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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Painting allows for __________ vision, while photography does not require this sort of vision.
(a) Dissociative.
(b) Artisitic.
(c) Clear.
(d) Honest.

2. Some theorize that the practice of photography allows the disclosure of a ___________ truth.
(a) Blanketed.
(b) Hidden.
(c) Naked.
(d) Ugly.

3. The real problem with bringing ________ photographs into mainstream is a procedure which contradicts the nature of most photographs.
(a) Terrific.
(b) Functional.
(c) Impressionistic.
(d) Bad.

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

5. Some champion total self ____________ for the photographer in order to capture subjects in the way that makes sense for an audience.
(a) Understanding.
(b) Aggrandizement.
(c) Effacement.
(d) Control.

6. Photography is published in books with _______ of white space and precise layouts, making it seem artistic.
(a) Images.
(b) Frames.
(c) Backgrounds.
(d) Spaces.

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

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

9. Many people fear being photographed because they fear the camera's ___________ of their looks.
(a) Disapproval.
(b) Capturing.
(c) Destroying.
(d) Misunderstanding.

10. Painting is usually done of ________ subjects, while photography uses different subjects in its frames.
(a) Ugly.
(b) Invisible.
(c) Animal.
(d) Pretty.

11. What is NOT one of the things which helped to give photography a boost in popularity when it was discovered these things could be done?
(a) Altering.
(b) Burning.
(c) Tampering.
(d) Retouching.

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

13. Some theorize that photography allows the artist to capture __________ during an off-guard moment.
(a) Evil.
(b) Goodness.
(c) Truth.
(d) Reality.

14. Most theories of art, according to Sontag, have only proven to be __________ in retrospect as well as in their own time.
(a) Cutting edge.
(b) Fads.
(c) Truths.
(d) Worthless.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Photographs cannot ___________ of something and are therefore obviously reproductive or mimetic.

2. A photograph is reliable as it is contrived through a __________, hence putatively reliable, process.

3. Modern photography seems to admit that __________ is the sum total of all art in photography.

4. Photographs present the real, but it is a ________ real of acquisition via mechanical duplication, according to the chapter.

5. What art has had to struggle to become a high art, though others have not had to work as hard to get to that title?

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