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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following is a detail of Gauguin's painting "Nevermore"?
(a) The female figure is facing her back to the viewer.
(b) The viewer can see many sides of the female figure.
(c) The painting includes a man at the woman's side.
(d) The painting includes a crow sitting above the female nude.

3. How does a woman see herself, according to Berger et al.?
(a) She sees herself as a sight.
(b) She sees herself as a composite of image and emotion.
(c) She sees herself as a physical reflection in a mirror.
(d) She sees herself as a man illusion.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which statement is NOT true about viewing an image made in the past?

2. What has happened to the meaning of the images on pages 40 and 41?

3. Who is meant to benefit from the focus of a nude painting?

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

5. Which statement best describes the Cubist style?

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