.

Short Answer Questions

1. All of the following are included in the images featured on pages 70 to 71, except for which ones?

2. Which painting is an example of how oil paintings make objects desirable to touch?

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

4. What is the visual irony between the images on pages 68 and 69, and the images on pages 70 and 71?

5. What is the approximate historical range of the images on pages 66 and 67?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Courbet's two paintings, reproduced in Chapter 6 on facing pages 124 and 125, titled "Girl in White Stockings" and "Demoiselles au bord de la Seine" illustrate two distinct styles of his work?

2. Describe how Holbein's work "The Ambassadors" is typical of traditional oil paintings and the manner of presenting the subjects, as explained by the authors.

3. Describe Couture's eighteenth century painting "A Roman Feast", and explain how it plays into the other images on the facing page.

4. Describe the images of death in Chapter 4 on pages 68 and 69, and name some of the specific paintings.

5. What objects are common subjects for traditional oil paintings, and how are they conventionally depicted?

6. How are pages 72 and 73, which contain images of mythological characters and fanciful human figures, different than the previous images that are displayed in Chapter 4?

7. According to the authors, how is a collector of art different than a collector of other things?

8. In Chapter 4, explain what interconnections can be made between the images of death on pages 68 and 69, and the images of food, wine, and the hunt on pages 70 and 71.

9. Describe the mood of the collection of religious iconic images presented in Chapter 4 on pages 66 and 67.

10. What is in the Knoll Ball Room? Describe what it looks like.

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