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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What do images of the past promote?
(a) Reinterpretation.
(b) Illusion.
(c) Technology.
(d) Authority.

3. What do Berger et al. mean by the phrase "holy relic"?
(a) That a viewer may feel a sense of authenticity and beauty in the presence of an original.
(b) That historical art works belong in churches or holy buildings,
(c) That a reproduced copy devalues the original art.
(d) That museums make money from making original artworks appear holy.

4. Why can every viewer see a painting in a different way?
(a) Viewers have a variety of education levels in art history.
(b) Every viewer has a different color preference.
(c) Each viewer sees a painting based on their prior experiences and expectations.
(d) All viewers have different eyesight abilities.

5. Which statement is NOT true about viewing an image made in the past?
(a) A work of art mystifies one about the past.
(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) Images show a sight that is not presently available.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is visual art originally made for?

2. What does the author assert about vision?

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

4. Who is Frans Hals?

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

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