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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. Sontag defines photography as an aid to ______________ in the opening chapter.
(a) The underworld.
(b) Criminal activity.
(c) Masturbation.
(d) Children.

2. Photography idealizes subjects and makes ________ of people who are in the photographs.
(a) Objects.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Scarecrows.
(d) Statues.

3. The cave allegory speaks of __________ chained to a wall within the story itself.
(a) Prisoners.
(b) Priests.
(c) Children.
(d) Women.

4. _____________ often use cameras and practice photography as a method of certifying their travel experience.
(a) Children.
(b) Men.
(c) Women.
(d) Tourists.

5. According to Sontag, photographs are held to be definitive ___________, though Sontag does not support this idea with facts.
(a) Diction.
(b) Power.
(c) Measurement.
(d) Evidence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Photography has made the world unable to perceive the _________ beyond the photograph, according to Sontag.

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

3. Photographs do not create ___________ but they reinforce existing morality, according to Sontag.

4. People with _________ are more likely to have cameras than people who do not have them.

5. A photograph can only convey ____________of something, but gives no real information about the subject.

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