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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does a woman see herself, according to Berger et al.?
(a) She sees herself as a composite of image and emotion.
(b) She sees herself as a sight.
(c) She sees herself as a man illusion.
(d) She sees herself as a physical reflection in a mirror.

2. According to Berger et al., how is a woman's social presence different than a man's?
(a) Her presence represents how a woman feels about herself and what may be done to her.
(b) Her presence represents what a woman can do for a man.
(c) Her presence represents a man's desires.
(d) Her presence represents a woman's power over men.

3. Who is Frans Hals?
(a) A famous, modern, art historian.
(b) An emerging artist in New York City in 1990.
(c) An eighty-year-old destitute Dutch painter in 1664.
(d) A young impressionist in 1890.

4. What is prominent in Ruben's painting?
(a) Wine and a party.
(b) Fruits and vegetables.
(c) Men arguing.
(d) Nude figures.

5. What is the extraordinary significance of works such as" A Family Group" by Nouts?
(a) The paint itself is a new technology that will last centuries.
(b) A patron of such a work is not typically a collector of art.
(c) An artist spends days and weeks of time laboriously putting oil on canvas to record the event.
(d) The subjects are all very wealthy and popular at the time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What could be the theme for all of the images included on pages 68 to 71?

2. In Chapter 4, what are the images depictions of on pages 66 and 67?

3. According to Berger et al., what does traditional oil painting effectively do?

4. Who is meant to benefit from the focus of a nude painting?

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

(see the answer key)

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