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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do navigational instruments generally symbolize in a traditional oil painting?
(a) Trade routes to acquire the riches of other nations.
(b) The position of the patrons' social and political status.
(c) Scientific endeavors.
(d) Merchandise lost at sea.

2. What word best describes the overall affect of the combined images on pages 36 and 37?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Love.
(c) Elegance.
(d) Athletic.

3. What do Berger et al. say about the portrayal of naked women in early European oil paintings?
(a) That paintings of nudes are shameful in any culture.
(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 should not be reproduced.

4. What is Berger's conclusion about the image of a nude woman looking in a mirror?
(a) That the mirror creates a split character in the nude woman.
(b) That the mirror shows a woman comparing herself to a younger woman.
(c) That the mirror neutralizes the guilt of both spectator and nude.
(d) That the mirror signifies the woman's vanity.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. From what ages does Rembrandt paint two self-portraits?

3. What could be said about the contents of Chapter 4?

4. How do Berger et al. describe Rembrandt's first self-portrait?

5. What tends to be the central figure(s) in the images presented in Chapter 4 on pages 66 and 67?

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