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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. __________ is difficult, tedious, and performed by skilled experts, according to Sontag in this book.
(a) Painting.
(b) Photography.
(c) Carving.
(d) Sculpting.

2. The __________ are not the same between painting and photography, though the devotion may be.
(a) Values.
(b) Subjects.
(c) Outcomes.
(d) Intentions.

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

4. Whitman strove to argue that the world should be seen as a ______________ whole, welded together.
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Homogeneous.
(c) Hand-holding.
(d) Heterogeneous.

5. Photographs also warp our sense of _________ as they are always minute in comparison to the real object.
(a) Scale.
(b) Reality.
(c) Value.
(d) Color.

Short Answer Questions

1. The photographic __________ need not capture or immortalize transient defects, as it was now seen in society.

2. Photographs now impose standards of art, culture, and ________ in the world, according to this chapter.

3. Eventually, according to this chapter, _______________ will be photographed.

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

5. Some photographers are _________, seeking to clarify or to identify a world vision.

(see the answer key)

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