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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following is a detail of Gauguin's painting "Nevermore"?
(a) The female figure is facing her back to the viewer.
(b) The painting includes a crow sitting above the female nude.
(c) The painting includes a man at the woman's side.
(d) The viewer can see many sides of the female figure.

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

4. What could easily be stated as the theme of the paintings on pages 68 and 69?
(a) Death.
(b) War.
(c) Melancholy.
(d) Love.

5. What could be stated as the theme of pages 40 and 41?
(a) The heightened sensual and provocative essence of a woman.
(b) The warmth and comfort associated with everyday events and occurrences.
(c) The enhanced wealth and power of political figures.
(d) The loss of meaning in a world of black and white photography.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would be a surprising image to display on pages 42 and 43?

2. What image is the exception to the images featured on pages 36 and 37?

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

4. What is most interesting about the two works from Courbet on pages 124 and 125?

5. In Chapter 2, what is the most stark contrast between the images on the first set of facing pages (36 and 37) and the images on the second set of facing pages (38 and 39)?

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