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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of takeover did photography's influence lead to, according to Sontag?
(a) Realist.
(b) Surrealist.
(c) Roptist.
(d) Nihilist.

2. One of the things that Sontag reminds the reader is that Surrealism is not a __________ art form.
(a) Honest.
(b) Scattered.
(c) Universal.
(d) Peaceful.

3. The cave allegory speaks of __________ chained to a wall within the story itself.
(a) Priests.
(b) Prisoners.
(c) Children.
(d) Women.

4. What was the name of the story to which the name of this chapter refers?
(a) The Republic of Plato.
(b) Plato's Cave.
(c) Plato's Republic.
(d) The Loyalty of Plato.

5. The prisoners in the cave see only shadows, and thus believe those shadows are the totality of ____________.
(a) Reality.
(b) Their food.
(c) Their days.
(d) Their families.

Short Answer Questions

1. Edward Steichen photographed __________ objects to demonstrate technique and insight within photography.

2. Arbus made everybody look ________________ when she took her photographs.

3. Photographs now impose standards of art, culture, and ________ in the world, according to this chapter.

4. Unlike what the previous parts of the chapter say, Sontag goes on to say that photography can inform ____________.

5. A photograph seems to be taken in order to guarantee that the event has actually ___________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the title of this particular chapter of this Susan Sontag book?

2. What are the ways in which an American photographer and a European photographer differ?

3. Why is it unusual to include writing about Walt Whitman in a book about photography?

4. What did Edward Steichen photograph in order to show that objects aren't always as simple as they appear?

5. Why is photography a democratizing experience, according to Sontag in this particular chapter of the book?

6. On what other artistic areas does photography impose standards according to Sontag in this chapter?

7. How did Whitman want to see society as a whole, according to Sontag's writings in this chapter?

8. What kind of art does Sontag believe photography has become, according to the text in this chapter?

9. How does photography encourage voyeurism in those who look at photographs?

10. What was the goal of the Farm Service Administration photographic project in 1935 as described in this chapter?

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