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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. Unlike what the previous parts of the chapter say, Sontag goes on to say that photography can inform ____________.
(a) Truth.
(b) Change.
(c) Government.
(d) Morality.

2. 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.

3. Arbus presented her subjects as ______________ who were a part of the universal, the opposite of Whitman's ideas.
(a) Freaks.
(b) Groups.
(c) Individuals.
(d) Families.

4. Whitman's view was challenged and entirely defeated mostly by accident by ________________.
(a) Mirrors.
(b) Photography.
(c) Government.
(d) Laws.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. A photograph seems to be taken in order to guarantee that the event has actually ___________.

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

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

4. Photography enjoyed a boost when the public learned that photographs could be ______________.

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

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