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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Photographic Evangels.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The prisoners in the cave see only shadows, and thus believe those shadows are the totality of ____________.
(a) Their food.
(b) Reality.
(c) Their days.
(d) Their families.

2. ___________ often reveal beauty that is not normally seen, according to Sontag in this chapter.
(a) Frames.
(b) Film slides.
(c) Books.
(d) Cameras.

3. To what is photography continuously compared within the chapters of the book?
(a) Carving.
(b) Stage plays.
(c) Painting.
(d) Sculpting.

4. In later times, photography came to be viewed as an art, then as a high art, and today it is esteemed as a modern __________.
(a) Travesty.
(b) Rich art.
(c) Young art.
(d) High art.

5. Photography freed ____________ from the reproductive arts, according to Sontag's writing in this book.
(a) Stage plays.
(b) Painting.
(c) Sculpting.
(d) Carving.

Short Answer Questions

1. ________ Whitman is the focus of this chapter, even though he was not a photographer in his time.

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

3. Photography is a ___________ experience because cameras are cheap, readily available, and easy to use.

4. Some theorize that photography allows the artist to capture __________ during an off-guard moment.

5. The camera's drive toward enabling _______________ use promotes the use of photography as a means of pornography.

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