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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through America, Seen Through Photographs, Darkly.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The cave allegory speaks of __________ chained to a wall within the story itself.
(a) Priests.
(b) Women.
(c) Prisoners.
(d) Children.

3. Photography seems to establish what is worth __________ and what should be in a photograph.
(a) Worship.
(b) Avoidance.
(c) Looking at.
(d) Money.

4. People with _________ are more likely to have cameras than people who do not have them.
(a) Children.
(b) Cars.
(c) Pets.
(d) Mothers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the story to which the name of this chapter refers?

2. What is the only thing the people in the cave who are chained to the wall can see?

3. What might separate the whole of humanity, according to Whitman in this chapter of this book?

4. _____________ often use cameras and practice photography as a method of certifying their travel experience.

5. A photograph can only convey ____________of something, but gives no real information about the subject.

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