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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After reproductions are made, an original work of art is unique only in its what?
(a) Meaning.
(b) Composition.
(c) Rarity.
(d) Interpretation.

2. Most of the images on pages 40 and 41 are of what content?
(a) Genre paintings.
(b) Females in various stages of undress.
(c) Political figures.
(d) Still lifes.

3. Where is the figure in "Bathsheba" sitting?
(a) She is sitting at her bedside.
(b) The woman is sitting to have her feet washed.
(c) She is sitting to write a letter.
(d) She is sitting at the dinner table.

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

5. Which item would NOT fit the theme on pages 40 and 41?
(a) A harp.
(b) An advertising slogan for juicy pineapple.
(c) Ladies stockings.
(d) A handbag or purse.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is similar about the images on pages 42 and 43?

3. Which unique content is present in Chapter 2, on pages 40 and 41?

4. What word would best describe the images on pages 40 and 41?

5. Which of the following is a detail of Gauguin's painting "Nevermore"?

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