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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Photographic Evangels.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Edward Steichen photographed __________ objects to demonstrate technique and insight within photography.
(a) Moving.
(b) Normal.
(c) Still.
(d) Vapid.

2. ___________ often reveal beauty that is not normally seen, according to Sontag in this chapter.
(a) Books.
(b) Cameras.
(c) Frames.
(d) Film slides.

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

4. Photography yields to viewers _____________ to look and to act as a sort of voyeur without repercussion.
(a) A desire.
(b) A need.
(c) Permission.
(d) A push.

5. As the text says, "Hobbesian man roams the streets, quite visible, with ____________ in his hair."
(a) Glitter.
(b) Lace.
(c) A ribbon.
(d) Blood.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Sontag says that some artists ___________ for the express purpose of having it photographed.

4. It becomes imperative, in order to avoid cliche, to constantly be discovering new sources of ___________.

5. Who helped to lead the largest collective photographic project ever in the United States?

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