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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Most continue to claim that photography is entirely _________, according to the research of Sontag.
(a) Truthful.
(b) Peaceful.
(c) Incomplete.
(d) Innocent.

3. It is __________ to distinguish one photographer's work from another, according to the opinion of Sontag.
(a) Unnecessary.
(b) Unrelated.
(c) Difficult.
(d) Easy.

4. Or is photography a ________ using an incidentally mimetic process, as referenced by Sontag in the book?
(a) Assembly line.
(b) Forgery.
(c) Truth telling.
(d) High art.

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

6. The film director also focused on the most often ____________ features of Chinese life which were also humanizing.
(a) Exciting.
(b) Banal.
(c) Funny.
(d) Violent.

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

8. Photographs are also displayed in ___________ as paintings are for others to see and to experience.
(a) Photo albums.
(b) Banks.
(c) Galleries.
(d) Schools.

9. Photographs cannot ___________ of something and are therefore obviously reproductive or mimetic.
(a) Not be.
(b) Simply be.
(c) Ignore the rules.
(d) Understand the truth.

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

11. An audience cares about the subject being photographed, yet wants little to do with the _______________.
(a) Gallery.
(b) Frame.
(c) Price.
(d) Photographer.

12. The question becomes whether photography is a ___________ process of documentation via machine, or not.
(a) Scientific.
(b) Honored.
(c) Truthful.
(d) Automatic.

13. Paintings, however accurate or realistic, are not the object, but a ___________ of that object.
(a) Shadow.
(b) Guess.
(c) Design.
(d) Rendering.

14. In 1839, photography was briefly attacked as something ___________ and disgraceful, according to the book.
(a) Evil.
(b) Immoral.
(c) Dense.
(d) Unnatural.

15. Both painting and photography share a devotion to traditional __________ within their finished pieces.
(a) Books.
(b) Drama.
(c) Subjects.
(d) Audiences.

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. In general, modern photography claims that the ___________ is irrelevant within the picture's creation.

4. The main question becomes whether photography is a high art or if it is merely a __________ reproduction by a machine.

5. The reaction to the film in China is illustrative of an essential ____________ difference in the way that photography is understood.

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