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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The photographic __________ need not capture or immortalize transient defects, as it was now seen in society.
(a) Portrait.
(b) Landscape.
(c) Family.
(d) Album.

2. Just like painting and other forms of art, photography has had various ____________.
(a) Authors.
(b) Critics.
(c) Innovations.
(d) Movements.

3. In general, modern photography claims that the ___________ is irrelevant within the picture's creation.
(a) Photographer.
(b) Structure.
(c) Alignment.
(d) Subject.

4. The main question becomes whether photography is a high art or if it is merely a __________ reproduction by a machine.
(a) Surrealistic.
(b) Real.
(c) Documentary.
(d) Truthful.

5. This chapter says that society seems to prefer ________ to things, and continues to repeat this idea throughout the text.
(a) Photographers.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Ideas.
(d) Images.

6. Modern photography seems to admit that __________ is the sum total of all art in photography.
(a) Structure.
(b) Alignment.
(c) Approach.
(d) Technique.

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

8. According to the beginning of this chapter, photographs discover ___________.
(a) Beauty.
(b) Truth.
(c) Innocence.
(d) Peace.

9. Although one cannot possess all of _____________, one can possess images.
(a) The family.
(b) Reality.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Truth.

10. Photographs make ____________ safe and concrete, according to Sontag. Some prefer photographs to reality.
(a) Reality.
(b) Women.
(c) Men.
(d) Traveling.

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

12. Chinese tastes favor well-______________ presentations within photography, according to the book.
(a) Honored.
(b) Discussed.
(c) Celebrated.
(d) Centered.

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

14. Many tribes view the act of taking pictures of something or of someone as ______________.
(a) Soul stealing.
(b) Evil.
(c) Truthful.
(d) Unnecessary.

15. The __________ are not the same between painting and photography, though the devotion may be.
(a) Subjects.
(b) Intentions.
(c) Values.
(d) Outcomes.

Short Answer Questions

1. _____________ is easy, rapid, and can be performed by just about anyone, according to Sontag.

2. In China, photography is subsumed by the state _______________ apparatus, according to the book's findings.

3. "Despite the efforts of contemporary photographers to exorcise the _____________, something lingers."

4. Balzac was one of many philosophers who believed that photographs are somehow permanently invasive of the process of ________.

5. Collecting photographs is easy. What is NOT one of the reasons for the ease of collecting photographs, according to this chapter?

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