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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To Whitman, the ___________ was important and it was critical to accept this truth.
(a) Trivial.
(b) Forest.
(c) Darkness.
(d) Beauty.

2. Surrealism is like a _____________ because it can't make anything new - it can only judge the past.
(a) Power trip.
(b) Death trip.
(c) True ego.
(d) Wild ride.

3. A photograph seems to be taken in order to guarantee that the event has actually ___________.
(a) Touched others in the event.
(b) Transpired.
(c) Been a success.
(d) Begun.

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

5. Photography is a ___________ experience because cameras are cheap, readily available, and easy to use.
(a) Younger.
(b) Democratizing.
(c) Rich.
(d) Powerful.

6. The program with the FSA resulted in political and social _________ being placed on the rural poor.
(a) Pressure.
(b) Attention.
(c) Pity.
(d) Power.

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

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

9. Photography has made the world unable to perceive the _________ beyond the photograph, according to Sontag.
(a) Land.
(b) Colors.
(c) Real world.
(d) Emotions.

10. With the help of captions, photographs can be made to speak, but the caption is obviously ____________.
(a) Biased.
(b) Truthful.
(c) Judgemental.
(d) Artifice.

11. What was the profession or the career choice for Whitman during his time in the world?
(a) President.
(b) Chemical engineer.
(c) Novelist.
(d) Poet.

12. Photographs now impose standards of art, culture, and ________ in the world, according to this chapter.
(a) Honor.
(b) Innovation.
(c) Patriotism.
(d) Identity.

13. In large measure, photography has replaced experiential interaction with __________, according to the book.
(a) The world.
(b) God.
(c) The ether.
(d) True desire.

14. The camera's drive toward enabling _______________ use promotes the use of photography as a means of pornography.
(a) Darkened.
(b) Illegal.
(c) Silly.
(d) Untrained.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Photography idealizes subjects and makes ________ of people who are in the photographs.

2. What is NOT one of the groups of people that Arbus photographed during her career?

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

4. Whitman wanted people to begin to see that they needed to accept the _________ within the society.

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

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