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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which painting is used an example of who benefits from a nude painting?
(a) Gaugin's "Nevermore."
(b) Bronzino's painting of Cupid and Venus.
(c) Picasso's abstract female nudes.
(d) Rembrant's "Bathesheba."

2. What does Kenneth Clark (not the authors) say about the concepts of naked and nude?
(a) That both naked and nude can be forms or art.
(b) That naked is any undressed object.
(c) That nude is a term used only for naked women.
(d) That nude is a form of art and naked is simply being without clothes.

3. When do artists begin to use the concept of singular perspective?
(a) In the early Impressionist movement.
(b) In the early Surrealist movement.
(c) In the early Renaissance.
(d) In early Abstractionism.

4. What is the subject of Rembrandt's first self-portrait?
(a) Himself and a black bird.
(b) Himself as a court jester.
(c) Himself and his first wife, Saskia.
(d) Himself and his faithful dog.

5. What number is posted symbolically on pages 36 and 37 of Chapter 2?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Twenty-one.
(c) Five.
(d) Forty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What diversifies the meaning of a painting?

2. What is different about an art collector compared to a collector of other objects?

3. What metaphor do Berger et al. use to explain the single eye of perspective?

4. What do Berger et al. mean by the phrase "holy relic"?

5. In Chapter 2, what are the authors trying to demonstrate with the images on pages 40 and 41?

(see the answer key)

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