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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which statement is NOT true about viewing an image made in the past?
(a) A viewer "sees" himself in the landscape he looks at.
(b) Images from the past are made clear with a modern understaning of events.
(c) Images show a sight that is not presently available.
(d) A work of art mystifies one about the past.

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

3. All of the following are titles of works that begin Chapter 6, except for which one?
(a) "Europe Supported by Africa and America."
(b) "Unclad woman."
(c) "Mildew Blighting Ears of Corn."
(d) "Pity."

4. Which of the following would be a good symbol for the collection of images on pages 68 to 71?
(a) A corpse with a glass of wine.
(b) Two doves with an olive branch.
(c) A nude woman with a rose.
(d) A president with a burning flag.

5. What are images a record of?
(a) The history of the subject.
(b) The memories of the image-creator.
(c) The way a sight was once seen.
(d) The object in present-day.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following statements is true, according to Berger?

2. Who is considered a master of traditional European oil painting?

3. What is extraordinary about painting subjects such as children?

4. What is visually similar about the paintings "Sarah Burge, 1883. Dr Barnardo's Homes" and " Peasant Boy Leaning on Sill"?

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

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