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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following statements is true, according to Berger?
(a) Nudity is as shameful as nakedness.
(b) Nude and naked should really be one word since they have the same meaning.
(c) Nakedness should be acceptable to society.
(d) Nakedness is without disguise, but nudity is a form of dress.

2. What do images of the past promote?
(a) Illusion.
(b) Authority.
(c) Reinterpretation.
(d) Technology.

3. What words would best describe Chapter 2 as a whole?
(a) Art, culture, society.
(b) Politics, education, government.
(c) Men, money, power.
(d) Women, nudes, consumerism.

4. 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 signifies the woman's vanity.
(c) That the mirror shows a woman comparing herself to a younger woman.
(d) That the mirror creates a split character in the nude woman.

5. Where is the spectator located when a work of art uses the single eye perspective?
(a) At the center, but could be at many places in a single time.
(b) At an infitite number of times and locations.
(c) At the center, in one place at one time.
(d) The spectator is never considered.

6. In Chapter 2, pages 36 and 37, how are the women in the images viewed by men in the same images?
(a) The women are generally ignored.
(b) The women are the focus of their attention.
(c) The women are serving the men.
(d) The women are awkwardly posing for the men.

7. What has happened to the meaning of the images on pages 40 and 41?
(a) The meaning of the original image is lost when combined intentionally with text and other contrasting images.
(b) The meaning of the original image is combined with a pair of two other images.
(c) The meaning of each image is enhanced from being surrounded by photographs of similar images.
(d) The meaning of the original image is lost as well as the meaning of the images as a whole.

8. When do artists begin to use the concept of singular perspective?
(a) In the early Impressionist movement.
(b) In early Abstractionism.
(c) In the early Surrealist movement.
(d) In the early Renaissance.

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

10. What image is obviously coupled with Ruben's painting on pages 42 and 43?
(a) A photo shoot of a woman provocatively posed.
(b) A self-portrait by Rembrandt.
(c) A publicity image of a famous movie star.
(d) A still life by Van Gogh.

11. What would be a surprising image to display on pages 42 and 43?
(a) A traditional European oil painting,
(b) An abstract nude.
(c) An advertisement for cosmetics.
(d) A formal portrait.

12. 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 are a statement on the historical struggle of artists.
(c) All of the pages are publicity for the female figure.
(d) All of the pages depict wealthy and powerful men.

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

14. What is typically the focus in a work of art displaying a nude?
(a) A male figure and female figure without clothing.
(b) A naked female ignoring the unknown viewer.
(c) A dressed male figure viewing the figure of a naked woman.
(d) A female figure undressing for the male viewer.

15. Which is a traditional object used in covering the figures in nude paintings?
(a) Fig leaves.
(b) Mirrors.
(c) Water.
(d) Books or papers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what image is prominent on the first set of facing pages 36 and 37?

2. In general, what does seeing do?

3. What word would best describe the images on pages 40 and 41?

4. What do Berger et al. mean by the phrase "holy relic"?

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

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