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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. "For the modernist promotion of naive art always contains a _______; that one continue to honor its hidden claim to sophistication."
(a) Diamond.
(b) Spade.
(c) Ace.
(d) Joker.

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

3. Photography requires dissociative __________ when the person is photographing an item or object.
(a) Touches.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Seeing.
(d) Memory.

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

5. At times in the photography movement, the __________ is considered important while at other times it is not.
(a) Placement.
(b) Photographer.
(c) Sunshine.
(d) Subject.

Short Answer Questions

1. Yet, photographs ________ what we often see more, according to the chapter.

2. In a sense, according to Sontag, photography actually helps to ____________ beauty as society defines it.

3. Photographs make ____________ safe and concrete, according to Sontag. Some prefer photographs to reality.

4. Others believe that photography is purely _________ and entirely devoid of interpretation in a subjective sense.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is difficult, if not impossible to do when it comes to looking at photographs, as opposed to looking at paintings?

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

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

7. Why are photographs considered to be a superior form of recording information, even more so than writing?

8. What does this chapter seem to believe the current definition of modern society is in relation to images and things?

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

10. What do the Chinese tastes prefer to see in their films, which made the Italian director a poor choice for the documentary on Chinese life?

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