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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what do facing pages 40 and 41 contain?
(a) Males viewing female nudes in oil paintings.
(b) Advertising slogans.
(c) Publicity images.
(d) Female nudes in oil paintings.

2. What is Berger's conclusion about the image of a nude woman looking in a mirror?
(a) That the mirror neutralizes the guilt of both spectator and nude.
(b) That the mirror signifies the woman's vanity.
(c) That the mirror shows a woman comparing herself to a younger woman.
(d) That the mirror creates a split character in the nude woman.

3. To what area is the single eye of perspective unique?
(a) Asia.
(b) Europe.
(c) Middle East.
(d) South America.

4. 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.

5. According to the authors, how is the focus of a man's power different than a female's?
(a) It is always focused on money.
(b) It is always focused towards women.
(c) It is always focused externally.
(d) It is always focused on appearances.

Short Answer Questions

1. What image is obviously coupled with Ruben's painting on pages 42 and 43?

2. What are images a record of?

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

4. What could be stated as the theme of pages 40 and 41?

5. What painting by Ruben is included in pages 42 and 43?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how the commission by Frans Hals could easily be misunderstood by the modern viewer.

2. Describe the metaphor of the lighthouse and the single eye of perspective.

3. Describe how the single eye of perspective changes with the invention of the camera.

4. What do you think is the overall mood of the collection of images in Chapter 2 on pages 38 and 39?

5. What is Berger's explanation for the difference between naked and nude?

6. What happens to the meaning of a painting when many reproductions are made?

7. Describe how men and women are different social presences, according to Berger et al.

8. Describe the combination of images present in Chapter 2 on pages 40 and 41.

9. Explain how Cubism contradicts the single eye of perspective.

10. What is the purpose of mixing images of foodstuffs with images of females in various stages of undress?

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