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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through In Plato's Cave.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The prisoners in the cave see only shadows, and thus believe those shadows are the totality of ____________.
(a) Their days.
(b) Their food.
(c) Reality.
(d) Their families.

2. Eventually, according to this chapter, _______________ will be photographed.
(a) The world's darkness.
(b) All humans.
(c) Everything.
(d) Nothing.

3. Photographs appropriate place and identity by the act of _________ reproduction, according to Sontag.
(a) Proper.
(b) Truthful.
(c) Sharp.
(d) Mimetic.

4. According to Sontag, photographs are held to be definitive ___________, though Sontag does not support this idea with facts.
(a) Measurement.
(b) Diction.
(c) Power.
(d) Evidence.

5. A photograph seems to be taken in order to guarantee that the event has actually ___________.
(a) Begun.
(b) Transpired.
(c) Been a success.
(d) Touched others in the event.

Short Answer Questions

1. Photography also establishes what is allowable as an object of ____________, according to Sontag.

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

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

4. The camera's drive toward enabling _______________ use promotes the use of photography as a means of pornography.

5. Photography has made the world unable to perceive the _________ beyond the photograph, according to Sontag.

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