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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. According to the beginning of this chapter, photographs discover ___________.
(a) Truth.
(b) Innocence.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Peace.

2. The very act of ____________ something new casts it as something new and beautiful.
(a) Finding.
(b) Photographing.
(c) Exposing.
(d) Naming.

3. What is NOT one of the things that the Chinese expect from photography, which can cause a disconnect?
(a) Posed scenes.
(b) Healthy topics.
(c) Logical transitions.
(d) Fast camera motion.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Photography is published in books with _______ of white space and precise layouts, making it seem artistic.

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

3. The __________ are not the same between painting and photography, though the devotion may be.

4. What is the question plaguing most photographic theory of the 1970s, according to Sontag in this chapter?

5. This chapter says that society seems to prefer ________ to things, and continues to repeat this idea throughout the text.

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the progression of photography in relation to its artistic status, according to this chapter?

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

3. What does the final chapter have to present about the idea of images in relation to reality, something which may not be fully supported by the text?

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

5. What does photography have the power to do to truly beautiful things, according to this chapter?

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

7. What did the film Chung Kuo include that helped to present an accurate, though not flattering, picture of Chinese life?

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

9. 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?

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

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