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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Diane Arbus is discussed as having been one to photograph the ____________ of society.
(a) Rich.
(b) Freaks.
(c) Dark corners.
(d) Ignored.

2. What kind of takeover did photography's influence lead to, according to Sontag?
(a) Roptist.
(b) Realist.
(c) Nihilist.
(d) Surrealist.

3. Photography also establishes what is allowable as an object of ____________, according to Sontag.
(a) Inspection.
(b) Worth.
(c) Deity.
(d) Pity.

4. Arbus took some pictures of 'normal' people, but contrived the pictures to make them look _____________.
(a) Ugly.
(b) Animalistic.
(c) Bizarre.
(d) Rich.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The camera can be used to intrude a form of _______ into leisure, within some cultures.

2. In what year was photography invented, according to Sontag's research as outlined in this book?

3. Whitman wanted people to begin to see that they needed to accept the _________ within the society.

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

5. The cave allegory speaks of __________ chained to a wall within the story itself.

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Whitman's cultural and social influence, coined Whitmanesque, according to the text?

2. How did Whitman want to see society as a whole, according to Sontag's writings in this chapter?

3. What did Whitman think about those things which are often deemed trivial and those things considered to be real?

4. What are the two groups into which photographers can be categorized, according to the text in this chapter?

5. How does photography make the photographer incapable of intervening in a situation?

6. On what other artistic areas does photography impose standards according to Sontag in this chapter?

7. Why is it unusual to include writing about Walt Whitman in a book about photography?

8. What has photography established, according to Sontag in this chapter in relation to how objects are seen?

9. Why is photography a democratizing experience, according to Sontag in this particular chapter of the book?

10. Why does Sontag believe that tourists always use cameras during their trips to new and exciting places?

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