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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Photographic Evangels.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Surrealism is bound by ________ and is dated in its contents, according to Sontag.
(a) Class.
(b) Art.
(c) Frame.
(d) Authors.

2. Even though photographs are generally consistent, _________ tastes in photography exist and change over time.
(a) Hotel.
(b) Newspaper.
(c) Critic.
(d) Public.

3. Another method of falsifying photographs is to falsely __________ them, according to Sontag's findings.
(a) Color.
(b) Frame.
(c) Develop.
(d) Caption.

4. Photographs appropriate place and identity by the act of _________ reproduction, according to Sontag.
(a) Proper.
(b) Mimetic.
(c) Sharp.
(d) Truthful.

5. Photographs cannot ___________ of something and are therefore obviously reproductive or mimetic.
(a) Understand the truth.
(b) Not be.
(c) Ignore the rules.
(d) Simply be.

Short Answer Questions

1. Photography presupposes that _____________ can be a comprehensible totality, according to Sontag.

2. Photographs can mingle documentation with __________ rendering, according to Sontag in this chapter.

3. However, photography can also make truly beautiful things seem _________, according to Sontag.

4. What is the question plaguing most photographic theory of the 1970s, according to Sontag in this chapter?

5. Painting is usually done of ________ subjects, while photography uses different subjects in its frames.

(see the answer key)

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