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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. This chapter says that society seems to prefer ________ to things, and continues to repeat this idea throughout the text.
(a) Images.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Ideas.
(d) Photographers.

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

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

4. What art has had to struggle to become a high art, though others have not had to work as hard to get to that title?
(a) Photography.
(b) Painting.
(c) Sculpting.
(d) Carving.

5. Cartier-Bresson, in the introduction of his book, justified his unwillingness to use _________ by citing technical limitations.
(a) Film.
(b) Color.
(c) Digital cameras.
(d) Tripods.

Short Answer Questions

1. Some theorize that photography allows the artist to capture __________ during an off-guard moment.

2. Many people fear being photographed because they fear the camera's ___________ of their looks.

3. And others believe that all proficient photographers must metaphysically ________ the object which they are photographing.

4. Photographs cannot ___________ of something and are therefore obviously reproductive or mimetic.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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