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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Like surrealism, photography is often about ________ poverty and wealth in its contents or its themes.

2. Photographs also warp our sense of _________ as they are always minute in comparison to the real object.

3. A photograph seems to be taken in order to guarantee that the event has actually ___________.

4. What picture of Steichen's was composed of portraiture that showed the universal in the individual?

5. The surrealist movement courts _________ and incongruous juxtaposition in its use.

Short Essay Questions

1. What do photographs of the same subject over the course of many years show about this person or this item?

2. What are the ways in which an American photographer and a European photographer differ?

3. What do photographs do to the scale of an object within the photograph and in real life, according to Sontag?

4. Are people with children more or less likely to own a camera, according to Sontag's own findings?

5. What is the significance of the title of this particular chapter of this Susan Sontag book?

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

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

8. How are photographs usually held as definitive evidence in the world, according to Sontag?

9. What did the Farm Service Administration effectively show about the power of photography?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Photography brings up a lot of emotions and reactions from those who take photos and from those who look at photographs.

Part 1: Why do you think photography creates such intense reactions in those who view it?

Part 2: Why do you think Sontag is so passionate about photography and spreading knowledge about it?

Part 3: How do you think photography hold so much power over those who view it and those who take pictures?

Essay Topic 2

Photographs can be made to speak with the help of captions beside them, but are these captions always necessary?

Part 1: Why do you think it's necessary to include captions with photographs?

Part 2: How do you think the photograph is changed by the introduction of captions?

Part 3: Do you think captions are necessary to include with pictures? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Sontag makes a bold supposition that some artists create their works only to be photographed.

Part 1: Do you think an artist would only create something in order to get its picture taken?

Part 2: Why do you think artists create their pieces to begin with?

Part 3: Do you agree with Sontag's idea? Why or why not?

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