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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Photographic Evangels.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Photographs are also displayed in ___________ as paintings are for others to see and to experience.
(a) Photo albums.
(b) Galleries.
(c) Banks.
(d) Schools.

2. In later times, photography came to be viewed as an art, then as a high art, and today it is esteemed as a modern __________.
(a) Rich art.
(b) High art.
(c) Young art.
(d) Travesty.

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

4. Even banal or vapid objects can be made _____________ by being photographed, according to this chapter.
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Truthful.
(c) Understood.
(d) Honest.

5. Most theories of art, according to Sontag, have only proven to be __________ in retrospect as well as in their own time.
(a) Worthless.
(b) Fads.
(c) Truths.
(d) Cutting edge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT one of the ways that surrealism is described by Sontag in this particular chapter?

2. The FSA program seems to indicate that when you photograph an object, you can _____________.

3. Like modern art, according to Sontag, photography lowers ___________ in those who view it.

4. One of the things that Sontag reminds the reader is that Surrealism is not a __________ art form.

5. Early in their history, photographs entered __________ where they were displayed in shows as were paintings.

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