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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are images a record of?
(a) The way a sight was once seen.
(b) The history of the subject.
(c) The object in present-day.
(d) The memories of the image-creator.

2. What is similar about all of the women in the images on pages 36 and 37?
(a) They are all ignoring the camera and viewer.
(b) They are all celebrities.
(c) They are all the focus of men in the images.
(d) They are all cleaning.

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

4. What diversifies the meaning of a painting?
(a) Its reproduction in many locations.
(b) The type of museum lighting.
(c) Its type of framing.
(d) Its title.

5. What is a contradiction to the assumption that early European oil painters portrayed a level of humanism in their work?
(a) Their inability to use humanistic expression in landscapes.
(b) Their expression of women as either objects or abstractions.
(c) Their omission of male nudes in their paintings.
(d) Their use of non-human colors to paint their nudes.

6. What invention eventually disproves the idea of center, and single eye?
(a) The clock.
(b) The camera.
(c) The microscope.
(d) The computer.

7. Which is a traditional object used in covering the figures in nude paintings?
(a) Books or papers.
(b) Mirrors.
(c) Water.
(d) Fig leaves.

8. According to the authors, what are women culturally and socially conditioned to do?
(a) Be aware of their own image as others see it.
(b) Critize the condition of other women.
(c) Be politically educated.
(d) Project the wants of others.

9. What would be a surprising image to display on pages 42 and 43?
(a) A traditional European oil painting,
(b) An advertisement for cosmetics.
(c) An abstract nude.
(d) A formal portrait.

10. In general, what are words used to do?
(a) See the environment.
(b) Learn new things.
(c) Avoid danger.
(d) Explain the environment.

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

12. To what area is the single eye of perspective unique?
(a) Asia.
(b) South America.
(c) Middle East.
(d) Europe.

13. What metaphor do Berger et al. use to explain the single eye of perspective?
(a) A telescope.
(b) A lighthouse beacon.
(c) A ceramic relic from ancient Greece.
(d) A cubist painting.

14. Why does the author discuss the work of Frans Hals?
(a) Because his work is a good example of how art from the past is mystifying.
(b) Because he is a co-author in the book.
(c) Because his work shows how words can be used to define artwork.
(d) Because he is a leading expert in historical artwork.

15. In Chapter 2, what is the same between pages 40 to 41 and pages 42 to 43?
(a) All of the pages are publicity for the female figure.
(b) All of the pages demonstrate the difference between men and women.
(c) All of the pages depict wealthy and powerful men.
(d) All of the pages are a statement on the historical struggle of artists.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which phrase describes Magritte's painting "The Key of Dreams"?

2. In pages 36 and 37, how is the female figure presented?

3. What word would best describe the images on pages 40 and 41?

4. Who is Frans Hals?

5. Which item would NOT fit the theme on pages 40 and 41?

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