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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which subject is accorded with the highest prestige?
(a) Animals.
(b) Food.
(c) Landscapes.
(d) Mythological creatures.

2. What do paintings of children demonstrate about the patron who commissioned the work?
(a) It demonstrates their good political judgment.
(b) It demonstrates what they own and enjoy in life.
(c) It demonstrates how the patron remains in the upper class of society.
(d) It demonstrates that the patron is of good health.

3. What could be the theme for all of the images included on pages 68 to 71?
(a) Power is forever corrupt.
(b) Death is a necessary part of life.
(c) Nudity does not always equal pleasure for the viewer,
(d) Love will always lead to sorrow.

4. From what time period are the images on pages 120 and 121?
(a) Late twentieth century.
(b) The sixteenth century.
(c) The nineteenth century.
(d) Early twenty-first century.

5. How is Rembrandt portrayed in his second self-portrait?
(a) As a woman.
(b) As an old man.
(c) As a young hunter.
(d) As a great king.

6. What is visually similar about the paintings "Sarah Burge, 1883. Dr Barnardo's Homes" and " Peasant Boy Leaning on Sill"?
(a) They both portray wealthy subjects.
(b) They both portray elderly subjects.
(c) They are both black and white reproductions.
(d) They both contain subjects that are moving.

7. What words best describe the gaze of the subjects on their own material goods in a traditional oil painting?
(a) Generous, faithful, pleasant.
(b) Formal, wary, content.
(c) Confident, formal, arrogant.
(d) Satisfied, generous, serious.

8. What is evident when comparing the two images "Sarah Burge, 1883. Dr Barnardo's Homes" and " Peasant Boy Leaning on Sill"?
(a) The oil painting contains less realism than the photograph.
(b) The photograph captures motion better than the oil painting.
(c) The oil painting has more detail than the photograph.
(d) The photograph portrays the subject in more clarity.

9. What covers the Knoll Ball Room?
(a) Heavy tapestries.
(b) Busts of prominent persons.
(c) Nude photos.
(d) Oil paintings.

10. Which of the following would be a good symbol for the collection of images on pages 68 to 71?
(a) A corpse with a glass of wine.
(b) A nude woman with a rose.
(c) Two doves with an olive branch.
(d) A president with a burning flag.

11. What types of images are paired together on pages 126 and 127?
(a) Advertisements and celebrity photos.
(b) Female nude paintings and male nude photos.
(c) Drawings and architectural diagrams.
(d) Oil paintings and photographs.

12. What is similar about the two paintings by Courbet on pages 124 and 125?
(a) They are both feminine.
(b) They both depict voluptuous women.
(c) They both show family settings.
(d) They are very dark and bold in color.

13. All of the following are titles of works that begin Chapter 6, except for which one?
(a) "Unclad woman."
(b) "Europe Supported by Africa and America."
(c) "Pity."
(d) "Mildew Blighting Ears of Corn."

14. What could easily be stated as the theme of the paintings on pages 68 and 69?
(a) War.
(b) Death.
(c) Love.
(d) Melancholy.

15. Chapter 6 begins with images from which artist?
(a) Warhol.
(b) Da Vinci.
(c) William Blake.
(d) Rembrandt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the extraordinary significance of works such as" A Family Group" by Nouts?

2. Which phrase is a good description of how Demoiselles is portrayed?

3. What is genre as a subject?

4. According to Berger et al., what does traditional oil painting effectively do?

5. Which word best describes the position of artists as traditional oil painting develops?

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