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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. Although one cannot possess all of _____________, one can possess images.

2. In a sense, according to Sontag, photography actually helps to ____________ beauty as society defines it.

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

4. The question becomes whether photography is a ___________ process of documentation via machine, or not.

5. Even banal or vapid objects can be made _____________ by being photographed, according to this chapter.

Short Essay Questions

1. In 1839, why was photography briefly attacked by those in society, according to the history lessons of this chapter?

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

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

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

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

6. What do photographs do to reality, according to this final chapter of the book as written by Sontag?

7. What discussion does false photography illuminate in regards to the essential division in photography?

8. How are photographs presented as art in the modern society, according to this chapter of the book?

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

10. What do some people think a photographer needs to 'become' in order to be proficient in his or her work?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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