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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. Whitman believed humanity was welded together in _________________ instead of separated from each other.

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

3. What might separate the whole of humanity, according to Whitman in this chapter of this book?

4. With the help of captions, photographs can be made to speak, but the caption is obviously ____________.

5. Photographs now impose standards of art, culture, and ________ in the world, according to this chapter.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is surrealism not necessarily a universal art form, according to this particular chapter?

3. How are photographs usually held as definitive evidence in the world, according to Sontag?

4. How does photography encourage voyeurism in those who look at photographs?

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

6. What did Steichen thus do with his photographs in terms of creating importance with the subject of the picture?

7. Why is photography a democratizing experience, according to Sontag in this particular chapter of the book?

8. What do photographs do to the scale of an object within the photograph and in real life, according to Sontag?

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

10. What is the significance of the title of this particular chapter of this Susan Sontag book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sontag points out that some photographers are like scientists, documenting and examining the world.

Part 1: Why do you think photographers could be called scientists?

Part 2: Do you think photography is necessary in science? Why or why not?

Part 3: Why do you think it's important to document the world? Or isn't it?

Essay Topic 2

False photography becomes another important concern in the art of photography, with false caption being included on some photographs.

Part 1: Why do you think some photographers use false captions with their photographs?

Part 2: Do you think it's 'right' to use captions which falsely describe a photograph? Why or why not?

Part 3: How do you think the photograph changes when a false caption is used?

Essay Topic 3

The Farm Security Administration once did a photography project which sought to capture the 'common' man

Part 1: How do you define the idea of a common man? Is this definable?

Part 2: Why is it important to document that image of a common man? Or isn't it?

Part 3: How can images of what is common change the way the world works?

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