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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 would be a surprising image to display on pages 42 and 43?
(a) An advertisement for cosmetics.
(b) A formal portrait.
(c) A traditional European oil painting,
(d) An abstract nude.

2. According to the authors, what is a woman's internal presence comprised of?
(a) An idea of what she looks like to a man.
(b) An illusion of what she should be.
(c) A perception of how she should act to be treated like she wants.
(d) A preception of what men like.

3. What does the word 'image' mean in this book?
(a) Reproduced sight.
(b) Any object that can be seen.
(c) Any work of art.
(d) Any reproduced art work.

4. According to Berger et al., how must a woman observe herself in order to see herself in the eyes of a man?
(a) She must give herself time to reflect on images which appeal to men.
(b) She must appreciate her use to a man.
(c) She must see herself in a mirror.
(d) She must look at herself as though she is an object.

5. In Chapter 2, what do facing pages 40 and 41 contain?
(a) Female nudes in oil paintings.
(b) Advertising slogans.
(c) Publicity images.
(d) Males viewing female nudes in oil paintings.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which statement is NOT true about viewing an image made in the past?

3. According to the authors, how is the focus of a man's power different than a female's?

4. What is a contradiction to the assumption that early European oil painters portrayed a level of humanism in their work?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. In Chapter 2, pages 42 and 43, how do the women in the images appear to men in the images?

9. Describe how men and women are different social presences, according to Berger et al.

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

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