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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 2, what is the most stark contrast between the images on the first set of facing pages (36 and 37) and the images on the second set of facing pages (38 and 39)?
(a) The women on pages 36 and 37 are clothed and the women on pages 38 and 39 are not.
(b) The women on pages 36 and 37 are from historical works and the images on pages 38 and 39 are from modern works.
(c) Pages 36 and 37 are in black and white, and pages 38 and 39 are in color.
(d) The women on pages 36 and 37 are all wearing make-up and on pages 38 and 39 they are not.

3. Which statement is NOT true about viewing an image made in the past?
(a) A viewer "sees" himself in the landscape he looks at.
(b) Images show a sight that is not presently available.
(c) A work of art mystifies one about the past.
(d) Images from the past are made clear with a modern understaning of events.

4. 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.

5. Why does the author discuss the work of Frans Hals?
(a) Because he is a leading expert in historical artwork.
(b) Because his work is a good example of how art from the past is mystifying.
(c) Because he is a co-author in the book.
(d) Because his work shows how words can be used to define artwork.

6. How do Berger et al. refer to a woman's dual role?
(a) Needs and wants.
(b) Seen and sight.
(c) Image and imaginary.
(d) Surveyor and surveyed.

7. Which phrase describes Magritte's painting "The Key of Dreams"?
(a) A forest of trees.
(b) A four-pane window.
(c) A kitchen sink.
(d) A clock tower.

8. What is the theme of pages 42 and 43?
(a) A demonstration of corruption in a democratic society.
(b) A demonstration of objectifying women for publicity purposes.
(c) A demonstration of the problems in modern art and culture.
(d) A demonstration of the right to free speech in the United States.

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

10. In general, what does seeing do?
(a) Enables you to read.
(b) Gives you the ability to touch the environment.
(c) Enables you to respond to the environment.
(d) Gives you the ability to avoid danger.

11. In Chapter 2, what do facing pages 40 and 41 contain?
(a) Males viewing female nudes in oil paintings.
(b) Publicity images.
(c) Advertising slogans.
(d) Female nudes in oil paintings.

12. Where is the figure in "Bathsheba" sitting?
(a) The woman is sitting to have her feet washed.
(b) She is sitting at the dinner table.
(c) She is sitting to write a letter.
(d) She is sitting at her bedside.

13. 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 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 signifies the woman's vanity.

14. 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 the center, in one place at one time.
(c) The spectator is never considered.
(d) At an infitite number of times and locations.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What painting by Ruben is included in pages 42 and 43?

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

3. In Chapter 2, what are the authors trying to demonstrate with the images on pages 40 and 41?

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

5. What has happened to the meaning of the images on pages 40 and 41?

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