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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 the word 'image' mean in this book?
(a) Any work of art.
(b) Any reproduced art work.
(c) Any object that can be seen.
(d) Reproduced sight.

2. Which statement is NOT true about viewing an image made in the past?
(a) A viewer "sees" himself in the landscape he looks at.
(b) A work of art mystifies one about the past.
(c) Images show a sight that is not presently available.
(d) Images from the past are made clear with a modern understaning of events.

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

4. What has happened to the meaning of the images on pages 40 and 41?
(a) The meaning of the original image is combined with a pair of two other images.
(b) The meaning of the original image is lost when combined intentionally with text and other contrasting images.
(c) The meaning of each image is enhanced from being surrounded by photographs of similar images.
(d) The meaning of the original image is lost as well as the meaning of the images as a whole.

5. What is visual art originally made for?
(a) A specific politician.
(b) A specific religion.
(c) A specific theme.
(d) A specific location.

Short Answer Questions

1. What diversifies the meaning of a painting?

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

3. In Chapter 2, what are the authors trying to demonstrate with the images on pages 40 and 41?

4. What does the traditional depiction of Adam and Eve project as the perception of being naked?

5. What do Berger et al. say about the portrayal of naked women in early European oil paintings?

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