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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At times in the photography movement, the __________ is considered important while at other times it is not.
(a) Sunshine.
(b) Photographer.
(c) Placement.
(d) Subject.

2. Balzac was one of many philosophers who believed that photographs are somehow permanently invasive of the process of ________.
(a) Discovery.
(b) Truth.
(c) Reality.
(d) Experience.

3. The film director also focused on the most often ____________ features of Chinese life which were also humanizing.
(a) Funny.
(b) Banal.
(c) Violent.
(d) Exciting.

4. According to the beginning of this chapter, photographs discover ___________.
(a) Beauty.
(b) Peace.
(c) Innocence.
(d) Truth.

5. Sontag says that some artists ___________ for the express purpose of having it photographed.
(a) Use cameras.
(b) Create their work.
(c) Go back to school.
(d) Sculpt in bronze and plaster.

6. Photography enjoyed a boost when the public learned that photographs could be ______________.
(a) Digitized.
(b) Destroyed.
(c) Kept forever.
(d) Altered.

7. "For the modernist promotion of naive art always contains a _______; that one continue to honor its hidden claim to sophistication."
(a) Joker.
(b) Diamond.
(c) Spade.
(d) Ace.

8. Many people fear being photographed because they fear the camera's ___________ of their looks.
(a) Misunderstanding.
(b) Capturing.
(c) Destroying.
(d) Disapproval.

9. In 1839, photography was briefly attacked as something ___________ and disgraceful, according to the book.
(a) Dense.
(b) Evil.
(c) Unnatural.
(d) Immoral.

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

11. Most theories of art, according to Sontag, have only proven to be __________ in retrospect as well as in their own time.
(a) Worthless.
(b) Cutting edge.
(c) Fads.
(d) Truths.

12. Many tribes view the act of taking pictures of something or of someone as ______________.
(a) Soul stealing.
(b) Evil.
(c) Truthful.
(d) Unnecessary.

13. Photographs are presented as sophisticated ____________, though they are made with little more than a click of a button.
(a) Frames.
(b) Renditions.
(c) Masterpieces.
(d) Sculptures.

14. Photography is published in books with _______ of white space and precise layouts, making it seem artistic.
(a) Spaces.
(b) Images.
(c) Backgrounds.
(d) Frames.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Although one cannot possess all of _____________, one can possess images.

2. Yet, photographs ________ what we often see more, according to the chapter.

3. In China, photography is subsumed by the state _______________ apparatus, according to the book's findings.

4. Who invited Antonioni to make a film about the Chinese life and its culture?

5. Both painting and photography share a devotion to traditional __________ within their finished pieces.

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