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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is an example of how creating a reproduction can change the meaning of a painting?
(a) A photographer takes a picture of Da Vinci's the "Virgin of the Rocks" in the National Gallery.
(b) The face of one figure in a group can be isolated in reproduction to become a portrait.
(c) A publisher of an art history book decides to reproduce images to accompany the text.
(d) An art student attempts to make a reproduction of Da Vinci's "Virgin of the Rocks".

2. Which words best describe Chapter 1 as a whole?
(a) Sight, words, perspective.
(b) Windows, words, sight.
(c) Sight, history, misinterpretation.
(d) Camera, sight, words.

3. In Chapter 2, what image is prominent on the first set of facing pages 36 and 37?
(a) The number five.
(b) A large piece of raw meat.
(c) A female artist holding a paintbrush and wearing a smock.
(d) A nude male.

4. What is surprising to see mixed in with the images on pages 40 and 41?
(a) Slices of ham.
(b) Elephants in a circus.
(c) A bottle of wine.
(d) A Harley-Davidson motorcycle.

5. In general, what are words used to do?
(a) Explain the environment.
(b) See the environment.
(c) Learn new things.
(d) Avoid danger.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When do artists begin to use the concept of singular perspective?

4. What could be stated as the theme of pages 40 and 41?

5. What image is the exception to the images featured on pages 36 and 37?

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