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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 enjoyed a boost when the public learned that photographs could be ______________.

2. Sontag seems stereotype inscrutable Chinese values, smacking of the anti-Chinese ____________ in her time.

3. Painting allows for __________ vision, while photography does not require this sort of vision.

4. The photographic __________ need not capture or immortalize transient defects, as it was now seen in society.

5. What is NOT one of the things that the Chinese expect from photography, which can cause a disconnect?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does modern photography seem to say about this subject of the photograph and its importance?

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

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

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

7. Why is it so simple for people in society to collect photographs, according to the text in this chapter?

8. 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?

9. In order to avoid the over-exposure of beautiful things, what becomes necessary in relation to beauty?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Whitman strove to look beyond beauty and ugliness into the essential value of a person or object, something that photography can do as well.

Part 1: How do you define beauty in this world? Why?

Part 2: How do you define ugliness in this world? Why?

Part 3: Do you think it's possible to look beyond ugliness and beauty? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Photographs can be made to speak with the help of captions beside them, but are these captions always necessary?

Part 1: Why do you think it's necessary to include captions with photographs?

Part 2: How do you think the photograph is changed by the introduction of captions?

Part 3: Do you think captions are necessary to include with pictures? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

In the end, Sontag points out that some people seem to prefer photographic images to reality.

Part 1: How are photographs superior to reality?

Part 2: Why do you think reality might be less appealing to others?

Part 3: Do you prefer photographs or reality? Why?

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