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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 What is visual art originally made for?
(a) A specific politician.
(b) A specific location.
(c) A specific theme.
(d) A specific religion.

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

3. Who is meant to be the ideal viewer of pages 42 and 43?
(a) Art historians.
(b) Businessmen.
(c) Female consumers.
(d) Contemporary artists.

4. What are images a record of?
(a) The way a sight was once seen.
(b) The memories of the image-creator.
(c) The history of the subject.
(d) The object in present-day.

5. Which statement is NOT true about viewing an image made in the past?
(a) Images from the past are made clear with a modern understaning of events.
(b) A viewer "sees" himself in the landscape he looks at.
(c) Images show a sight that is not presently available.
(d) A work of art mystifies one about the past.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the theme of pages 42 and 43?

3. Which item would NOT fit the theme on pages 40 and 41?

4. What invention eventually disproves the idea of center, and single eye?

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

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