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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the largest collection photographic project take place with the help of the FSA?
(a) 1828.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1935.

2. Arbus simply strove to present the subjects of her photographs as ____________ to the viewers.
(a) Normal.
(b) Freaks.
(c) Scary.
(d) Deadly.

3. The FSA program seems to indicate that when you photograph an object, you can _____________.
(a) Expose it.
(b) Understand it.
(c) Believe in it.
(d) Change it.

4. According to Sontag, photographs are held to be definitive ___________, though Sontag does not support this idea with facts.
(a) Diction.
(b) Measurement.
(c) Power.
(d) Evidence.

5. Or is photography a ________ using an incidentally mimetic process, as referenced by Sontag in the book?
(a) High art.
(b) Truth telling.
(c) Forgery.
(d) Assembly line.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of takeover did photography's influence lead to, according to Sontag?

2. As a new art, photography constantly undergoes constant __________ as it must always be innovative.

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

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

5. Photography has become a bit of a surrealist art, not a/an __________ art, but close to it, according to Sontag.

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