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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Frans Hals?
(a) A famous, modern, art historian.
(b) An emerging artist in New York City in 1990.
(c) An eighty-year-old destitute Dutch painter in 1664.
(d) A young impressionist in 1890.

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

3. What is the approximate historical range of the images on pages 66 and 67?
(a) From the mid-1200s to the late-1800s.
(b) From the early 1200s to the mid-1500s.
(c) From the 20th century.
(d) From the 18th to the 19th century.

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

5. What image is obviously coupled with Ruben's painting on pages 42 and 43?
(a) A still life by Van Gogh.
(b) A self-portrait by Rembrandt.
(c) A publicity image of a famous movie star.
(d) A photo shoot of a woman provocatively posed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a contradiction to the assumption that early European oil painters portrayed a level of humanism in their work?

2. Magritte's painting is an example of what type of artwork?

3. What word best describes the overall affect of the combined images on pages 36 and 37?

4. When do artists begin to use the concept of singular perspective?

5. In Chapter 2, what is the same between pages 40 to 41 and pages 42 to 43?

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