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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Despite the efforts of contemporary photographers to exorcise the _____________, something lingers."
(a) Ordinary.
(b) Abstract.
(c) Specter of art.
(d) Demons.

2. Photography allows all of the goals of surrealism to conflate into a _________ art, according to Sontag.
(a) Mimetic.
(b) Fine.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Universal.

3. Surrealism is bound by ________ and is dated in its contents, according to Sontag.
(a) Authors.
(b) Class.
(c) Frame.
(d) Art.

4. Most continue to claim that photography is entirely _________, according to the research of Sontag.
(a) Innocent.
(b) Incomplete.
(c) Peaceful.
(d) Truthful.

5. Whitman believed humanity was welded together in _________________ instead of separated from each other.
(a) Commonality.
(b) Truth.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Peace.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With the help of captions, photographs can be made to speak, but the caption is obviously ____________.

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

4. ___________ often reveal beauty that is not normally seen, according to Sontag in this chapter.

5. Arbus took some pictures of 'normal' people, but contrived the pictures to make them look _____________.

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