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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whitman sought in his work to find _____________ between the differences which exist.
(a) Truth.
(b) Community.
(c) Identity.
(d) Understanding.

2. What is NOT one of the things which helped to give photography a boost in popularity when it was discovered these things could be done?
(a) Retouching.
(b) Burning.
(c) Tampering.
(d) Altering.

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

4. What kind of photographer is interested in the awakening consciousness?
(a) American.
(b) European.
(c) South American.
(d) African.

5. __________ is difficult, tedious, and performed by skilled experts, according to Sontag in this book.
(a) Painting.
(b) Sculpting.
(c) Carving.
(d) Photography.

Short Answer Questions

1. The main question becomes whether photography is a high art or if it is merely a __________ reproduction by a machine.

2. Edward Steichen photographed __________ objects to demonstrate technique and insight within photography.

3. Photographs also warp our sense of _________ as they are always minute in comparison to the real object.

4. Or is photography a ________ using an incidentally mimetic process, as referenced by Sontag in the book?

5. Photography, like other surrealist arts, is itself ___________ and yet it is transitory, according to Sontag.

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