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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Berger et al. claim that a woman's presence is to a man?
(a) A man thinks of a woman's presence as emotional radiance.
(b) A man thinks of a woman's presence only as a physical existence.
(c) A man thinks of a woman's presence only as it benefits himself.
(d) A man thinks of a woman's presence as an awkward postition.

2. What image is the exception to the images featured on pages 36 and 37?
(a) The advertising slogans.
(b) The celebrity photos.
(c) The storefront mannequins.
(d) The black and white photos.

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

4. In Chapter 2, what image is prominent on the first set of facing pages 36 and 37?
(a) A nude male.
(b) A female artist holding a paintbrush and wearing a smock.
(c) A large piece of raw meat.
(d) The number five.

5. How does the painter, Durer, create what he believes is the perfect nude?
(a) By combining various parts from different female bodies to create a full nude.
(b) By sketching a beautiful nude from his imagination.
(c) By selecting the most male-like female figures and using them as nudes.
(d) By holding competitions for the most beautiful naked woman and using the winner as a nude.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which statement summarizes how images are subjective?

2. When do artists begin to use the concept of singular perspective?

3. What is a contradiction to the assumption that early European oil painters portrayed a level of humanism in their work?

4. Which of the following is an example of how creating a reproduction can change the meaning of a painting?

5. What image is obviously coupled with Ruben's painting on pages 42 and 43?

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