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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How does a woman see herself, according to Berger et al.?
(a) She sees herself as a physical reflection in a mirror.
(b) She sees herself as a composite of image and emotion.
(c) She sees herself as a sight.
(d) She sees herself as a man illusion.

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

6. 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 give herself time to reflect on images which appeal to men.
(b) She must appreciate her use to a man.
(c) She must look at herself as though she is an object.
(d) She must see herself in a mirror.

7. What is unique about the Cubist images in Chapter 2 on pages 38 and 39?
(a) The images include an enormous amount of detail.
(b) It seems that the figures in the images are male.
(c) They consist of a variety of wild animals.
(d) It takes some imagination to see a nude female figure.

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

9. The author proposes that there is a gap between what two concepts?
(a) Words and thought.
(b) Words and text.
(c) Words and poetry.
(d) Words and sight.

10. Which statement best describes what is eliminated when a work of art is reproduced?
(a) The compostition of the artwork.
(b) The viewer of the artwork.
(c) The presence of an authority on the artwork.
(d) The title of the artwork.

11. What is the difference between nude and naked as stated by the authors?
(a) Naked is to be without clothes, but nude is to be naked as an object to view.
(b) Naked means being ashamed of not wearing clothes, but nude is being confident of not wearing clothes.
(c) Nude is a work of art depicting a naked person.
(d) Naked is to be without clothes and nude is a naked woman.

12. In pages 36 and 37, how is the female figure presented?
(a) In make-up advertisements.
(b) All in designer clothing.
(c) Fully clothed.
(d) Nude.

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

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

15. What does Kenneth Clark (not the authors) say about the concepts of naked and nude?
(a) That naked is any undressed object.
(b) That both naked and nude can be forms or art.
(c) That nude is a term used only for naked women.
(d) That nude is a form of art and naked is simply being without clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do images of the past promote?

2. Which item would NOT fit the theme on pages 40 and 41?

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

4. Which of the following statements is true, according to Berger?

5. What word best describes the overall affect of the combined images on pages 36 and 37?

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