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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Heroism of Vision.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Sontag, photographs are held to be definitive ___________, though Sontag does not support this idea with facts.
(a) Measurement.
(b) Power.
(c) Evidence.
(d) Diction.

3. What did the acronym FSA stand for in relation to the most ambitious collection photographic project?
(a) Farm Service Association.
(b) Farm Security Administration.
(c) Farm Settler Administration.
(d) Farm Service Administration.

4. What art has had to struggle to become a high art, though others have not had to work as hard to get to that title?
(a) Photography.
(b) Painting.
(c) Carving.
(d) Sculpting.

5. Whitman sought in his work to find _____________ between the differences which exist.
(a) Community.
(b) Truth.
(c) Identity.
(d) Understanding.

Short Answer Questions

1. With the help of captions, photographs can be made to speak, but the caption is obviously ____________.

2. Another method of falsifying photographs is to falsely __________ them, according to Sontag's findings.

3. The cave allegory speaks of __________ chained to a wall within the story itself.

4. _____________ is easy, rapid, and can be performed by just about anyone, according to Sontag.

5. American photographers feel the country is simply too _______ to be understood - instead it must simply be catalogued.

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