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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through In Plato's Cave.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. People with _________ are more likely to have cameras than people who do not have them.
(a) Cars.
(b) Pets.
(c) Mothers.
(d) Children.

2. Photography seems to establish what is worth __________ and what should be in a photograph.
(a) Looking at.
(b) Avoidance.
(c) Money.
(d) Worship.

3. Eventually, according to this chapter, _______________ will be photographed.
(a) All humans.
(b) The world's darkness.
(c) Everything.
(d) Nothing.

4. Photography is a ___________ experience because cameras are cheap, readily available, and easy to use.
(a) Powerful.
(b) Democratizing.
(c) Younger.
(d) Rich.

5. As a result of being considered to be documentation, photographs yield a _______ that no other art form can yield.
(a) Power.
(b) Truth.
(c) Veracity.
(d) Humor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year was photography invented, according to Sontag's research as outlined in this book?

3. The camera's drive toward enabling _______________ use promotes the use of photography as a means of pornography.

4. Photographs also warp our sense of _________ as they are always minute in comparison to the real object.

5. What was the name of the story to which the name of this chapter refers?

(see the answer key)

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