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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The surrealist movement courts _________ and incongruous juxtaposition in its use.
(a) Justice.
(b) Accidents.
(c) Truth.
(d) Reality.

2. Photography allows all of the goals of surrealism to conflate into a _________ art, according to Sontag.
(a) Understanding.
(b) Fine.
(c) Universal.
(d) Mimetic.

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

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

5. What kind of photographer is interested in the picturesque when he/she is taking photographs?
(a) South American.
(b) European.
(c) African.
(d) American.

Short Answer Questions

1. The FSA program seems to indicate that when you photograph an object, you can _____________.

2. The cave allegory speaks of __________ chained to a wall within the story itself.

3. The camera can be used to intrude a form of _______ into leisure, within some cultures.

4. As the text says, "Hobbesian man roams the streets, quite visible, with ____________ in his hair."

5. Photography also establishes what is allowable as an object of ____________, according to Sontag.

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