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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Image-World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the conventional wisdom right now, only beautiful things are ______________.
(a) True.
(b) Photographed.
(c) Necessary.
(d) Honest.

2. Photography also establishes what is allowable as an object of ____________, according to Sontag.
(a) Worth.
(b) Inspection.
(c) Pity.
(d) Deity.

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

4. What is NOT one of the things that the Chinese expect from photography, which can cause a disconnect?
(a) Fast camera motion.
(b) Healthy topics.
(c) Logical transitions.
(d) Posed scenes.

5. Painting is usually done of ________ subjects, while photography uses different subjects in its frames.
(a) Ugly.
(b) Pretty.
(c) Animal.
(d) Invisible.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the text says, "Hobbesian man roams the streets, quite visible, with ____________ in his hair."

2. _____________ were circulated condemning the film as a gross mischaracterization of China and the Chinese.

3. The film director also focused on the most often ____________ features of Chinese life which were also humanizing.

4. The real problem with bringing ________ photographs into mainstream is a procedure which contradicts the nature of most photographs.

5. Photography often makes the photographer incapable of _____________ - one can either document or do something else.

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