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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is similar about the images on pages 42 and 43?
(a) They are entirely black and white.
(b) They are mostly publicity images aimed at a female viewer.
(c) They are mostly paintings without titles.
(d) They mostly involve still lifes, not human subjects.

2. In general, what does seeing do?
(a) Enables you to respond to the environment.
(b) Gives you the ability to touch the environment.
(c) Enables you to read.
(d) Gives you the ability to avoid danger.

3. Which statement best describes the Cubist style?
(a) It presents the visible from many eyes.
(b) It creates a perfect singular persective for the viewer,
(c) It demonstrates the capabilities of modern technology.
(d) It leads the spectator to the center of the artwork.

4. What metaphor do Berger et al. use to explain the single eye of perspective?
(a) A lighthouse beacon.
(b) A ceramic relic from ancient Greece.
(c) A cubist painting.
(d) A telescope.

5. What does the word 'image' mean in this book?
(a) Any object that can be seen.
(b) Reproduced sight.
(c) Any work of art.
(d) Any reproduced art work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author assert about vision?

2. Who is meant to be the ideal viewer of pages 42 and 43?

3. Which statement best describes what is eliminated when a work of art is reproduced?

4. What word would best describe the images on pages 40 and 41?

5. Which of the following is an example of how creating a reproduction can change the meaning of a painting?

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