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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Berger et al. say about the portrayal of naked women in early European oil paintings?
(a) That paintings of nudes should not be reproduced.
(b) That they need to balance the number of male and female nudes in a painting.
(c) That they should not turn a naked body into an object for display.
(d) That paintings of nudes are shameful in any culture.

2. How does a woman see herself, according to Berger et al.?
(a) She sees herself as a man illusion.
(b) She sees herself as a sight.
(c) She sees herself as a physical reflection in a mirror.
(d) She sees herself as a composite of image and emotion.

3. What does the word 'image' mean in this book?
(a) Any reproduced art work.
(b) Any work of art.
(c) Any object that can be seen.
(d) Reproduced sight.

4. In pages 36 and 37, how is the female figure presented?
(a) Fully clothed.
(b) All in designer clothing.
(c) In make-up advertisements.
(d) Nude.

5. What does the author use "The Key of Dreams" as an example of?
(a) The use of bad titles.
(b) The gap between words and image.
(c) The use of poetry in image.
(d) The use of words with image.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unique about the Cubist images in Chapter 2 on pages 38 and 39?

2. In Chapter 2, what is the same between pages 40 to 41 and pages 42 to 43?

3. Where is the spectator located when a work of art uses the single eye perspective?

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

5. What is surprising to see mixed in with the images on pages 40 and 41?

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