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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 telescope.
(b) A ceramic relic from ancient Greece.
(c) A cubist painting.
(d) A lighthouse beacon.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In general, what does seeing do?

2. What are images a record of?

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

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

5. Which statement summarizes how images are subjective?

(see the answer key)

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