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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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) Rich art.
(b) Young art.
(c) Travesty.
(d) High art.

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

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

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

9. Photographs in China are seen as another extension of _____________, which is why the film was misunderstood.
(a) Cover-up.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Military involvement.
(d) Morality.

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

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) Retouching.
(b) Tampering.
(c) Burning.
(d) Altering.

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

13. The collection of photographs is carried to the extreme in ____________, where these images are horded.
(a) Pornography.
(b) Tourism.
(c) Families.
(d) Magazines.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. ___________ often reveal beauty that is not normally seen, according to Sontag in this chapter.

3. However, photography can also make truly beautiful things seem _________, according to Sontag.

4. 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?

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

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