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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 2, what is the same between pages 40 to 41 and pages 42 to 43?
(a) All of the pages demonstrate the difference between men and women.
(b) All of the pages depict wealthy and powerful men.
(c) All of the pages are a statement on the historical struggle of artists.
(d) All of the pages are publicity for the female figure.

3. What is similar about all of the portraits on page 76?
(a) All the subjects stand alone.
(b) All the subjects are holding a bible.
(c) All the subjects are undressing.
(d) All the subjects are reclining in a chair.

4. What invention eventually disproves the idea of center, and single eye?
(a) The clock.
(b) The camera.
(c) The microscope.
(d) The computer.

5. What are images a record of?
(a) The memories of the image-creator.
(b) The history of the subject.
(c) The object in present-day.
(d) The way a sight was once seen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the authors, what are women culturally and socially conditioned to do?

3. Where is the spectator located when a work of art uses the single eye perspective?

4. What is the theme of pages 42 and 43?

5. Which is a traditional object used in covering the figures in nude paintings?

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