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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is a common theme in the images on pages 116 and 117?
(a) Science versus religion.
(b) Navigation and the New World.
(c) Sensuous nude women.
(d) Africa and America supporting Europe.

2. Which word best describes the series of portraits displayed in the Knoll Ball Room?
(a) Formal.
(b) Sensual.
(c) Weary.
(d) Melancholy.

3. What is the title of all the paintings on pages 70 and 71?
(a) God Bless the Queen.
(b) Still life.
(c) Nude woman.
(d) Pan.

4. 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.

5. What is most interesting about the two works from Courbet on pages 124 and 125?
(a) The works create a new meaning when presented together.
(b) The works show the difference between nude and naked.
(c) The works illustrate two distinct styles from the artist.
(d) The works demonstrate a clarity in the artist's way of seeing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is visually similar about the paintings "Sarah Burge, 1883. Dr Barnardo's Homes" and " Peasant Boy Leaning on Sill"?

2. What character often appears in the images on pages 72 and 73?

3. What do paintings of children demonstrate about the patron who commissioned the work?

4. What is the purpose of the paired images on pages 126 and 127?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 6, compare the visual characteristics of the images "Sarah Burge, 1883. Dr Barnardo's Homes", and the oil painting by Bartolome Murillo titled "Peasant Boy Leaning on Sill".

2. In Chapter 4, explain what interconnections can be made between the images of death on pages 68 and 69, and the images of food, wine, and the hunt on pages 70 and 71.

3. Describe the mood of the collection of religious iconic images presented in Chapter 4 on pages 66 and 67.

4. According to the authors, how is a collector of art different than a collector of other things?

5. What is the significance of the images on pages 120 and 121 that depict family and other social groupings of common, ordinary daily life?

6. Describe how the wealthy influence the ways of seeing through oil paintings, as explained by Berger et al.

7. How does Courbet's two paintings, reproduced in Chapter 6 on facing pages 124 and 125, titled "Girl in White Stockings" and "Demoiselles au bord de la Seine" illustrate two distinct styles of his work?

8. Chapter 5 begins with an oil painting showing several items contemporaneous with the Dutch school in 1665. Describe the painting and the objects it depicts.

9. According to Berger et al., how do traditional oil paintings perpetuate the wealth and power of the ruling class?

10. In Chapter 6, explain how facing pages 116 and 117 return to Blake's theme of Africa and America supporting Europe.

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