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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. Photography has made the world unable to perceive the _________ beyond the photograph, according to Sontag.
(a) Land.
(b) Colors.
(c) Emotions.
(d) Real world.

2. The prisoners in the cave see only shadows, and thus believe those shadows are the totality of ____________.
(a) Their food.
(b) Their families.
(c) Their days.
(d) Reality.

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

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

5. A photograph can only convey ____________of something, but gives no real information about the subject.
(a) A sense.
(b) A word.
(c) A picture.
(d) A shape.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The art of taking documentary photographs instead of helping a situation is a tacit ____________ that whatever is going on should keep on happening.

3. Photographs also warp our sense of _________ as they are always minute in comparison to the real object.

4. What is the only thing the people in the cave who are chained to the wall can see?

5. Photography idealizes subjects and makes ________ of people who are in the photographs.

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