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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the author use "The Key of Dreams" as an example of?
(a) The gap between words and image.
(b) The use of bad titles.
(c) The use of words with image.
(d) The use of poetry in image.

3. Who is meant to be the ideal viewer of pages 42 and 43?
(a) Art historians.
(b) Contemporary artists.
(c) Female consumers.
(d) Businessmen.

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

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

6. In general, what are words used to do?
(a) Avoid danger.
(b) See the environment.
(c) Learn new things.
(d) Explain the environment.

7. 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) Pages 36 and 37 are in black and white, and pages 38 and 39 are in color.
(c) The women on pages 36 and 37 are from historical works and the images on pages 38 and 39 are from modern works.
(d) The women on pages 36 and 37 are all wearing make-up and on pages 38 and 39 they are not.

8. 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 female figure undressing for the male viewer.
(d) A dressed male figure viewing the figure of a naked woman.

9. Who is one of the first artists to break the tradition of objectifying women nudes?
(a) Manet.
(b) Da Vinci.
(c) Rembrant.
(d) Picasso.

10. 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 lost as well as the meaning of the images as a whole.
(c) The meaning of the original image is combined with a pair of two other images.
(d) The meaning of each image is enhanced from being surrounded by photographs of similar images.

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

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

13. Which statement best describes the Cubist style?
(a) It creates a perfect singular persective for the viewer,
(b) It presents the visible from many eyes.
(c) It demonstrates the capabilities of modern technology.
(d) It leads the spectator to the center of the artwork.

14. 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 should not turn a naked body into an object for display.
(c) That paintings of nudes are shameful in any culture.
(d) That they need to balance the number of male and female nudes in a painting.

15. What does the author assert about vision?
(a) Vision is a mechanical function.
(b) Vision is common to all living things.
(c) Vision is a chemical reaction.
(d) Vision is a reciprocal function.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the author discuss the work of Frans Hals?

2. According to Berger et al., how is a woman's social presence different than a man's?

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

4. Which is an example of a nude painting discussed by Berger et al.?

5. Which phrase describes Magritte's painting "The Key of Dreams"?

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