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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) Album.
(b) Family.
(c) Landscape.
(d) Portrait.

2. Photography allows painting to focus on the purely __________ of the object being captured.
(a) Abstract.
(b) Unaware.
(c) Impressionistic.
(d) Dark.

3. In later times, photography came to be viewed as an art, then as a high art, and today it is esteemed as a modern __________.
(a) Travesty.
(b) High art.
(c) Rich art.
(d) Young art.

4. "Despite the efforts of contemporary photographers to exorcise the _____________, something lingers."
(a) Ordinary.
(b) Demons.
(c) Specter of art.
(d) Abstract.

5. The very act of ____________ something new casts it as something new and beautiful.
(a) Exposing.
(b) Naming.
(c) Finding.
(d) Photographing.

6. Even banal or vapid objects can be made _____________ by being photographed, according to this chapter.
(a) Understood.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Honest.
(d) Truthful.

7. In China, photography is subsumed by the state _______________ apparatus, according to the book's findings.
(a) Moral.
(b) Government.
(c) Christian.
(d) Propaganda.

8. Who was rendered with Antonioni's typical flair and technique, featuring long shots, close-ups, jarring juxtaposition, and a focus on the ordinary?
(a) Chang Kon.
(b) Ching Kon.
(c) Chung Koan.
(d) Chung Kuo.

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

10. Photographs are presented as sophisticated ____________, though they are made with little more than a click of a button.
(a) Sculptures.
(b) Masterpieces.
(c) Renditions.
(d) Frames.

11. _____________ were circulated condemning the film as a gross mischaracterization of China and the Chinese.
(a) Phone calls.
(b) Emails.
(c) Pamplets.
(d) Letters.

12. Who invited Antonioni to make a film about the Chinese life and its culture?
(a) Chinese government.
(b) No one.
(c) United States government.
(d) Italian government.

13. What kind of film did Antonioni make about the Chinese culture and family life?
(a) Action.
(b) Documentary.
(c) Comedy.
(d) Drama.

14. Balzac was one of many philosophers who believed that photographs are somehow permanently invasive of the process of ________.
(a) Reality.
(b) Experience.
(c) Truth.
(d) Discovery.

15. Within photography have also been loosely organized __________, though not as strong as painting has had.
(a) Communes.
(b) Schools.
(c) Cults.
(d) Trends.

Short Answer Questions

1. The collection of photographs is carried to the extreme in ____________, where these images are horded.

2. Photographs are clearly superior at recording information in comparison to __________.

3. Photography is published in books with _______ of white space and precise layouts, making it seem artistic.

4. Photographs are also displayed in ___________ as paintings are for others to see and to experience.

5. In a sense, according to Sontag, photography actually helps to ____________ beauty as society defines it.

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