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

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

3. Who is Frans Hals?
(a) An eighty-year-old destitute Dutch painter in 1664.
(b) A young impressionist in 1890.
(c) A famous, modern, art historian.
(d) An emerging artist in New York City in 1990.

4. To what area is the single eye of perspective unique?
(a) Middle East.
(b) Europe.
(c) South America.
(d) Asia.

5. Where is the spectator located when a work of art uses the single eye perspective?
(a) At an infitite number of times and locations.
(b) The spectator is never considered.
(c) At the center, in one place at one time.
(d) At the center, but could be at many places in a single time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is visual art originally made for?

2. In Chapter 2, what image is prominent on the first set of facing pages 36 and 37?

3. Which words best describe Chapter 1 as a whole?

4. What painting by Ruben is included in pages 42 and 43?

5. The author proposes that there is a gap between what two concepts?

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