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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Photographs cannot ___________ of something and are therefore obviously reproductive or mimetic.
(a) Simply be.
(b) Ignore the rules.
(c) Not be.
(d) Understand the truth.

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

3. "_______- proud hosts may well pull out photographs of the place to show visitors how really splendid it is."
(a) Wealth.
(b) School.
(c) Family.
(d) Baby.

4. Sontag says that some artists ___________ for the express purpose of having it photographed.
(a) Create their work.
(b) Use cameras.
(c) Sculpt in bronze and plaster.
(d) Go back to school.

5. What picture of Steichen's was composed of portraiture that showed the universal in the individual?
(a) Family of All.
(b) Family of Man.
(c) Family of One.
(d) Family of the Universal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Photographs are presented as sophisticated ____________, though they are made with little more than a click of a button.

2. Surrealism is like a _____________ because it can't make anything new - it can only judge the past.

3. Edward Steichen photographed __________ objects to demonstrate technique and insight within photography.

4. In his photographs, Steichen gave ___________ material importance according to Sontag.

5. Camera use is especially pronounced in tourists who come from cultures that stress activity and ______________.

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