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

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

3. What are the shadows in the cave shadows of, according to the book?
(a) Colors.
(b) Faith.
(c) Real objects.
(d) Dragons.

4. Photography idealizes subjects and makes ________ of people who are in the photographs.
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Objects.
(c) Scarecrows.
(d) Statues.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. _____________ often use cameras and practice photography as a method of certifying their travel experience.

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

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

(see the answer key)

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