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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Diane Arbus is discussed as having been one to photograph the ____________ of society.
(a) Freaks.
(b) Rich.
(c) Dark corners.
(d) Ignored.

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

3. People with _________ are more likely to have cameras than people who do not have them.
(a) Cars.
(b) Children.
(c) Mothers.
(d) Pets.

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

5. Whitman sought in his work to find _____________ between the differences which exist.
(a) Identity.
(b) Community.
(c) Truth.
(d) Understanding.

6. What is NOT one of the groups of people that Arbus photographed during her career?
(a) Prostitutes.
(b) Lepers.
(c) Deformed.
(d) Insane.

7. What kind of takeover did photography's influence lead to, according to Sontag?
(a) Nihilist.
(b) Realist.
(c) Surrealist.
(d) Roptist.

8. Unlike what the previous parts of the chapter say, Sontag goes on to say that photography can inform ____________.
(a) Change.
(b) Morality.
(c) Truth.
(d) Government.

9. In what year was photography invented, according to Sontag's research as outlined in this book?
(a) 1818.
(b) 1812.
(c) 1839.
(d) 1828.

10. Camera use is especially pronounced in tourists who come from cultures that stress activity and ______________.
(a) Technology.
(b) Accomplishment.
(c) Committment.
(d) Art.

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

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

13. As a result of being considered to be documentation, photographs yield a _______ that no other art form can yield.
(a) Truth.
(b) Humor.
(c) Power.
(d) Veracity.

14. Eventually, according to this chapter, _______________ will be photographed.
(a) Everything.
(b) The world's darkness.
(c) Nothing.
(d) All humans.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. A photograph can only convey ____________of something, but gives no real information about the subject.

2. What was the name of the story to which the name of this chapter refers?

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

4. Photography is a ___________ experience because cameras are cheap, readily available, and easy to use.

5. What picture of Steichen's was composed of portraiture that showed the universal in the individual?

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