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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 general, what are words used to do?
(a) See the environment.
(b) Avoid danger.
(c) Learn new things.
(d) Explain the environment.

2. Why does the author discuss the work of Frans Hals?
(a) Because his work shows how words can be used to define artwork.
(b) Because his work is a good example of how art from the past is mystifying.
(c) Because he is a leading expert in historical artwork.
(d) Because he is a co-author in the book.

3. What is similar about the images on pages 42 and 43?
(a) They are mostly publicity images aimed at a female viewer.
(b) They are entirely black and white.
(c) They mostly involve still lifes, not human subjects.
(d) They are mostly paintings without titles.

4. What affect does a title have on a painting's meaning?
(a) A title can be changed to any words without affecting the viewer.
(b) Words in a title will affect the painting more than the viewer.
(c) Words in a title can change the interpretation of a painting.
(d) A title is not necessary in historical paintings.

5. Who is meant to be the ideal viewer of pages 42 and 43?
(a) Art historians.
(b) Contemporary artists.
(c) Businessmen.
(d) Female consumers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is surprising to see mixed in with the images on pages 40 and 41?

2. According to the authors, what is a woman's internal presence comprised of?

3. Who is one of the first artists to break the tradition of objectifying women nudes?

4. Where is the figure in "Bathsheba" sitting?

5. Which is an example of a nude painting discussed by Berger et al.?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How is a work of art from the past mystifying to the modern viewer?

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

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

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

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