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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. Diane Arbus is discussed as having been one to photograph the ____________ of society.
(a) Ignored.
(b) Dark corners.
(c) Rich.
(d) Freaks.

2. Whitman wanted others to realize that the _____________ was a part of the universal.
(a) Word.
(b) Image.
(c) Color.
(d) Individual.

3. In what year was photography invented, according to Sontag's research as outlined in this book?
(a) 1828.
(b) 1812.
(c) 1818.
(d) 1839.

4. What was the name of the story to which the name of this chapter refers?
(a) Plato's Republic.
(b) The Loyalty of Plato.
(c) Plato's Cave.
(d) The Republic of Plato.

5. What is the only thing the people in the cave who are chained to the wall can see?
(a) Nothing.
(b) White.
(c) Blackness.
(d) Shadows.

Short Answer Questions

1. Photography is a ___________ experience because cameras are cheap, readily available, and easy to use.

2. Alfred Stieglitz produced photographs which supported Whitman's ideas, termed euphoric _____________.

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

4. In relation to sexuality, the very act of photography infers a perverse ________________.

5. Photography idealizes subjects and makes ________ of people who are in the photographs.

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