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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which words best describe Chapter 1 as a whole?
(a) Windows, words, sight.
(b) Sight, history, misinterpretation.
(c) Sight, words, perspective.
(d) Camera, sight, words.

2. According to the authors, what are women culturally and socially conditioned to do?
(a) Project the wants of others.
(b) Be aware of their own image as others see it.
(c) Be politically educated.
(d) Critize the condition of other women.

3. Who is meant to benefit from the focus of a nude painting?
(a) The spectator.
(b) The male figures in the image.
(c) The nude woman.
(d) The painter.

4. Who is considered a master of traditional European oil painting?
(a) Van Gogh.
(b) Gauguin.
(c) Rembrandt.
(d) Picasso.

5. What could be said about the contents of Chapter 4?
(a) The images are ordered by date.
(b) The contents include two paintings from each period of art.
(c) The contents are not organized in any manner.
(d) The images represent a general history of art.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the figure in "Bathsheba" sitting?

2. Which word best describes the images on pages 72 and 73?

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

4. Who is one of the first artists to break the tradition of objectifying women nudes?

5. In pages 36 and 37, how is the female figure presented?

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