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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Melancholy Objects.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Photographs do not create ___________ but they reinforce existing morality, according to Sontag.
(a) Morals.
(b) Laws.
(c) Ideas.
(d) Rules.

2. Photography allows all of the goals of surrealism to conflate into a _________ art, according to Sontag.
(a) Fine.
(b) Mimetic.
(c) Universal.
(d) Understanding.

3. What kind of takeover did photography's influence lead to, according to Sontag?
(a) Realist.
(b) Nihilist.
(c) Roptist.
(d) Surrealist.

4. Whose technique is considered to be impeccable, according to this chapter of the book?
(a) Whitman.
(b) Stieglitz.
(c) Steichen.
(d) Arbus.

5. Some photographers are _________, seeking to clarify or to identify a world vision.
(a) Teachers.
(b) Moralists.
(c) Students.
(d) Scientists.

Short Answer Questions

1. Eventually, according to this chapter, _______________ will be photographed.

2. Photography makes a compassionate response to presented images ________________.

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

4. What are the shadows in the cave shadows of, according to the book?

5. Surrealism, like photography, seeks to look at ___________ objects, according to those who deem them so.

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