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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which unique content is present in Chapter 2, on pages 40 and 41?
(a) The slogan "Frank Cooper puts everything he's got into making soup."
(b) Advertisement for a body lotion.
(c) Formal portrait of George Washington.
(d) A horse jumping through a hoop of fire.

2. What number is posted symbolically on pages 36 and 37 of Chapter 2?
(a) Forty.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Five.
(d) Twenty-one.

3. Which is an example of a nude painting discussed by Berger et al.?
(a) A portrait of a woman in the park by Manet.
(b) An oil painting by Giacometti.
(c) A self-portrait by Kenneth Clark.
(d) An oil painting by Tintoretto of a woman taking a bath.

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

5. What do Berger et al. mean by the phrase "holy relic"?
(a) That a reproduced copy devalues the original art.
(b) That a viewer may feel a sense of authenticity and beauty in the presence of an original.
(c) That museums make money from making original artworks appear holy.
(d) That historical art works belong in churches or holy buildings,

6. What do Berger et al. say about the portrayal of naked women in early European oil paintings?
(a) That paintings of nudes should not be reproduced.
(b) That they need to balance the number of male and female nudes in a painting.
(c) That paintings of nudes are shameful in any culture.
(d) That they should not turn a naked body into an object for display.

7. Why is a woman composed of two parts of one female identity, according to Berger et al.?
(a) Because she continually sees and is seen by herself.
(b) Because she creates an identity for each part of her life.
(c) Because she makes it a habit to look in the mirror.
(d) Because she needs to feel wanted by others.

8. To what area is the single eye of perspective unique?
(a) Middle East.
(b) South America.
(c) Europe.
(d) Asia.

9. According to Berger et al., what social presence does a man command?
(a) A man's power is relative to how he feels about himself.
(b) A man's power is relative to his size, bearing, and appearance.
(c) A man's social presence is based on his income.
(d) Men have a social presence relative to their ability to see themselves as a sight.

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

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

12. Which of the following is a detail of Gauguin's painting "Nevermore"?
(a) The viewer can see many sides of the female figure.
(b) The painting includes a man at the woman's side.
(c) The painting includes a crow sitting above the female nude.
(d) The female figure is facing her back to the viewer.

13. In pages 36 and 37, how is the female figure presented?
(a) In make-up advertisements.
(b) Fully clothed.
(c) All in designer clothing.
(d) Nude.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are images a record of?

3. What is similar about the images on pages 42 and 43?

4. What is surprising to see mixed in with the images on pages 40 and 41?

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

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