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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. As a result of being considered to be documentation, photographs yield a _______ that no other art form can yield.
(a) Truth.
(b) Veracity.
(c) Humor.
(d) Power.

3. What is the only thing the people in the cave who are chained to the wall can see?
(a) Blackness.
(b) Nothing.
(c) White.
(d) Shadows.

4. Camera use is especially pronounced in tourists who come from cultures that stress activity and ______________.
(a) Accomplishment.
(b) Committment.
(c) Art.
(d) Technology.

5. Photography is a ___________ experience because cameras are cheap, readily available, and easy to use.
(a) Younger.
(b) Rich.
(c) Democratizing.
(d) Powerful.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In relation to sexuality, the very act of photography infers a perverse ________________.

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

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

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