2. What character often appears in the images on pages 72 and 73?
(a) The Pope.
(b) Pan.
(c) The Madonna.
(d) The king's chamberlain.

3. What is different about an art collector compared to a collector of other objects?
(a) An art collector typically has more social standing than collectors of other objects.
(b) An art collector is surrounded by pictures that show him the sights of what he may posses.
(c) Art collectors must actively take part in their collections.
(d) Art collectors are the most wealthy of collectors.

4. Which work is by Courbet, as shown in Chapter 6 on pages 124 and 125?
(a) "Girl in White Stockings."
(b) "The Witches Sabbath."
(c) "The Temptation of Saint Anthony."
(d) "La Fortune."

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

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

7. What are most traditional oil paintings commissioned to demonstrate to the viewer?
(a) The power and wealth of the patron.
(b) The political turmoil that the patron has survived.
(c) The social conditions of the time period.
(d) The style of monarchy and church rule of the time period.

8. How is a two-dimensional oil painting different from other forms of art?
(a) It conveys the social position of the owner.
(b) It conveys the sights of the common person.
(c) It conveys the misplacement of women in society.
(d) It conveys the illusions of texture, luster, tangibility, and solidity.

9. Which painting is an example of how oil paintings make objects desirable to touch?
(a) Van Gogh's "Cornfield with Birds Flying Out of It."
(b) Rembrandt's self-portriat with Saskia.
(c) Picasso's self-portrait.
(d) Holbein's "The Ambassadors."

10. What is the main difference in the effect on the viewer between the two Rembrandt self-portraits?
(a) The first portrait is in color and the second portrait is in black and white.
(b) The second portrait follows all of the conventions of the time period and displays the wealth of the painter.
(c) The first portrait displays the romance and intimacy between a married couple, while the second portrait displays the empty shell of a man.
(d) The second portrait portrays the soul and individualistic style of the painter, a style that is completely avoided in the first self-portrait.

11. According to Berger et al., what does traditional oil painting effectively do?
(a) Allows for the reformation of the church.
(b) Promotes the lower classes of society.
(c) Reduces all things to a tradable material or measurable commodity.
(d) Permits artists to express portraits in a humanistic style.

12. Which word best describes the position of artists as traditional oil painting develops?
(a) Defense.
(b) Fortune.
(c) Struggle.
(d) Opposition.

13. In what general style are most of the images in Chapter 4?
(a) Op art.
(b) Abstract.
(c) Realism.
(d) Cubism.

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

15. Which statement best describes photography in 1883?
(a) It is a high-tech visual format.
(b) It is a primitive visual technology still in the developing stages.
(c) It increases the number of images an artist can capture.
(d) It is very good at capturing subjects in motion.