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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Which statement best describes what is eliminated when a work of art is reproduced?
(a) The compostition of the artwork.
(b) The title of the artwork.
(c) The presence of an authority on the artwork.
(d) The viewer of the artwork.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is visual art originally made for?

2. Which statement is NOT true about viewing an image made in the past?

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

4. What do images of the past promote?

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

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