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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the word 'image' mean in this book?
(a) Any reproduced art work.
(b) Any object that can be seen.
(c) Any work of art.
(d) Reproduced sight.

3. Who is meant to benefit from the focus of a nude painting?
(a) The nude woman.
(b) The painter.
(c) The male figures in the image.
(d) The spectator.

4. How can a work of art lose its mystification?
(a) By creating too many written commentaries by critics.
(b) By making multiple uses of its reproductions.
(c) By changing the title for more modern viewers.
(d) By taking the work out of the context of the past.

5. 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.

6. 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.

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

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

9. 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 the focus of their attention.
(b) The women are serving the men.
(c) The women are awkwardly posing for the men.
(d) The women are generally ignored.

10. What does the traditional depiction of Adam and Eve project as the perception of being naked?
(a) That being naked is only acceptable for males.
(b) That being naked is only acceptable for females.
(c) That being naked is natural.
(d) That being naked is shameful.

11. According to Berger et al., how must a woman observe herself in order to see herself in the eyes of a man?
(a) She must see herself in a mirror.
(b) She must appreciate her use to a man.
(c) She must look at herself as though she is an object.
(d) She must give herself time to reflect on images which appeal to men.

12. What does Berger et al. claim that a woman's presence is to a man?
(a) A man thinks of a woman's presence as an awkward postition.
(b) A man thinks of a woman's presence only as it benefits himself.
(c) A man thinks of a woman's presence only as a physical existence.
(d) A man thinks of a woman's presence as emotional radiance.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author assert about vision?

2. In general, what does seeing do?

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

4. What is Berger's conclusion about the image of a nude woman looking in a mirror?

5. Which painting is used an example of who benefits from a nude painting?

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