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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. In the conventional wisdom right now, only beautiful things are ______________.
(a) Photographed.
(b) Necessary.
(c) True.
(d) Honest.

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

3. By __________, photography became an acceptable part of modern day life, according to the book.
(a) 1828.
(b) 1800.
(c) 1839.
(d) 1854.

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

5. The main question becomes whether photography is a high art or if it is merely a __________ reproduction by a machine.
(a) Truthful.
(b) Documentary.
(c) Real.
(d) Surrealistic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Most theories of art, according to Sontag, have only proven to be __________ in retrospect as well as in their own time.

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

3. Within photography have also been loosely organized __________, though not as strong as painting has had.

4. Balzac was one of many philosophers who believed that photographs are somehow permanently invasive of the process of ________.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do some philosophers - namely Balzac - have to say about the idea or the act of taking photographs?

3. What do most claim about the intentions of photography, according to the long essays in this chapter?

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

5. What kinds of subjects does it seem that painting and photography seem to favor, according to the argument in this chapter?

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

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

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

9. What do photographs do to reality, according to this final chapter of the book as written by Sontag?

10. What does modern photography seem to say about this subject of the photograph and its importance?

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