Question 1

Andy Warhol's film Empire:

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A)   is noted for its epic battle scenes.
B)   cast thousands of actors from Italy.
C)   is a film about watching time pass.
D)   is an ingenious comic dialogue.
E)   is the seminal film in the use of models and special effects.F) None of the above
G) B) and D)

Question 2

Trace the history of debate over whether photography is a fine art. Analyze three photographs in relation to this debate, discussing the photographers' intentions and their relationship to this debate.

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Question 3

Artists primarily used the camera obscura to:

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A)   produce naturalistic drawings of the world.
B)   develop photographic film in total darkness.
C)   spy on their neighbors.
D)   protect their unexposed photographic plates from the sun.
E)   None of these answers are correct.F) All of the above
G) C) and E)

Question 4

________ is closely associated with Alfred Stieglitz's assertion that for photography to be an art, it should be true to its own nature.

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A)   Sand Springs, Nevada
B)   Fading Away
C)   The Steerage
D)   Migrant Mother
E)   Substratum 12 IIIF) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 5

The Farm Security Administration of the U.S. Department of Agriculture:

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A)   hired filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock to make a film about crop dusting.
B)   encouraged Future Farmers of America to photograph activities related to dairy farming and everyday rural life.
C)   owned controlling shares of the Eastman Kodak Company in 1929.
D)   sponsored photography classes in high schools across the country.
E)   paid photographers to document the Great Depression.F) All of the above
G) B) and D)

Question 6

Discuss how editing emerged as fundamental to filmmaking and give an example of a film, and director, demonstrating the development and technique of film editing.

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Question 7

The work of Andreas Gursky exemplify the photographer's:

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A)   manipulation and combination of different photographic images in one work.
B)   editorial approach to photography.
C)   commitment to unmanipulated, "straight" photography.
D)   intention to make the viewer become part of the photograph as he or she moves through it.
E)   None of these answers are correct.F) All of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 8

Consider Daguerre's Le Boulevard du Temple. Discuss the reason that this image is important to the history of photography and the difficulties inherent in the production of this image.

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Question 9

Man Ray created mysterious images, called _________, that looked like ordinary photographs but did not require a camera to record them.

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A)   Albumen print
B)   chromogenic color print
C)   collage photography
D)   silver gelatins
E)   RayogramsF) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 10

Artists like Peter Campus became interested in video because:

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A)   of its emphasis on narrative content.
B)   video signals could be electronically manipulated into interesting images.
C)   it was an easier medium to master.
D)   it allowed them to develop their animated-film technique.
E)   it enabled them to use commercials to finance their art.F) B) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 11

A major difference between the work of a "pure" or "straight" photographer, such as Alfred Stieglitz, and the work of a documentary photographer, such as Dorothea Lange, is:

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A)   the choice of subject matter.
B)   the era in which the photographers worked.
C)   the different intentions of each photographer.
D)   the invention of the digital camera.
E)   the cost of hiring models.F) A) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 12

A(n)  _________ is a director whose films are marked by a consistent, individual style and is closely involved in conceiving the idea for the film's story and writing the script.

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A)   auteur
B)   photojournalist
C)   videographer
D)   Dadaist
E)   filmmakerF) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 13

A daguerreotype was an early photographic method created using a:

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A)   carte de visite.
B)   copper plate covered with silver iodine.
C)   rayogram.
D)   plate of glass.
E)   gelatin silver print.F) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

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