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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. The reaction to the film in China is illustrative of an essential ____________ difference in the way that photography is understood.
(a) Cultural.
(b) Societal.
(c) Gender.
(d) Military.

2. Some cultures feel that the image is in fact part of the _________, according to this chapter of the book.
(a) Past.
(b) Real.
(c) Future.
(d) Truth.

3. Early in their history, photographs entered __________ where they were displayed in shows as were paintings.
(a) Museums.
(b) Grocery stores.
(c) Schools.
(d) Hotels.

4. Most continue to claim that photography is entirely _________, according to the research of Sontag.
(a) Innocent.
(b) Truthful.
(c) Incomplete.
(d) Peaceful.

5. Painting is usually done of ________ subjects, while photography uses different subjects in its frames.
(a) Pretty.
(b) Invisible.
(c) Animal.
(d) Ugly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Just like painting and other forms of art, photography has had various ____________.

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

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

4. An audience cares about the subject being photographed, yet wants little to do with the _______________.

5. Photographs can mingle documentation with __________ rendering, according to Sontag in this chapter.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do cameras often reveal in the subject of the picture or in the object being photographed?

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

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

5. What does a photographic portrait not need to do, instead it can mingle documentation with artistic rendering?

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

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

8. What do some theories speculate that photography allows the artist to capture when they are taking the photograph?

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

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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