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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In his photographs, Steichen gave ___________ material importance according to Sontag.
(a) Disgusting.
(b) Dark.
(c) Irrelevant.
(d) Peaceful.

2. What was the profession or the career choice for Whitman during his time in the world?
(a) Chemical engineer.
(b) Poet.
(c) Novelist.
(d) President.

3. Whitman's idea was to look beyond the idea of __________ and of ugliness to see more in the world.
(a) Joy.
(b) Peace.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Understanding.

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

5. The camera can be used to intrude a form of _______ into leisure, within some cultures.
(a) Measurment.
(b) Achievement.
(c) Boredom.
(d) Work.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Photographs do not create ___________ but they reinforce existing morality, according to Sontag.

3. In large measure, photography has replaced experiential interaction with __________, according to the book.

4. Surrealism is bound by ________ and is dated in its contents, according to Sontag.

5. Photography presupposes that _____________ can be a comprehensible totality, according to Sontag.

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