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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. After reproductions are made, an original work of art is unique only in its what?
(a) Interpretation.
(b) Meaning.
(c) Composition.
(d) Rarity.

4. Which statement summarizes how images are subjective?
(a) Paintings rarely have good titles to define their meaning.
(b) A good artist can pass his way of seeing to the viewer,
(c) An artist represents his own way of seeing, and the viewer sees the art with another way of seeing.
(d) People usually see the same images.

5. What affect does a title have on a painting's meaning?
(a) A title can be changed to any words without affecting the viewer.
(b) Words in a title can change the interpretation of a painting.
(c) A title is not necessary in historical paintings.
(d) Words in a title will affect the painting more than the viewer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How can a work of art lose its mystification?

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

3. What does the author assert about vision?

4. Why does the author discuss the work of Frans Hals?

5. What diversifies the meaning of a painting?

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