Duchamp selected an ordinary object that was mass produced and asserted it as art, something he called _______.

a. an appropriation
b. a pictograph
c. a ready-made
d. an assemblage
e. a photomontage

c. a ready-made

a. Incorrect. These ordinary objects Duchamp used were not called appropriations.
b. Incorrect. These ordinary objects Duchamp used were not called pictographs.
c. Correct. These ordinary objects Duchamp used were called ready-mades.
d. Incorrect. These ordinary objects Duchamp used were not called assemblages.
e. Incorrect. These ordinary objects Duchamp used were not called photomontages.

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