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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 also warp our sense of _________ as they are always minute in comparison to the real object.
(a) Scale.
(b) Reality.
(c) Value.
(d) Color.

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

3. In what year was photography invented, according to Sontag's research as outlined in this book?
(a) 1839.
(b) 1828.
(c) 1818.
(d) 1812.

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

5. What was the name of the story to which the name of this chapter refers?
(a) The Republic of Plato.
(b) Plato's Cave.
(c) The Loyalty of Plato.
(d) Plato's Republic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Photography seems to establish what is worth __________ and what should be in a photograph.

2. Photography also establishes what is allowable as an object of ____________, according to Sontag.

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

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

5. Photographs appropriate place and identity by the act of _________ reproduction, according to Sontag.

(see the answer key)

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