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

2. __________ is difficult, tedious, and performed by skilled experts, according to Sontag in this book.
(a) Painting.
(b) Photography.
(c) Carving.
(d) Sculpting.

3. Some theorize that photography allows the artist to capture __________ during an off-guard moment.
(a) Reality.
(b) Truth.
(c) Evil.
(d) Goodness.

4. As a new art, photography constantly undergoes constant __________ as it must always be innovative.
(a) Exposure.
(b) Framing.
(c) Technological advances.
(d) Revision.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Chinese tastes favor well-______________ presentations within photography, according to the book.

2. What art has had to struggle to become a high art, though others have not had to work as hard to get to that title?

3. The overall discussion in this chapter is that on some level, in photography, images are or supersede __________.

4. Some cultures feel that the image is in fact part of the _________, according to this chapter of the book.

5. The real problem with bringing ________ photographs into mainstream is a procedure which contradicts the nature of most photographs.

Short Essay Questions

1. What do some primitive tribes think about the idea of taking pictures of other people, according to this chapter?

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

3. What is the struggle that's described in relation to paintings versus taking photographs, according to Sontag?

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

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

6. Why are photographs considered to be a superior form of recording information, even more so than writing?

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

8. Why is it so simple for people in society to collect photographs, according to the text in this chapter?

9. What do cameras often reveal in the subject of the picture or in the object being photographed?

10. How are photographs presented as art in the modern society, according to this chapter of the book?

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