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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Painting is usually done of ________ subjects, while photography uses different subjects in its frames.
(a) Ugly.
(b) Pretty.
(c) Animal.
(d) Invisible.

2. Photographs present the real, but it is a ________ real of acquisition via mechanical duplication, according to the chapter.
(a) Darker.
(b) Truthful.
(c) Weak.
(d) Sham.

3. Photographs in China are seen as another extension of _____________, which is why the film was misunderstood.
(a) Military involvement.
(b) Morality.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Cover-up.

4. Paintings, however accurate or realistic, are not the object, but a ___________ of that object.
(a) Shadow.
(b) Design.
(c) Rendering.
(d) Guess.

5. This chapter says that society seems to prefer ________ to things, and continues to repeat this idea throughout the text.
(a) Ideas.
(b) Images.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Photographers.

6. Photographs are also displayed in ___________ as paintings are for others to see and to experience.
(a) Photo albums.
(b) Schools.
(c) Galleries.
(d) Banks.

7. An audience cares about the subject being photographed, yet wants little to do with the _______________.
(a) Price.
(b) Photographer.
(c) Gallery.
(d) Frame.

8. 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) Burning.
(b) Retouching.
(c) Altering.
(d) Tampering.

9. Most continue to claim that photography is entirely _________, according to the research of Sontag.
(a) Truthful.
(b) Incomplete.
(c) Peaceful.
(d) Innocent.

10. Photographs make ____________ safe and concrete, according to Sontag. Some prefer photographs to reality.
(a) Traveling.
(b) Women.
(c) Reality.
(d) Men.

11. In China, photography is subsumed by the state _______________ apparatus, according to the book's findings.
(a) Christian.
(b) Propaganda.
(c) Government.
(d) Moral.

12. "_______- proud hosts may well pull out photographs of the place to show visitors how really splendid it is."
(a) School.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Baby.
(d) Family.

13. Another method of falsifying photographs is to falsely __________ them, according to Sontag's findings.
(a) Caption.
(b) Color.
(c) Frame.
(d) Develop.

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

15. Although one cannot possess all of _____________, one can possess images.
(a) Truth.
(b) Reality.
(c) The family.
(d) Honesty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Many people fear being photographed because they fear the camera's ___________ of their looks.

2. However, photography can also make truly beautiful things seem _________, according to Sontag.

3. Photography enjoyed a boost when the public learned that photographs could be ______________.

4. The film that Antonioni produced about the life of the Chinese was not shown in China until _____________.

5. Collecting photographs is easy. What is NOT one of the reasons for the ease of collecting photographs, according to this chapter?

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