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

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

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

4. Photography makes a compassionate response to presented images ________________.
(a) Positive.
(b) Modern.
(c) Obscure.
(d) Irrelevant.

5. Diane Arbus is discussed as having been one to photograph the ____________ of society.
(a) Ignored.
(b) Dark corners.
(c) Rich.
(d) Freaks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Camera use is especially pronounced in tourists who come from cultures that stress activity and ______________.

2. In what year was photography invented, according to Sontag's research as outlined in this book?

3. Whitman strove to argue that the world should be seen as a ______________ whole, welded together.

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

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

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