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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is surprising to see mixed in with the images on pages 40 and 41?
(a) Elephants in a circus.
(b) A bottle of wine.
(c) A Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
(d) Slices of ham.

2. What metaphor do Berger et al. use to explain the single eye of perspective?
(a) A telescope.
(b) A ceramic relic from ancient Greece.
(c) A cubist painting.
(d) A lighthouse beacon.

3. What is similar about the images on pages 42 and 43?
(a) They are mostly publicity images aimed at a female viewer.
(b) They are mostly paintings without titles.
(c) They are entirely black and white.
(d) They mostly involve still lifes, not human subjects.

4. What affect does a title have on a painting's meaning?
(a) A title is not necessary in historical paintings.
(b) Words in a title will affect the painting more than the viewer.
(c) A title can be changed to any words without affecting the viewer.
(d) Words in a title can change the interpretation of a painting.

5. What is visual art originally made for?
(a) A specific location.
(b) A specific politician.
(c) A specific religion.
(d) A specific theme.

6. What is similar about all of the women in the images on pages 36 and 37?
(a) They are all the focus of men in the images.
(b) They are all cleaning.
(c) They are all celebrities.
(d) They are all ignoring the camera and viewer.

7. According to the authors, how is the focus of a man's power different than a female's?
(a) It is always focused on appearances.
(b) It is always focused towards women.
(c) It is always focused on money.
(d) It is always focused externally.

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

9. What is a contradiction to the assumption that early European oil painters portrayed a level of humanism in their work?
(a) Their omission of male nudes in their paintings.
(b) Their use of non-human colors to paint their nudes.
(c) Their inability to use humanistic expression in landscapes.
(d) Their expression of women as either objects or abstractions.

10. Which of the following is an example of how creating a reproduction can change the meaning of a painting?
(a) A publisher of an art history book decides to reproduce images to accompany the text.
(b) An art student attempts to make a reproduction of Da Vinci's "Virgin of the Rocks".
(c) A photographer takes a picture of Da Vinci's the "Virgin of the Rocks" in the National Gallery.
(d) The face of one figure in a group can be isolated in reproduction to become a portrait.

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

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

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

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

15. In Chapter 2, what are the authors trying to demonstrate with the images on pages 40 and 41?
(a) That mixing images of men and women defines the unique qualities of each.
(b) That mixing images of formal portraits and self-portraits defines the unique qualities of each.
(c) That the combination of text and image can create a very powerful and intentional meaning.
(d) That the combination of photographs and paintings creates a contrast similar to realism and abstract painting.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the authors, what is a woman's internal presence comprised of?

2. Why is a woman composed of two parts of one female identity, according to Berger et al.?

3. What image is the exception to the images featured on pages 36 and 37?

4. What is typically the focus in a work of art displaying a nude?

5. What number is posted symbolically on pages 36 and 37 of Chapter 2?

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