2. In what way does the ruling class of a period support or promote their own way of seeing?
(a) By creating great halls of family portraits.
(b) By bribing artists into depicting themselves as more wealthy or powerful than they really are.
(c) By commissioning oil paintings that depict sights of what they possess.
(d) By only permitting specifc depictions of holy figures.

3. What covers the Knoll Ball Room?
(a) Oil paintings.
(b) Busts of prominent persons.
(c) Nude photos.
(d) Heavy tapestries.

4. What is different about an art collector compared to a collector of other objects?
(a) An art collector typically has more social standing than collectors of other objects.
(b) Art collectors are the most wealthy of collectors.
(c) An art collector is surrounded by pictures that show him the sights of what he may posses.
(d) Art collectors must actively take part in their collections.

5. Which statement best describes photography in 1883?
(a) It is a primitive visual technology still in the developing stages.
(b) It is very good at capturing subjects in motion.
(c) It is a high-tech visual format.
(d) It increases the number of images an artist can capture.

6. Which word best describes the images on pages 72 and 73?
(a) Devout.
(b) Fantasy.
(c) Reality.
(d) Beastly.

7. Until approximately what date does the period of traditional oil painting run through?
(a) 2010.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1817.
(d) 1900.

8. What does Couture's painting "A Roman Feast" display?
(a) A voluptuous reclining woman.
(b) A full table of meat and bread.
(c) The end of a war with a field of bodies.
(d) A full glass of wine and a festive party.

9. What is the extraordinary significance of works such as" A Family Group" by Nouts?
(a) An artist spends days and weeks of time laboriously putting oil on canvas to record the event.
(b) The paint itself is a new technology that will last centuries.
(c) The subjects are all very wealthy and popular at the time.
(d) A patron of such a work is not typically a collector of art.

10. In Chapter 6, which painting best shows the humanity of its subject?
(a) "Princess Rakoscki."
(b) "Sarah Burge, 1883. Dr Barnardo's Homes."
(c) Nattier's "Mademoiselle de Clermonte."
(d) Rembrandt's "Two Negroes."

11. What do paintings of children demonstrate about the patron who commissioned the work?
(a) It demonstrates how the patron remains in the upper class of society.
(b) It demonstrates their good political judgment.
(c) It demonstrates that the patron is of good health.
(d) It demonstrates what they own and enjoy in life.

12. After the period of traditional oil paintings, what medium becomes the primary form of visual imagery?
(a) Sculpture.
(b) Film.
(c) Photography.
(d) Murals.

13. According to Berger et al., why does ordinary life have more meaning when recorded on a canvas?
(a) Because it portrays everyday life as an interesting event.
(b) Because it took weeks or months to recreate the image from the artist's point of view,
(c) Because the elite upper classes are willing to pay large sums of money for a painting.
(d) Because artists appreciate these works more than works with other subjects.

14. What is similar about all of the portraits on page 76?
(a) All the subjects are holding a bible.
(b) All the subjects are reclining in a chair.
(c) All the subjects are undressing.
(d) All the subjects stand alone.

15. Which word best describes the series of portraits displayed in the Knoll Ball Room?
(a) Sensual.
(b) Melancholy.
(c) Formal.
(d) Weary.