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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does the author discuss the work of Frans Hals?
(a) Because he is a leading expert in historical artwork.
(b) Because his work shows how words can be used to define artwork.
(c) Because he is a co-author in the book.
(d) Because his work is a good example of how art from the past is mystifying.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which words best describe Chapter 1 as a whole?

3. Which phrase describes Magritte's painting "The Key of Dreams"?

4. The author proposes that there is a gap between what two concepts?

5. What does the author use "The Key of Dreams" as an example of?

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