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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. Whitman's idea was to look beyond the idea of __________ and of ugliness to see more in the world.
(a) Peace.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Joy.
(d) Understanding.

2. Some photographers are ___________, seeking to document and visually examine the world.
(a) Students.
(b) Moralists.
(c) Scientists.
(d) Teachers.

3. Like surrealism, photography is often about ________ poverty and wealth in its contents or its themes.
(a) Duly earned.
(b) Abject.
(c) Extreme.
(d) True.

4. Like modern art, according to Sontag, photography lowers ___________ in those who view it.
(a) Understanding.
(b) Sensitivities.
(c) Trust.
(d) Inhibitions.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Painting allows for __________ vision, while photography does not require this sort of vision.

2. Photography allows all of the goals of surrealism to conflate into a _________ art, according to Sontag.

3. Photographs become ______________; they record the injuries time does to objects.

4. What is the only thing the people in the cave who are chained to the wall can see?

5. Arbus simply strove to present the subjects of her photographs as ____________ to the viewers.

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