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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author proposes that there is a gap between what two concepts?
(a) Words and sight.
(b) Words and text.
(c) Words and poetry.
(d) Words and thought.

2. In Chapter 2, pages 36 and 37, how are the women in the images viewed by men in the same images?
(a) The women are awkwardly posing for the men.
(b) The women are serving the men.
(c) The women are the focus of their attention.
(d) The women are generally ignored.

3. What is genre as a subject?
(a) Common life subjects.
(b) Exotic animals.
(c) Exotic botanicals.
(d) New world subjects.

4. What is the approximate historical range of the images on pages 66 and 67?
(a) From the mid-1200s to the late-1800s.
(b) From the early 1200s to the mid-1500s.
(c) From the 18th to the 19th century.
(d) From the 20th century.

5. What is typically the focus in a work of art displaying a nude?
(a) A naked female ignoring the unknown viewer.
(b) A male figure and female figure without clothing.
(c) A dressed male figure viewing the figure of a naked woman.
(d) A female figure undressing for the male viewer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word best describes the overall affect of the combined images on pages 36 and 37?

2. Why can every viewer see a painting in a different way?

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

4. In Chapter 2, what do facing pages 40 and 41 contain?

5. What does the author use "The Key of Dreams" as an example of?

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