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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. In later times, photography came to be viewed as an art, then as a high art, and today it is esteemed as a modern __________.
(a) High art.
(b) Young art.
(c) Travesty.
(d) Rich art.

2. Collecting photographs is easy. What is NOT one of the reasons for the ease of collecting photographs, according to this chapter?
(a) They are durable.
(b) They are small.
(c) They can be stored on a computer.
(d) They are easily transportable.

3. Some theorize that the practice of photography allows the disclosure of a ___________ truth.
(a) Ugly.
(b) Hidden.
(c) Naked.
(d) Blanketed.

4. The overall discussion in this chapter is that on some level, in photography, images are or supersede __________.
(a) Truth.
(b) Reality.
(c) Darkness.
(d) God.

5. Yet, photographs ________ what we often see more, according to the chapter.
(a) "Believe."
(b) "See."
(c) "Listen to."
(d) "Understand."

Short Answer Questions

1. The very act of ____________ something new casts it as something new and beautiful.

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

3. What kind of film did Antonioni make about the Chinese culture and family life?

4. As a new art, photography constantly undergoes constant __________ as it must always be innovative.

5. Photography is published in books with _______ of white space and precise layouts, making it seem artistic.

Short Essay Questions

1. What do some philosophers - namely Balzac - have to say about the idea or the act of taking photographs?

2. What does photography have the power to do to truly beautiful things, according to this chapter?

3. What does this chapter seem to believe the current definition of modern society is in relation to images and things?

4. In order to avoid the over-exposure of beautiful things, what becomes necessary in relation to beauty?

5. Sontag makes a bold assertion in regards to photography and the work of some artists. What does she assert?

6. What did the film Chung Kuo include that helped to present an accurate, though not flattering, picture of Chinese life?

7. What is difficult, if not impossible to do when it comes to looking at photographs, as opposed to looking at paintings?

8. What is one of the methods of falsifying photographs without changing the photograph itself?

9. What do some people think a photographer needs to 'become' in order to be proficient in his or her work?

10. Why is a photograph of an object a more reliable way of looking at an object, according to the text in this chapter?

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