On Photography Test | Final Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Some theorize that the practice of photography allows the disclosure of a ___________ truth.
(a) Ugly.
(b) Blanketed.
(c) Hidden.
(d) Naked.

2. Although one cannot possess all of _____________, one can possess images.
(a) The family.
(b) Reality.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Truth.

3. Photographs in China are seen as another extension of _____________, which is why the film was misunderstood.
(a) Morality.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Cover-up.
(d) Military involvement.

4. In China, photography is subsumed by the state _______________ apparatus, according to the book's findings.
(a) Government.
(b) Propaganda.
(c) Christian.
(d) Moral.

5. According to the beginning of this chapter, photographs discover ___________.
(a) Innocence.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Truth.
(d) Peace.

6. "Despite the efforts of contemporary photographers to exorcise the _____________, something lingers."
(a) Ordinary.
(b) Abstract.
(c) Specter of art.
(d) Demons.

7. The very act of ____________ something new casts it as something new and beautiful.
(a) Naming.
(b) Photographing.
(c) Finding.
(d) Exposing.

8. To what is photography continuously compared within the chapters of the book?
(a) Sculpting.
(b) Painting.
(c) Carving.
(d) Stage plays.

9. In a sense, according to Sontag, photography actually helps to ____________ beauty as society defines it.
(a) Document.
(b) Understand.
(c) Manufacture.
(d) Clean up.

10. Sontag seems stereotype inscrutable Chinese values, smacking of the anti-Chinese ____________ in her time.
(a) Understanding.
(b) Rhetoric.
(c) Movement.
(d) Feelings.

11. A photograph is reliable as it is contrived through a __________, hence putatively reliable, process.
(a) Mechanical.
(b) Solid.
(c) Technological.
(d) Effective.

12. Many people fear being photographed because they fear the camera's ___________ of their looks.
(a) Disapproval.
(b) Destroying.
(c) Misunderstanding.
(d) Capturing.

13. Balzac was one of many philosophers who believed that photographs are somehow permanently invasive of the process of ________.
(a) Reality.
(b) Experience.
(c) Truth.
(d) Discovery.

14. Photographs present the real, but it is a ________ real of acquisition via mechanical duplication, according to the chapter.
(a) Sham.
(b) Darker.
(c) Weak.
(d) Truthful.

15. The main question becomes whether photography is a high art or if it is merely a __________ reproduction by a machine.
(a) Surrealistic.
(b) Real.
(c) Documentary.
(d) Truthful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chinese tastes favor well-______________ presentations within photography, according to the book.

2. As a new art, photography constantly undergoes constant __________ as it must always be innovative.

3. Within photography have also been loosely organized __________, though not as strong as painting has had.

4. The film director also focused on the most often ____________ features of Chinese life which were also humanizing.

5. Even though photographs are generally consistent, _________ tastes in photography exist and change over time.

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