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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which is a traditional object used in covering the figures in nude paintings?
(a) Books or papers.
(b) Water.
(c) Mirrors.
(d) Fig leaves.

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

5. What would be a surprising image to display on pages 42 and 43?
(a) A traditional European oil painting,
(b) A formal portrait.
(c) An abstract nude.
(d) An advertisement for cosmetics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Frans Hals?

3. What could be stated as the theme of pages 40 and 41?

4. What is Berger's conclusion about the image of a nude woman looking in a mirror?

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

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