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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The Chinese government denounced Antonioni's film as anti-Chinese and anti-___________.
(a) Pornography.
(b) Democratic.
(c) Communist.
(d) Artistic.

3. The overall discussion in this chapter is that on some level, in photography, images are or supersede __________.
(a) God.
(b) Reality.
(c) Darkness.
(d) Truth.

4. In general, modern photography claims that the ___________ is irrelevant within the picture's creation.
(a) Structure.
(b) Subject.
(c) Photographer.
(d) Alignment.

5. Yet, photographs ________ what we often see more, according to the chapter.
(a) "Understand."
(b) "See."
(c) "Listen to."
(d) "Believe."

6. A photograph is reliable as it is contrived through a __________, hence putatively reliable, process.
(a) Solid.
(b) Mechanical.
(c) Effective.
(d) Technological.

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

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

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

10. As a new art, photography constantly undergoes constant __________ as it must always be innovative.
(a) Framing.
(b) Revision.
(c) Technological advances.
(d) Exposure.

11. Photographs can mingle documentation with __________ rendering, according to Sontag in this chapter.
(a) Truthful.
(b) Watery.
(c) Artistic.
(d) Just.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Early in their history, photographs entered __________ where they were displayed in shows as were paintings.

2. Most continue to claim that photography is entirely _________, according to the research of Sontag.

3. What kind of film did Antonioni make about the Chinese culture and family life?

4. Sontag seems stereotype inscrutable Chinese values, smacking of the anti-Chinese ____________ in her time.

5. The film director also focused on the most often ____________ features of Chinese life which were also humanizing.

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