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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through America, Seen Through Photographs, Darkly.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ________ Whitman is the focus of this chapter, even though he was not a photographer in his time.
(a) Walt.
(b) Terrence.
(c) Phillip.
(d) Joe.

2. The camera's drive toward enabling _______________ use promotes the use of photography as a means of pornography.
(a) Untrained.
(b) Silly.
(c) Darkened.
(d) Illegal.

3. _____________ often use cameras and practice photography as a method of certifying their travel experience.
(a) Men.
(b) Tourists.
(c) Children.
(d) Women.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. To Whitman, the ___________ was important and it was critical to accept this truth.

4. The camera can be used to intrude a form of _______ into leisure, within some cultures.

5. Diane Arbus is discussed as having been one to photograph the ____________ of society.

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