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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. Photographs now impose standards of art, culture, and ________ in the world, according to this chapter.
(a) Identity.
(b) Honor.
(c) Patriotism.
(d) Innovation.

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

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

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

5. Sontag defines photography as an aid to ______________ in the opening chapter.
(a) Children.
(b) Criminal activity.
(c) The underworld.
(d) Masturbation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Camera use is especially pronounced in tourists who come from cultures that stress activity and ______________.

2. Photography has made the world unable to perceive the _________ beyond the photograph, according to Sontag.

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

4. What was the name of the story to which the name of this chapter refers?

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

(see the answer key)

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