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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Berger et al. mean by the phrase "holy relic"?
(a) That a viewer may feel a sense of authenticity and beauty in the presence of an original.
(b) That a reproduced copy devalues the original art.
(c) That historical art works belong in churches or holy buildings,
(d) That museums make money from making original artworks appear holy.

2. How can a work of art lose its mystification?
(a) By creating too many written commentaries by critics.
(b) By making multiple uses of its reproductions.
(c) By changing the title for more modern viewers.
(d) By taking the work out of the context of the past.

3. In pages 36 and 37, how is the female figure presented?
(a) All in designer clothing.
(b) Nude.
(c) Fully clothed.
(d) In make-up advertisements.

4. What is unique about the Cubist images in Chapter 2 on pages 38 and 39?
(a) The images include an enormous amount of detail.
(b) They consist of a variety of wild animals.
(c) It takes some imagination to see a nude female figure.
(d) It seems that the figures in the images are male.

5. What number is posted symbolically on pages 36 and 37 of Chapter 2?
(a) Forty.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Twenty-one.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following would be a good symbol for the collection of images on pages 68 to 71?

2. Most of the images on pages 40 and 41 are of what content?

3. What does Kenneth Clark (not the authors) say about the concepts of naked and nude?

4. What makes the self-portraits on pages 80 and 81 interesting to the viewer?

5. According to Berger et al., what social presence does a man command?

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