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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which unique content is present in Chapter 2, on pages 40 and 41?
(a) Advertisement for a body lotion.
(b) A horse jumping through a hoop of fire.
(c) Formal portrait of George Washington.
(d) The slogan "Frank Cooper puts everything he's got into making soup."

2. What is prominent in Ruben's painting?
(a) Men arguing.
(b) Fruits and vegetables.
(c) Nude figures.
(d) Wine and a party.

3. What do images of the past promote?
(a) Illusion.
(b) Reinterpretation.
(c) Technology.
(d) Authority.

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

5. Which statement summarizes how images are subjective?
(a) A good artist can pass his way of seeing to the viewer,
(b) An artist represents his own way of seeing, and the viewer sees the art with another way of seeing.
(c) Paintings rarely have good titles to define their meaning.
(d) People usually see the same images.

Short Answer Questions

1. How can a work of art lose its mystification?

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

3. What diversifies the meaning of a painting?

4. In Chapter 2, what is the most stark contrast between the images on the first set of facing pages (36 and 37) and the images on the second set of facing pages (38 and 39)?

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

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