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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is genre as a subject?
(a) New world subjects.
(b) Exotic animals.
(c) Exotic botanicals.
(d) Common life subjects.

2. In what way does the ruling class of a period support or promote their own way of seeing?
(a) By only permitting specifc depictions of holy figures.
(b) By bribing artists into depicting themselves as more wealthy or powerful than they really are.
(c) By commissioning oil paintings that depict sights of what they possess.
(d) By creating great halls of family portraits.

3. According to Berger et al., how must a woman observe herself in order to see herself in the eyes of a man?
(a) She must see herself in a mirror.
(b) She must appreciate her use to a man.
(c) She must give herself time to reflect on images which appeal to men.
(d) She must look at herself as though she is an object.

4. What is the appearance of the figures in pages 72 to 73?
(a) Prominent figures dressed according to their time period.
(b) Idealistic nudes.
(c) Stern portraits.
(d) Ornamentally dressed females.

5. Which statement could easily be an interpretation of Van Gogh's "a cornfield with birds flying out of it"?
(a) The final release from the struggle of his soul before suicide.
(b) The ultimate battle between rich and poor.
(c) The balance between man and nature.
(d) The obsession of fortune and fame of an artist in his day.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is an example of a nude painting discussed by Berger et al.?

2. What image is obviously coupled with Ruben's painting on pages 42 and 43?

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

4. Which of the following is a detail of Gauguin's painting "Nevermore"?

5. Which is a traditional object used in covering the figures in nude paintings?

(see the answer key)

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