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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word best describes the overall affect of the combined images on pages 36 and 37?
(a) Athletic.
(b) Elegance.
(c) Love.
(d) Friendship.

2. 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 inability to use humanistic expression in landscapes.
(c) Their use of non-human colors to paint their nudes.
(d) Their expression of women as either objects or abstractions.

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

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

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

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

7. 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.

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

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

10. Which item would NOT fit the theme on pages 40 and 41?
(a) Ladies stockings.
(b) A harp.
(c) A handbag or purse.
(d) An advertising slogan for juicy pineapple.

11. Who is Frans Hals?
(a) An eighty-year-old destitute Dutch painter in 1664.
(b) An emerging artist in New York City in 1990.
(c) A famous, modern, art historian.
(d) A young impressionist in 1890.

12. Which phrase describes Magritte's painting "The Key of Dreams"?
(a) A kitchen sink.
(b) A four-pane window.
(c) A clock tower.
(d) A forest of trees.

13. 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.

14. What generalization could be made about the combination of images on pages 40 and 41?
(a) They are to demonstrate the importance of a good education.
(b) They are to promote the provocative qualities in women.
(c) They are to create a feeling of beauty in all people.
(d) They are to promote the authority and power of famous politicians.

15. Why can every viewer see a painting in a different way?
(a) Every viewer has a different color preference.
(b) All viewers have different eyesight abilities.
(c) Each viewer sees a painting based on their prior experiences and expectations.
(d) Viewers have a variety of education levels in art history.

Short Answer Questions

1. What affect does a title have on a painting's meaning?

2. In Chapter 2, pages 36 and 37, how are the women in the images viewed by men in the same images?

3. In Chapter 2, what image is prominent on the first set of facing pages 36 and 37?

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

5. What is similar about all of the women in the images on pages 36 and 37?

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