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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the largest collection photographic project take place with the help of the FSA?
(a) 1890.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1828.
(d) 1935.

2. Photography allows all of the goals of surrealism to conflate into a _________ art, according to Sontag.
(a) Understanding.
(b) Universal.
(c) Mimetic.
(d) Fine.

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

4. Surrealism, like photography, seeks to look at ___________ objects, according to those who deem them so.
(a) Useful.
(b) Dark.
(c) Dramatic.
(d) Important.

5. The camera can be used to intrude a form of _______ into leisure, within some cultures.
(a) Boredom.
(b) Achievement.
(c) Measurment.
(d) Work.

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

7. According to Sontag, photographs are held to be definitive ___________, though Sontag does not support this idea with facts.
(a) Power.
(b) Evidence.
(c) Diction.
(d) Measurement.

8. What kind of photographer is interested in the picturesque when he/she is taking photographs?
(a) South American.
(b) African.
(c) American.
(d) European.

9. 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.

10. In relation to sexuality, the very act of photography infers a perverse ________________.
(a) Permission.
(b) Fetishism.
(c) Naughtiness.
(d) Enjoyment.

11. Photography often makes the photographer incapable of _____________ - one can either document or do something else.
(a) Committment.
(b) Intervention.
(c) Closing their eyes.
(d) Feeling.

12. What are the shadows in the cave shadows of, according to the book?
(a) Colors.
(b) Real objects.
(c) Faith.
(d) Dragons.

13. Edward Steichen photographed __________ objects to demonstrate technique and insight within photography.
(a) Vapid.
(b) Moving.
(c) Still.
(d) Normal.

14. The art of taking documentary photographs instead of helping a situation is a tacit ____________ that whatever is going on should keep on happening.
(a) Joy.
(b) Permission.
(c) Encouragement.
(d) Denial.

15. Arbus admitted to the fact that her own work violated her own ______________ because of its content.
(a) Rules.
(b) Innocence.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Morals.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whitman's idea was to look beyond the idea of __________ and of ugliness to see more in the world.

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

4. Photographs also warp our sense of _________ as they are always minute in comparison to the real object.

5. Photography makes a compassionate response to presented images ________________.

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