Question 1

The purpose of Dante Gabriel Rossetti's Jane Morris was to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   serve as a study for a drawing
B)   illustrate posture to an anatomy class
C)   create a formal photographic portrait
D)   experiment with flash photography A

Question 2

The __________ offers an example of how,before the advent of color photography,patrons had themselves photographed before a false backdrop with details hand painted.

Accepted Answer

A)   Sunday on the Banks of the Marne
B)   The Terminal
C)   Botanical Specimens
D)   Portrait of a Landowner D

Question 3

From the time of the Renaissance,some artists used a camera obscura,which was a __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   hidden camera
B)   mechanical drawing device
C)   dark room or box that used light to show images on a surface
D)   device for keeping unwanted light out of the artist's studio C

Question 4

One problem with the daguerreotype is __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   colors are not true to life
B)   the lengthy time needed for exposures
C)   the images are neither precise nor accurate
D)   it does not work in sunlight

Question 5

William Henry Fox Talbot's early techniques yielded a "negative" called a(n)__________.

Accepted Answer

A)   photogram
B)   slide image
C)   projection
D)   emulsion print

Question 6

The camera can capture only as much as the human eye can perceive.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The photographs of Ansel Adams have played a major role in __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   his landscape paintings
B)   locating parcels of land for commercial development
C)   land conservation efforts
D)   Pictorialist photography

Question 8

At the end of the nineteenth century the __________ movement sought to make photographs look like paintings.

Accepted Answer

A)   Pictorialist
B)   Photogenic
C)   Reverie
D)   Posterity

Question 9

The photographer best known for his experiments in placing still pictures into a sequence to analyze motion is __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Eadweard Muybridge
B)   Donna Hamil Talman
C)   Henri Cartier-Bresson
D)   J.-N. Niépce

Question 10

The computer-generated images used in realistic movies to show things like alien invasions,explosions,or tornadoes are called __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   special effects
B)   imitations of life
C)   rashomon effects
D)   cinematography

Question 11

The word photography is Greek for __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   "pictures without words"
B)   "light in a box"
C)   "images on paper"
D)   "writing with light"

Question 12

The content of Leni Riefenstahl's film The Triumph of the Will is usually considered merely documentary.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

When a single scene in a film continues for several minutes with no break it is called __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   montage
B)   a deep focus shot
C)   an extended take
D)   an illusion

Question 14

A big improvement in photography,based on Fox Talbot's work,was __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   keeping light out of the process
B)   taking a long time for exposures
C)   the development of a means of creating multiple copies of an image
D)   the zoom lens

Question 15

The filmmaker Satyajit Ray is well known for __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   animated films
B)   disaster films that tell the story of India's monsoon season
C)   documentaries
D)   films that capture the lives of ordinary people

Question 16

For the past few decades videos by fine artists have been included in the collections of great museums.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

One of the very earliest popular uses of photography was __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   taking snapshots at family gatherings
B)   for portraits whose aim was capturing a perfect likeness
C)   being able to take pocket-sized cameras when traveling
D)   using a hidden camera

Question 18

Dorothea Lange's photograph Migrant Mother,Nipomo,California ,is an example of __________ photography.

Accepted Answer

A)   essential
B)   cropped
C)   perspective
D)   documentary

Question 19

In the 1920s __________ formed the "straight photography" movement in which objects were recorded in sharp focus with attention given to their details.

Accepted Answer

A)   Elizabeth Sunday
B)   Alfred Stieglitz
C)   Edward Weston
D)   Olivia Parker

Question 20

Installations use sound,projection,and objects to create a virtual environment that evokes sensations in its viewers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 8: Photography and Filmmaking

The purpose of Dante Gabriel Rossetti's Jane Morris was to __________.

The __________ offers an example of how,before the advent of color photography,patrons had themselves photographed before a false backdrop with details hand painted.

From the time of the Renaissance,some artists used a camera obscura,which was a __________.

One problem with the daguerreotype is __________.

William Henry Fox Talbot's early techniques yielded a "negative" called a(n) __________.

The camera can capture only as much as the human eye can perceive.

The photographs of Ansel Adams have played a major role in __________.

At the end of the nineteenth century the __________ movement sought to make photographs look like paintings.

The photographer best known for his experiments in placing still pictures into a sequence to analyze motion is __________.

The computer-generated images used in realistic movies to show things like alien invasions,explosions,or tornadoes are called __________.

The word photography is Greek for __________.

The content of Leni Riefenstahl's film The Triumph of the Will is usually considered merely documentary.

When a single scene in a film continues for several minutes with no break it is called __________.

A big improvement in photography,based on Fox Talbot's work,was __________.

The filmmaker Satyajit Ray is well known for __________.

For the past few decades videos by fine artists have been included in the collections of great museums.

One of the very earliest popular uses of photography was __________.

Dorothea Lange's photograph Migrant Mother,Nipomo,California ,is an example of __________ photography.

In the 1920s __________ formed the "straight photography" movement in which objects were recorded in sharp focus with attention given to their details.

Installations use sound,projection,and objects to create a virtual environment that evokes sensations in its viewers.