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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Heroism of Vision.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of photographer is interested in the picturesque when he/she is taking photographs?
(a) American.
(b) European.
(c) South American.
(d) African.

2. As the text says, "Hobbesian man roams the streets, quite visible, with ____________ in his hair."
(a) Glitter.
(b) Blood.
(c) Lace.
(d) A ribbon.

3. In what year was photography invented, according to Sontag's research as outlined in this book?
(a) 1828.
(b) 1839.
(c) 1812.
(d) 1818.

4. Some photographers are ___________, seeking to document and visually examine the world.
(a) Teachers.
(b) Scientists.
(c) Students.
(d) Moralists.

5. In relation to sexuality, the very act of photography infers a perverse ________________.
(a) Permission.
(b) Naughtiness.
(c) Fetishism.
(d) Enjoyment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Photographs now impose standards of art, culture, and ________ in the world, according to this chapter.

2. The art of taking documentary photographs instead of helping a situation is a tacit ____________ that whatever is going on should keep on happening.

3. The surrealist movement courts _________ and incongruous juxtaposition in its use.

4. Photographers sought to illustrate ____________in discord, or a polity among banal and trivial subjects.

5. Photographs also warp our sense of _________ as they are always minute in comparison to the real object.

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