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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What number is posted symbolically on pages 36 and 37 of Chapter 2?
(a) Five.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Twenty-one.
(d) Forty.

2. According to the authors, what is a woman's internal presence comprised of?
(a) An idea of what she looks like to a man.
(b) An illusion of what she should be.
(c) A preception of what men like.
(d) A perception of how she should act to be treated like she wants.

3. What has happened to the meaning of the images on pages 40 and 41?
(a) The meaning of the original image is lost when combined intentionally with text and other contrasting images.
(b) The meaning of the original image is combined with a pair of two other 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.

4. What is the theme of pages 42 and 43?
(a) A demonstration of the right to free speech in the United States.
(b) A demonstration of the problems in modern art and culture.
(c) A demonstration of corruption in a democratic society.
(d) A demonstration of objectifying women for publicity purposes.

5. Why does the author discuss the work of Frans Hals?
(a) Because his work shows how words can be used to define artwork.
(b) Because he is a co-author in the book.
(c) Because his work is a good example of how art from the past is mystifying.
(d) Because he is a leading expert in historical artwork.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author proposes that there is a gap between what two concepts?

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

3. After reproductions are made, an original work of art is unique only in its what?

4. What metaphor do Berger et al. use to explain the single eye of perspective?

5. In Chapter 2, what is the most stark contrast between the images on the first set of facing pages (36 and 37) and the images on the second set of facing pages (38 and 39)?

(see the answer key)

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