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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the author assert about vision?
(a) Vision is a mechanical function.
(b) Vision is common to all living things.
(c) Vision is a reciprocal function.
(d) Vision is a chemical reaction.

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

4. What diversifies the meaning of a painting?
(a) The type of museum lighting.
(b) Its reproduction in many locations.
(c) Its type of framing.
(d) Its title.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What image is obviously coupled with Ruben's painting on pages 42 and 43?

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

3. In Chapter 2, what are the authors trying to demonstrate with the images on pages 40 and 41?

4. Where is the spectator located when a work of art uses the single eye perspective?

5. What is surprising to see mixed in with the images on pages 40 and 41?

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