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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. At times in the photography movement, the __________ is considered important while at other times it is not.
(a) Placement.
(b) Photographer.
(c) Sunshine.
(d) Subject.

5. Arbus simply strove to present the subjects of her photographs as ____________ to the viewers.
(a) Freaks.
(b) Scary.
(c) Deadly.
(d) Normal.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the things that Sontag reminds the reader is that Surrealism is not a __________ art form.

2. ___________ often reveal beauty that is not normally seen, according to Sontag in this chapter.

3. Surrealism seeks to document and to reconnoiter ___________, much in the same way that photography does.

4. The real problem with bringing ________ photographs into mainstream is a procedure which contradicts the nature of most photographs.

5. Some champion total self ____________ for the photographer in order to capture subjects in the way that makes sense for an audience.

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