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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Melancholy Objects.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Photography also establishes what is allowable as an object of ____________, according to Sontag.
(a) Pity.
(b) Deity.
(c) Inspection.
(d) Worth.

2. Alfred Stieglitz produced photographs which supported Whitman's ideas, termed euphoric _____________.
(a) Realism.
(b) Humanism.
(c) Picarism.
(d) Truthism.

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

4. The art of taking documentary photographs instead of helping a situation is a tacit ____________ that whatever is going on should keep on happening.
(a) Permission.
(b) Joy.
(c) Encouragement.
(d) Denial.

5. In his photographs, Steichen gave ___________ material importance according to Sontag.
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Disgusting.
(c) Irrelevant.
(d) Dark.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. A photograph seems to be taken in order to guarantee that the event has actually ___________.

5. Some photographers are _________, seeking to clarify or to identify a world vision.

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