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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. Collecting photographs is easy. What is NOT one of the reasons for the ease of collecting photographs, according to this chapter?
(a) They are durable.
(b) They can be stored on a computer.
(c) They are easily transportable.
(d) They are small.

2. _____________ is easy, rapid, and can be performed by just about anyone, according to Sontag.
(a) Carving.
(b) Painting.
(c) Sculpting.
(d) Photography.

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

4. To what is photography continuously compared within the chapters of the book?
(a) Carving.
(b) Sculpting.
(c) Painting.
(d) Stage plays.

5. Early in their history, photographs entered __________ where they were displayed in shows as were paintings.
(a) Schools.
(b) Grocery stores.
(c) Hotels.
(d) Museums.

Short Answer Questions

1. Photographs are presented as sophisticated ____________, though they are made with little more than a click of a button.

2. Painting is usually done of ________ subjects, while photography uses different subjects in its frames.

3. In later times, photography came to be viewed as an art, then as a high art, and today it is esteemed as a modern __________.

4. Photography allows painting to focus on the purely __________ of the object being captured.

5. The real problem with bringing ________ photographs into mainstream is a procedure which contradicts the nature of most photographs.

Short Essay Questions

1. In 1839, why was photography briefly attacked by those in society, according to the history lessons of this chapter?

2. In order to avoid the over-exposure of beautiful things, what becomes necessary in relation to beauty?

3. Why is a photograph of an object a more reliable way of looking at an object, according to the text in this chapter?

4. Why did photography enjoy a sudden burst in popularity, according to the text in this chapter?

5. What do some theories speculate that photography allows the artist to capture when they are taking the photograph?

6. How are photographs presented as art in the modern society, according to this chapter of the book?

7. Why is it so simple for people in society to collect photographs, according to the text in this chapter?

8. What do some primitive tribes think about the idea of taking pictures of other people, according to this chapter?

9. What does Sontag see as the central tension in photography, according to the discussion in this chapter?

10. What does a photographic portrait not need to do, instead it can mingle documentation with artistic rendering?

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