Which of the following is NOT true about breeches roles?

a. Cross-dressing pointed up the social perceptions of what was appropriate to each gender's
sphere.
b. An actress played a male character or a female character disguised as a male.
c. Female characters often assumed male disguise to improve public mobility.
d. An actress could appear as herself.


d. An actress could appear as herself.

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In a work of art, "content" refers to

a) what the work means. b) the culture that produced it. c) its style. d) the way it looks.

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According to the textbook, which photograph most closely resembles or suggests the composition of a painting?

A. Alfred Stieglitz's "Sun Rays, Paula" B. Bruce Davidson's "Opening at the Met" C. Dorothea Lange's "Migrant Mother" D. Carrie Mae Weems's "Untitled (Man smoking)"

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Which of the following terms best describes this work's compositional process?

a) Cauda b) Conductus c) Isorhythm d) the work's second half derives from a retrograde repetition of the first

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