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

2. The camera can be used to intrude a form of _______ into leisure, within some cultures.
(a) Measurment.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Achievement.
(d) Work.

3. Photographs appropriate place and identity by the act of _________ reproduction, according to Sontag.
(a) Proper.
(b) Mimetic.
(c) Sharp.
(d) Truthful.

4. In large measure, photography has replaced experiential interaction with __________, according to the book.
(a) True desire.
(b) The ether.
(c) The world.
(d) God.

5. People with _________ are more likely to have cameras than people who do not have them.
(a) Children.
(b) Pets.
(c) Mothers.
(d) Cars.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Photographs now impose standards of art, culture, and ________ in the world, according to this chapter.

3. Sontag defines photography as an aid to ______________ in the opening chapter.

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

5. What are the shadows in the cave shadows of, according to the book?

(see the answer key)

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