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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 Renaissance.
(b) In the early Surrealist movement.
(c) In the early Impressionist movement.
(d) In early Abstractionism.

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

3. What does the word 'image' mean in this book?
(a) Any object that can be seen.
(b) Any reproduced art work.
(c) Any work of art.
(d) Reproduced sight.

4. 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 making multiple uses of its reproductions.
(d) By creating too many written commentaries by critics.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What metaphor do Berger et al. use to explain the single eye of perspective?

3. What are images a record of?

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

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

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