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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through In Plato's Cave.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year was photography invented, according to Sontag's research as outlined in this book?
(a) 1828.
(b) 1839.
(c) 1818.
(d) 1812.

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

4. Photographs now impose standards of art, culture, and ________ in the world, according to this chapter.
(a) Honor.
(b) Innovation.
(c) Identity.
(d) Patriotism.

5. Photographs also warp our sense of _________ as they are always minute in comparison to the real object.
(a) Value.
(b) Reality.
(c) Scale.
(d) Color.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. A photograph can only convey ____________of something, but gives no real information about the subject.

3. Photographs do not create ___________ but they reinforce existing morality, according to Sontag.

4. Photography often makes the photographer incapable of _____________ - one can either document or do something else.

5. The cave allegory speaks of __________ chained to a wall within the story itself.

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