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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What does the author assert about vision?
(a) Vision is a reciprocal function.
(b) Vision is a mechanical function.
(c) Vision is common to all living things.
(d) Vision is a chemical reaction.

3. What invention eventually disproves the idea of center, and single eye?
(a) The computer.
(b) The clock.
(c) The microscope.
(d) The camera.

4. What are images a record of?
(a) The history of the subject.
(b) The object in present-day.
(c) The way a sight was once seen.
(d) The memories of the image-creator.

5. The author proposes that there is a gap between what two concepts?
(a) Words and sight.
(b) Words and poetry.
(c) Words and text.
(d) Words and thought.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Berger et al. mean by the phrase "holy relic"?

3. How can a work of art lose its mystification?

4. Which statement best describes what is eliminated when a work of art is reproduced?

5. What affect does a title have on a painting's meaning?

(see the answer key)

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