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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. What are images a record of?
(a) The way a sight was once seen.
(b) The history of the subject.
(c) The object in present-day.
(d) The memories of the image-creator.

2. Which statement summarizes how images are subjective?
(a) An artist represents his own way of seeing, and the viewer sees the art with another way of seeing.
(b) A good artist can pass his way of seeing to the viewer,
(c) Paintings rarely have good titles to define their meaning.
(d) People usually see the same images.

3. What painting by Ruben is included in pages 42 and 43?
(a) "Judgement of Paris."
(b) "Birds flying from haystack."
(c) "Abstract female nude."
(d) "Bathsheba at Her Bath."

4. What does the author assert about vision?
(a) Vision is a chemical reaction.
(b) Vision is a mechanical function.
(c) Vision is a reciprocal function.
(d) Vision is common to all living things.

5. In Chapter 2, what are the authors trying to demonstrate with the images on pages 40 and 41?
(a) That the combination of text and image can create a very powerful and intentional meaning.
(b) That mixing images of men and women defines the unique qualities of each.
(c) That the combination of photographs and paintings creates a contrast similar to realism and abstract painting.
(d) That mixing images of formal portraits and self-portraits defines the unique qualities of each.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which statement best describes the Cubist style?

2. Why can every viewer see a painting in a different way?

3. Which item would NOT fit the theme on pages 40 and 41?

4. What generalization could be made about the combination of images on pages 40 and 41?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is similar in all of the images in Chapter 2 on pages 36 and 37?

3. Explain how combining a variety of images to present a concept can be more powerful than using a single image.

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

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

6. Explain how the women in the images are viewed by the men in the images on pages 36 and 37.

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

8. Explain how, according to the authors, a woman continually sees and is seen by herself as two parts of one female identity.

9. Describe the general mood of the collection of images on pages 42 and 43.

10. According to Berger et al., how can the story of Adam and Eve explain the shamefulness associated with being naked?

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