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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When was oil painting first developed?
(a) Late eighteenth century.
(b) Fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
(c) Early twentieth century.
(d) During the Middle Ages.

3. Why can every viewer see a painting in a different way?
(a) Viewers have a variety of education levels in art history.
(b) Every viewer has a different color preference.
(c) Each viewer sees a painting based on their prior experiences and expectations.
(d) All viewers have different eyesight abilities.

4. Which statement summarizes how images are subjective?
(a) A good artist can pass his way of seeing to the viewer,
(b) An artist represents his own way of seeing, and the viewer sees the art with another way of seeing.
(c) Paintings rarely have good titles to define their meaning.
(d) People usually see the same images.

5. What is Berger's conclusion about the image of a nude woman looking in a mirror?
(a) That the mirror neutralizes the guilt of both spectator and nude.
(b) That the mirror creates a split character in the nude woman.
(c) That the mirror signifies the woman's vanity.
(d) That the mirror shows a woman comparing herself to a younger woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the author discuss the work of Frans Hals?

2. How is a two-dimensional oil painting different from other forms of art?

3. How does the painter, Durer, create what he believes is the perfect nude?

4. Which of the following is the title of a painting on pages 72 and 73?

5. Why is it a significant accomplishment for an artist to paint children at play?

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