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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which painting is an example of how oil paintings make objects desirable to touch?
(a) Picasso's self-portrait.
(b) Holbein's "The Ambassadors."
(c) Van Gogh's "Cornfield with Birds Flying Out of It."
(d) Rembrandt's self-portriat with Saskia.

2. Which statement could easily be an interpretation of Van Gogh's "a cornfield with birds flying out of it"?
(a) The final release from the struggle of his soul before suicide.
(b) The ultimate battle between rich and poor.
(c) The obsession of fortune and fame of an artist in his day.
(d) The balance between man and nature.

3. Which words best describe the mood of the paintings on pages 66 and 67?
(a) Light and fantastical.
(b) Stern and powerful.
(c) Eerie and mystical.
(d) Serious and iconic.

4. Which of the following is a common theme in the images on pages 116 and 117?
(a) Navigation and the New World.
(b) Sensuous nude women.
(c) Science versus religion.
(d) Africa and America supporting Europe.

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

6. What character often appears in the images on pages 72 and 73?
(a) Pan.
(b) The king's chamberlain.
(c) The Madonna.
(d) The Pope.

7. What is the approximate historical range of the images on pages 66 and 67?
(a) From the 20th century.
(b) From the early 1200s to the mid-1500s.
(c) From the 18th to the 19th century.
(d) From the mid-1200s to the late-1800s.

8. What is the title of all the paintings on pages 70 and 71?
(a) Nude woman.
(b) Pan.
(c) Still life.
(d) God Bless the Queen.

9. What tends to be the central figure(s) in the images presented in Chapter 4 on pages 66 and 67?
(a) Madonna and child.
(b) Nudes in gardens.
(c) Popes and Cardinals.
(d) Political leaders, scientists, and authors.

10. What is visually similar about the paintings "Sarah Burge, 1883. Dr Barnardo's Homes" and " Peasant Boy Leaning on Sill"?
(a) They are both black and white reproductions.
(b) They both portray wealthy subjects.
(c) They both contain subjects that are moving.
(d) They both portray elderly subjects.

11. Which subject is accorded with the highest prestige?
(a) Mythological creatures.
(b) Animals.
(c) Landscapes.
(d) Food.

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

13. 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 increases the number of images an artist can capture.
(d) It is a high-tech visual format.

14. What do navigational instruments generally symbolize in a traditional oil painting?
(a) Trade routes to acquire the riches of other nations.
(b) Merchandise lost at sea.
(c) The position of the patrons' social and political status.
(d) Scientific endeavors.

15. How is a two-dimensional oil painting different from other forms of art?
(a) It conveys the social position of the owner.
(b) It conveys the illusions of texture, luster, tangibility, and solidity.
(c) It conveys the misplacement of women in society.
(d) It conveys the sights of the common person.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, which painting best shows the humanity of its subject?

2. What words best describe the gaze of the subjects on their own material goods in a traditional oil painting?

3. Why is it a significant accomplishment for an artist to paint children at play?

4. What makes the self-portraits on pages 80 and 81 interesting to the viewer?

5. Chapter 6 begins with images from which artist?

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