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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. As the text says, "Hobbesian man roams the streets, quite visible, with ____________ in his hair."
(a) Blood.
(b) Glitter.
(c) A ribbon.
(d) Lace.

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

3. A photograph seems to be taken in order to guarantee that the event has actually ___________.
(a) Transpired.
(b) Touched others in the event.
(c) Begun.
(d) Been a success.

4. Edward Steichen photographed __________ objects to demonstrate technique and insight within photography.
(a) Vapid.
(b) Normal.
(c) Still.
(d) Moving.

5. Sontag defines photography as an aid to ______________ in the opening chapter.
(a) Masturbation.
(b) Children.
(c) Criminal activity.
(d) The underworld.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Sontag, photographs are held to be definitive ___________, though Sontag does not support this idea with facts.

2. Whitman believed humanity was welded together in _________________ instead of separated from each other.

3. ________ Whitman is the focus of this chapter, even though he was not a photographer in his time.

4. The camera's drive toward enabling _______________ use promotes the use of photography as a means of pornography.

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

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