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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Photography seems to establish what is worth __________ and what should be in a photograph.

2. A photograph can only convey ____________of something, but gives no real information about the subject.

3. Whitman wanted others to realize that the _____________ was a part of the universal.

4. Photographers sought to illustrate ____________in discord, or a polity among banal and trivial subjects.

5. Who helped to lead the largest collective photographic project ever in the United States?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sontag believe that tourists always use cameras during their trips to new and exciting places?

2. Why is it unusual to include writing about Walt Whitman in a book about photography?

3. What are the two groups into which photographers can be categorized, according to the text in this chapter?

4. What did Edward Steichen photograph in order to show that objects aren't always as simple as they appear?

5. What did the Farm Service Administration effectively show about the power of photography?

6. Who were some of the groups of people who Diane Arbus took pictures of when she was creating portraits?

7. How was "Family of Man" an opposite representation of what Whitman was trying to saw about humanity?

8. What does Surrealism strive to do in society, much like the goals of photography in the world?

9. Are people with children more or less likely to own a camera, according to Sontag's own findings?

10. Why did photography come to be seen as a type of copulation with the material world?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sontag makes the statement that in a person being photographed in a sexual way, it's almost as if it's a violation or a rape.

Part 1: Why do you think a photograph might be like a rape?

Part 2: What happens if a person consents to having their picture taken? Is that still a 'rape' of sorts? Why or why not?

Part 3: Do you feel violated when someone takes a picture of you? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Diane Arbus took pictures of people in society who might be considered freaks, something Sontag seems to judge.

Part 1: How do you define the idea of 'freaks'?

Part 2: Do you think there is value in the Arbus pictures? Why or why not?

Part 3: Do you agree that those who are not 'normal' as defined by society are freaks? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Often, photographs are offered as evidence that something occurred at a certain time.

Part 1: Why do you think photographs are thought to be so definitive?

Part 2: How do you think photographs should be used in everyday life?

Part 3: Do you think something is real when you have a picture of it? Why or why not?

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