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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At times in the photography movement, the __________ is considered important while at other times it is not.
(a) Photographer.
(b) Subject.
(c) Placement.
(d) Sunshine.

2. How do beautiful things begin to seem cliched and dull? Through their ____________, things become cliched.
(a) Colors.
(b) Subjects.
(c) Over exposure.
(d) Repetition.

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

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

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

6. Who is NOT one of the authors presented in the section about photography in the literary world?
(a) Marcel Proust.
(b) Herman Melville.
(c) Thomas Mann.
(d) William Shakespeare.

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

8. Cartier-Bresson, in the introduction of his book, justified his unwillingness to use _________ by citing technical limitations.
(a) Film.
(b) Digital cameras.
(c) Tripods.
(d) Color.

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

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

11. The film that Antonioni produced about the life of the Chinese was not shown in China until _____________.
(a) 2005.
(b) 1999.
(c) 2004.
(d) 2001.

12. Most - nearly all - __________ images are photographs, according to Sontag's findings.
(a) Authoritative.
(b) Great.
(c) Surrealistic.
(d) Effective.

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

14. In a sense, according to Sontag, photography actually helps to ____________ beauty as society defines it.
(a) Manufacture.
(b) Document.
(c) Clean up.
(d) Understand.

15. Even though photographs are generally consistent, _________ tastes in photography exist and change over time.
(a) Public.
(b) Newspaper.
(c) Hotel.
(d) Critic.

Short Answer Questions

1. This chapter says that society seems to prefer ________ to things, and continues to repeat this idea throughout the text.

2. Or is photography a ________ using an incidentally mimetic process, as referenced by Sontag in the book?

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

4. Another method of falsifying photographs is to falsely __________ them, according to Sontag's findings.

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

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