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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 words would best describe Chapter 2 as a whole?
(a) Women, nudes, consumerism.
(b) Art, culture, society.
(c) Politics, education, government.
(d) Men, money, power.

2. What is unique about the Cubist images in Chapter 2 on pages 38 and 39?
(a) It seems that the figures in the images are male.
(b) It takes some imagination to see a nude female figure.
(c) The images include an enormous amount of detail.
(d) They consist of a variety of wild animals.

3. Which statement best describes what is eliminated when a work of art is reproduced?
(a) The viewer of the artwork.
(b) The presence of an authority on the artwork.
(c) The compostition of the artwork.
(d) The title of the artwork.

4. What word would best describe the images on pages 40 and 41?
(a) Formal.
(b) Intellectual.
(c) Provocative.
(d) Emotional.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Berger et al., how is a woman's social presence different than a man's?

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

3. What do images of the past promote?

4. What diversifies the meaning of a painting?

5. In pages 36 and 37, how is the female figure presented?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Berger et al. interpret the image of a nude women gazing in a mirror.

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

3. Describe how there is a gap between words and sight, as explained in Chapter 1.

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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