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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Image-World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Photography idealizes subjects and makes ________ of people who are in the photographs.
(a) Scarecrows.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Statues.
(d) Objects.

2. What kind of film did Antonioni make about the Chinese culture and family life?
(a) Documentary.
(b) Comedy.
(c) Action.
(d) Drama.

3. Chinese tastes favor well-______________ presentations within photography, according to the book.
(a) Discussed.
(b) Honored.
(c) Celebrated.
(d) Centered.

4. Arbus presented her subjects as ______________ who were a part of the universal, the opposite of Whitman's ideas.
(a) Individuals.
(b) Families.
(c) Freaks.
(d) Groups.

5. Photography requires dissociative __________ when the person is photographing an item or object.
(a) Touches.
(b) Memory.
(c) Seeing.
(d) Understanding.

Short Answer Questions

1. The surrealist movement courts _________ and incongruous juxtaposition in its use.

2. In 1839, photography was briefly attacked as something ___________ and disgraceful, according to the book.

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

4. With the help of captions, photographs can be made to speak, but the caption is obviously ____________.

5. In a sense, according to Sontag, photography actually helps to ____________ beauty as society defines it.

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