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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. According to Berger et al., what social presence does a man command?
(a) A man's social presence is based on his income.
(b) A man's power is relative to his size, bearing, and appearance.
(c) A man's power is relative to how he feels about himself.
(d) Men have a social presence relative to their ability to see themselves as a sight.

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

3. According to Berger et al., how is a woman's social presence different than a man's?
(a) Her presence represents a woman's power over men.
(b) Her presence represents how a woman feels about herself and what may be done to her.
(c) Her presence represents what a woman can do for a man.
(d) Her presence represents a man's desires.

4. What do Berger et al. say about the portrayal of naked women in early European oil paintings?
(a) That paintings of nudes should not be reproduced.
(b) That they need to balance the number of male and female nudes in a painting.
(c) That they should not turn a naked body into an object for display.
(d) That paintings of nudes are shameful in any culture.

5. In Chapter 2, what image is prominent on the first set of facing pages 36 and 37?
(a) A large piece of raw meat.
(b) The number five.
(c) A female artist holding a paintbrush and wearing a smock.
(d) A nude male.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is visual art originally made for?

3. In Chapter 2, what are the authors trying to demonstrate with the images on pages 40 and 41?

4. Magritte's painting is an example of what type of artwork?

5. Which statement best describes the Cubist style?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe how Bronzino's painting of Cupid kissing the lips of Venus shows that nudity is created with a spectator in mind.

4. Explain how an image is a record of a sight.

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

6. Berger et al. explain that there is a certain style of European oil painting that does not put the nakedness of a women as the center display, but rather puts the relationship of the woman and artist on display. What is considered provocative about these images?

7. Describe the differences between the collection of images on pages 36 and 37, and the collection of images on pages 38 and 39.

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

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

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

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