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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the theme of pages 42 and 43?
(a) A demonstration of the problems in modern art and culture.
(b) A demonstration of corruption in a democratic society.
(c) A demonstration of the right to free speech in the United States.
(d) A demonstration of objectifying women for publicity purposes.

3. What is the metaphor that Berger et al. use to describe the European oil painting tradition?
(a) A wall safe unto which the ways of seeing are deposited.
(b) The metamorphasis of a butterfly.
(c) A window unto the world.
(d) The crutch of society.

4. Which word best describes the series of portraits displayed in the Knoll Ball Room?
(a) Melancholy.
(b) Sensual.
(c) Weary.
(d) Formal.

5. What does Couture's painting "A Roman Feast" display?
(a) A voluptuous reclining woman.
(b) The end of a war with a field of bodies.
(c) A full table of meat and bread.
(d) A full glass of wine and a festive party.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is similar about all of the portraits on page 76?

2. What could easily be stated as the theme of the paintings on pages 68 and 69?

3. According to Berger et al., how is a woman's social presence different than a man's?

4. What is similar about the images on pages 42 and 43?

5. What is prominent in Ruben's painting?

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