View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Paintings, however accurate or realistic, are not the object, but a ___________ of that object.
(a) Shadow.
(b) Guess.
(c) Design.
(d) Rendering.

3. Some cultures feel that the image is in fact part of the _________, according to this chapter of the book.
(a) Future.
(b) Past.
(c) Real.
(d) Truth.

4. Some theorize that the practice of photography allows the disclosure of a ___________ truth.
(a) Ugly.
(b) Naked.
(c) Blanketed.
(d) Hidden.

5. In his photographs, Steichen gave ___________ material importance according to Sontag.
(a) Irrelevant.
(b) Disgusting.
(c) Dark.
(d) Peaceful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whitman strove to argue that the world should be seen as a ______________ whole, welded together.

2. Like modern art, according to Sontag, photography lowers ___________ in those who view it.

3. An audience cares about the subject being photographed, yet wants little to do with the _______________.

4. Photography requires dissociative __________ when the person is photographing an item or object.

5. What is the question plaguing most photographic theory of the 1970s, according to Sontag in this chapter?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 192 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample