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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. Photographs are presented as sophisticated ____________, though they are made with little more than a click of a button.
(a) Sculptures.
(b) Frames.
(c) Masterpieces.
(d) Renditions.

2. Painting allows for __________ vision, while photography does not require this sort of vision.
(a) Dissociative.
(b) Honest.
(c) Artisitic.
(d) Clear.

3. Others believe that photography is purely _________ and entirely devoid of interpretation in a subjective sense.
(a) Dull.
(b) Objective.
(c) Pixels.
(d) Evil.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In 1839, photography was briefly attacked as something ___________ and disgraceful, according to the book.

3. Collecting photographs is easy. What is NOT one of the reasons for the ease of collecting photographs, according to this chapter?

4. Photographs in China are seen as another extension of _____________, which is why the film was misunderstood.

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

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

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

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

5. What is the struggle that's described in relation to paintings versus taking photographs, according to Sontag?

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

7. What is one of the methods of falsifying photographs without changing the photograph itself?

8. Sontag makes a bold assertion in regards to photography and the work of some artists. What does she assert?

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

10. How are vapid or banal objects made beautiful when they are photographed, according to this chapter?

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