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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. Camera use is especially pronounced in tourists who come from cultures that stress activity and ______________.

2. What kind of photographer is interested in the picturesque when he/she is taking photographs?

3. The art of taking documentary photographs instead of helping a situation is a tacit ____________ that whatever is going on should keep on happening.

4. Photography often makes the photographer incapable of _____________ - one can either document or do something else.

5. According to Sontag, photographs are held to be definitive ___________, though Sontag does not support this idea with facts.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does photography make the photographer incapable of intervening in a situation?

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

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

4. What do photographs of the same subject over the course of many years show about this person or this item?

5. What has photography established, according to Sontag in this chapter in relation to how objects are seen?

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

7. What was the goal of the Farm Service Administration photographic project in 1935 as described in this chapter?

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

9. On what other artistic areas does photography impose standards according to Sontag in this chapter?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Whitman strove to see what was similar in all beings as opposed to what was unique about people, it seems.

Part 1: Do you think people are unique or are we all the same? Why or why not?

Part 2: How does the perception of the world change when you realize all people are the same?

Part 3: Why do you think it's important to see similarities among people? Or isn't it?

Essay Topic 2

Photography offers the viewer a chance to look upon others, without being judged for looking.

Part 1: Do you think it's a good thing for people to look upon others through pictures? Why or why not?

Part 2: How do you think the ability to be a voyeur affects the person who is looking at the picture?

Part 3: Why do you think people feel safer looking at pictures than looking at the subject in real life?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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