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Quiz for Primary Source 18.4: The Fashion Merchant

Question

1. Which of these best characterizes the relationship between the client and the fashion merchant?

Strictly economic

Strictly hierarchical

Intimate and collaborative

Formal and distant

Correct. The answer is c. The two women are engaged in close conversation over the relative merits of different items, suggesting an intimate and collaborative effort to achieve a fashionable look.

Incorrect. The answer is c. The two women are engaged in close conversation over the relative merits of different items, suggesting an intimate and collaborative effort to achieve a fashionable look.

Question

2. What major eighteenth-century trend is reflected in this painting?

The consumer revolution

Population growth

Globalization

Increasing secularism

Correct. The answer is a. The variety of goods offered to the client, along with her evident interest in them, reflect the consumer revolution of the eighteenth century.

Incorrect. The answer is a. The variety of goods offered to the client, along with her evident interest in them, reflect the consumer revolution of the eighteenth century.