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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 best describe the gaze of the subjects on their own material goods in a traditional oil painting?
(a) Generous, faithful, pleasant.
(b) Formal, wary, content.
(c) Confident, formal, arrogant.
(d) Satisfied, generous, serious.

2. Why is it a significant accomplishment for an artist to paint children at play?
(a) Because the image can be captured better with a photograph.
(b) Because patrons rarely allow paintings of their children.
(c) Because the artist must keep the children seated for many hours.
(d) Because most of the image must be recreated from memory and imagination.

3. What is different about an art collector compared to a collector of other objects?
(a) An art collector typically has more social standing than collectors of other objects.
(b) An art collector is surrounded by pictures that show him the sights of what he may posses.
(c) Art collectors are the most wealthy of collectors.
(d) Art collectors must actively take part in their collections.

4. What tends to be the central figure(s) in the images presented in Chapter 4 on pages 66 and 67?
(a) Madonna and child.
(b) Popes and Cardinals.
(c) Political leaders, scientists, and authors.
(d) Nudes in gardens.

5. Which work is by Courbet, as shown in Chapter 6 on pages 124 and 125?
(a) "Girl in White Stockings."
(b) "La Fortune."
(c) "The Witches Sabbath."
(d) "The Temptation of Saint Anthony."

Short Answer Questions

1. Which words best describe the setting of "Demoiselles au bord de la Seine"?

2. What is the purpose of the paired images on pages 126 and 127?

3. What covers the Knoll Ball Room?

4. In Chapter 6, which painting best shows the humanity of its subject?

5. What could easily be stated as the theme of the paintings on pages 68 and 69?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Berger et al., how do traditional oil paintings perpetuate the wealth and power of the ruling class?

2. How is the meaning of the images in Chapter 6 on pages 120 and 121, that depict daily life, of any significance?

3. Explain how the pairs of paintings and photographs in Chapter 6 on pages 126 and 127 complement each other.

4. In Chapter 4, explain what interconnections can be made between the images of death on pages 68 and 69, and the images of food, wine, and the hunt on pages 70 and 71.

5. What is demonstrated about the visual arts in comparing the photograph of "Sarah Burge, 1883. Dr Barnardo's Homes", and the oil painting "Peasant Boy Leaning on Sill"?

6. Describe the mood of the collection of religious iconic images presented in Chapter 4 on pages 66 and 67.

7. What objects are common subjects for traditional oil paintings, and how are they conventionally depicted?

8. What is in the Knoll Ball Room? Describe what it looks like.

9. According to the authors, how is a collector of art different than a collector of other things?

10. Explain how an oil painting depicts subjects differently than other art forms, as discussed by the authors.

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