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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Photographic Evangels.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who helped to lead the largest collective photographic project ever in the United States?
(a) Eleanor Roosevelt.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Roy Emerson Stryker.
(d) Woodrow Wilson.

2. __________ is difficult, tedious, and performed by skilled experts, according to Sontag in this book.
(a) Photography.
(b) Carving.
(c) Painting.
(d) Sculpting.

3. Photographs can mingle documentation with __________ rendering, according to Sontag in this chapter.
(a) Watery.
(b) Artistic.
(c) Just.
(d) Truthful.

4. The cave allegory speaks of __________ chained to a wall within the story itself.
(a) Children.
(b) Prisoners.
(c) Priests.
(d) Women.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whitman's idea was to look beyond the idea of __________ and of ugliness to see more in the world.

2. Many people fear being photographed because they fear the camera's ___________ of their looks.

3. Modern photography seems to admit that __________ is the sum total of all art in photography.

4. And others believe that all proficient photographers must metaphysically ________ the object which they are photographing.

5. Photography has made the world unable to perceive the _________ beyond the photograph, according to Sontag.

(see the answer key)

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