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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 invention eventually disproves the idea of center, and single eye?
(a) The camera.
(b) The clock.
(c) The computer.
(d) The microscope.

2. What diversifies the meaning of a painting?
(a) Its reproduction in many locations.
(b) The type of museum lighting.
(c) Its type of framing.
(d) Its title.

3. In Chapter 2, pages 36 and 37, how are the women in the images viewed by men in the same images?
(a) The women are awkwardly posing for the men.
(b) The women are the focus of their attention.
(c) The women are serving the men.
(d) The women are generally ignored.

4. What is the theme of pages 42 and 43?
(a) A demonstration of objectifying women for publicity purposes.
(b) A demonstration of the problems in modern art and culture.
(c) A demonstration of corruption in a democratic society.
(d) A demonstration of the right to free speech in the United States.

5. After reproductions are made, an original work of art is unique only in its what?
(a) Composition.
(b) Rarity.
(c) Interpretation.
(d) Meaning.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the traditional depiction of Adam and Eve project as the perception of being naked?

3. What is typically the focus in a work of art displaying a nude?

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

5. Most of the images on pages 40 and 41 are of what content?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

5. How does the value of the original painting change after it has been reproduced many times?

6. Explain how the portrayal of women by European oil painters is a contradiction to their own work theory, as explained by the authors.

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

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

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

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

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