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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 2, what is the same between pages 40 to 41 and pages 42 to 43?
(a) All of the pages demonstrate the difference between men and women.
(b) All of the pages depict wealthy and powerful men.
(c) All of the pages are publicity for the female figure.
(d) All of the pages are a statement on the historical struggle of artists.

3. Which of the following is an example of how creating a reproduction can change the meaning of a painting?
(a) The face of one figure in a group can be isolated in reproduction to become a portrait.
(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) A publisher of an art history book decides to reproduce images to accompany the text.

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 What is visual art originally made for?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

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

6. 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.

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

8. According to the authors, what is a woman's internal presence comprised of?
(a) A preception of what men like.
(b) An illusion of what she should be.
(c) A perception of how she should act to be treated like she wants.
(d) An idea of what she looks like to a man.

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

10. What diversifies the meaning of a painting?
(a) Its title.
(b) Its type of framing.
(c) The type of museum lighting.
(d) Its reproduction in many locations.

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

12. 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.

13. According to Berger et al., what social presence does a man command?
(a) Men have a social presence relative to their ability to see themselves as a sight.
(b) A man's power is relative to how he feels about himself.
(c) A man's social presence is based on his income.
(d) A man's power is relative to his size, bearing, and appearance.

14. What image is obviously coupled with Ruben's painting on pages 42 and 43?
(a) A still life by Van Gogh.
(b) A photo shoot of a woman provocatively posed.
(c) A self-portrait by Rembrandt.
(d) A publicity image of a famous movie star.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the spectator located when a work of art uses the single eye perspective?

2. What metaphor do Berger et al. use to explain the single eye of perspective?

3. Which statement summarizes how images are subjective?

4. What are images a record of?

5. After reproductions are made, an original work of art is unique only in its what?

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