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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which word best describes the series of portraits displayed in the Knoll Ball Room?
(a) Formal.
(b) Sensual.
(c) Melancholy.
(d) Weary.

2. What is surprising to see mixed in with the images on pages 40 and 41?
(a) Elephants in a circus.
(b) Slices of ham.
(c) A Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
(d) A bottle of wine.

3. What is similar about all of the portraits on page 76?
(a) All the subjects are undressing.
(b) All the subjects stand alone.
(c) All the subjects are reclining in a chair.
(d) All the subjects are holding a bible.

4. What is extraordinary about painting subjects such as children?
(a) The artist must capture their likeness with little time viewing the subject.
(b) Artists must entertain the subject while completing the painting.
(c) Children are not a symbol of wealth or well-being, and so are rarely commissioned.
(d) Patrons do not typically comission paintings of children.

5. What word would best describe the images on pages 40 and 41?
(a) Emotional.
(b) Intellectual.
(c) Provocative.
(d) Formal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do paintings of children demonstrate about the patron who commissioned the work?

2. In Chapter 2, pages 36 and 37, how are the women in the images viewed by men in the same images?

3. What image is obviously coupled with Ruben's painting on pages 42 and 43?

4. Which unique content is present in Chapter 2, on pages 40 and 41?

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

(see the answer key)

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