View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT one of the ways that surrealism is described by Sontag in this particular chapter?
(a) Irrational.
(b) Anecdotal.
(c) Dated.
(d) Joyful.

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

3. According to Sontag, photographs are held to be definitive ___________, though Sontag does not support this idea with facts.
(a) Evidence.
(b) Diction.
(c) Measurement.
(d) Power.

4. In 1839, photography was briefly attacked as something ___________ and disgraceful, according to the book.
(a) Immoral.
(b) Unnatural.
(c) Dense.
(d) Evil.

5. Photographs are also displayed in ___________ as paintings are for others to see and to experience.
(a) Photo albums.
(b) Schools.
(c) Galleries.
(d) Banks.

Short Answer Questions

1. __________ is difficult, tedious, and performed by skilled experts, according to Sontag in this book.

2. Photography makes a compassionate response to presented images ________________.

3. With the help of captions, photographs can be made to speak, but the caption is obviously ____________.

4. What is NOT one of the things Sontag points out that photography seeks to look at?

5. At times in the photography movement, the __________ is considered important while at other times it is not.

(see the answer key)

This section contains 189 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample