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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When do artists begin to use the concept of singular perspective?
(a) In the early Surrealist movement.
(b) In early Abstractionism.
(c) In the early Impressionist movement.
(d) In the early Renaissance.

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

3. Where is the spectator located when a work of art uses the single eye perspective?
(a) At the center, in one place at one time.
(b) At the center, but could be at many places in a single time.
(c) The spectator is never considered.
(d) At an infitite number of times and locations.

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

5. In general, what are words used to do?
(a) Learn new things.
(b) Avoid danger.
(c) See the environment.
(d) Explain the environment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is visual art originally made for?

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

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

4. Why can every viewer see a painting in a different way?

5. What do images of the past promote?

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