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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. _____________ often use cameras and practice photography as a method of certifying their travel experience.
(a) Women.
(b) Tourists.
(c) Men.
(d) Children.

2. Photography also establishes what is allowable as an object of ____________, according to Sontag.
(a) Inspection.
(b) Deity.
(c) Worth.
(d) Pity.

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

4. The art of taking documentary photographs instead of helping a situation is a tacit ____________ that whatever is going on should keep on happening.
(a) Denial.
(b) Permission.
(c) Joy.
(d) Encouragement.

5. In relation to sexuality, the very act of photography infers a perverse ________________.
(a) Naughtiness.
(b) Permission.
(c) Enjoyment.
(d) Fetishism.

Short Answer Questions

1. In large measure, photography has replaced experiential interaction with __________, according to the book.

2. In what year was photography invented, according to Sontag's research as outlined in this book?

3. A photograph seems to be taken in order to guarantee that the event has actually ___________.

4. As a result of being considered to be documentation, photographs yield a _______ that no other art form can yield.

5. Eventually, according to this chapter, _______________ will be photographed.

(see the answer key)

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