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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. Photography presupposes that _____________ can be a comprehensible totality, according to Sontag.
(a) Children.
(b) People.
(c) Reality.
(d) Nature.

2. Diane Arbus is discussed as having been one to photograph the ____________ of society.
(a) Dark corners.
(b) Freaks.
(c) Ignored.
(d) Rich.

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

4. Photographs can mingle documentation with __________ rendering, according to Sontag in this chapter.
(a) Truthful.
(b) Artistic.
(c) Watery.
(d) Just.

5. The FSA project took pictures of __________ groups living in rural areas and experiencing rural problems.
(a) Low income.
(b) Freak.
(c) Feral.
(d) High income.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was photography invented, according to Sontag's research as outlined in this book?

2. Who helped to lead the largest collective photographic project ever in the United States?

3. The art of taking documentary photographs instead of helping a situation is a tacit ____________ that whatever is going on should keep on happening.

4. What kind of photographer is interested in the awakening consciousness?

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

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