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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through America, Seen Through Photographs, Darkly.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whitman believed humanity was welded together in _________________ instead of separated from each other.
(a) Understanding.
(b) Peace.
(c) Commonality.
(d) Truth.

2. Photography has made the world unable to perceive the _________ beyond the photograph, according to Sontag.
(a) Land.
(b) Colors.
(c) Real world.
(d) Emotions.

3. Arbus admitted to the fact that her own work violated her own ______________ because of its content.
(a) Rules.
(b) Morals.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Innocence.

4. In relation to sexuality, the very act of photography infers a perverse ________________.
(a) Permission.
(b) Naughtiness.
(c) Fetishism.
(d) Enjoyment.

5. A photograph seems to be taken in order to guarantee that the event has actually ___________.
(a) Begun.
(b) Touched others in the event.
(c) Been a success.
(d) Transpired.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sontag defines photography as an aid to ______________ in the opening chapter.

2. Photographs appropriate place and identity by the act of _________ reproduction, according to Sontag.

3. In large measure, photography has replaced experiential interaction with __________, according to the book.

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

5. Diane Arbus is discussed as having been one to photograph the ____________ of society.

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