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History of Photography

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What popular toy was involved with the birth of motion pictures?

a)

Zoetrope

b)

Zoogryoscope

c)

Zoopraxiscope

d)

Zoopraxitrope

2.

The brownie box had images that came out in what shape?

a)

Circle

b)

Rectangle

c)

Square

d)

Triangle

3.

How much was the first Kodak camera?

a)

$1

b)

$5

c)

$20

d)

$25

4.

What direction does the image come out in a camera obscura?

a)

Upside Down

b)

Reversed

c)

Upside down and reversed

d)

Right side up

5.

When was the first photo CD introduced by Kodak?

a)

1989

b)

1991

c)

1992

d)

1995

6.

What was the birth of photography?

a)

When Daguerre found a way to keep photos from darkening

b)

When Joseph Niepce placed a plate coated in butimen in a camera obscura

c)

When Daguerre found a more light sensitive material to place in a camera obscura

d)

When leaves were placed on leather that had been treated with silver salts

7.

When and where was the birth of photography?

a)

France in 1826

b)

England in 1839

c)

France in 1839

d)

England in 1826

8.

What chemical did Daguerre find was much more light sensitive than Niepce’s butimen?

a)

Silver Iodine

b)

Silver Iodide

c)

Silver Salts

d)

Tin Iodine

9.

What was Daguerre’s process named?

a)

Daguerrotype

b)

Daguerrotrope

c)

Daguerrostrope

d)

Daguerrotrip

10.

Who heard about the Daguerrotype and tried to claim that he was the first to invent the process?

a)

Samuel Morse

b)

Joseph Niepce

c)

William Henry Fox Talbot

d)

George Eastman

11.

When was the Daguerrotype introduced to the world?

a)

January 7, 1839

b)

January 27, 1839

c)

January 7, 1826

d)

January 27, 1826

12.

What was the problem with the Silver Iodide plate?

a)

It continued to darken

b)

The picture wasn't clear enough

c)

The image was upside down

d)

There wasn't a problem

13.

What was the solution to the silver iodide darkening?

a)

Not using silver iodide

b)

Changing the plate it was on

c)

Washing off the remaining silver iodide

d)

Using silver chloride instead

14.

Who developed sprockets and when?

a)

Oscar Barnack in 1839

b)

George Eastman in 1839

c)

Oscar Barnack in 1914

d)

George Eastman in 1914

15.

Why was the tintype used instead of glass?

a)

You could make multiple copies from one plate

b)

It was a clearer picture

c)

It was less expensive than a glass plate

d)

It lasted longer than a glass plate

16.

Who brought the Daguerrotype to America?

a)

George Washington

b)

Samuel Morse

c)

William Morse

d)

William Henry Fox Talbot

17.

In 1880, Muybridge invented the

a)

Zoetrope

b)

Zoogryoscope

c)

Zoopraxiscope

d)

Zoogryscope is the same thing as the Zoopraxiscope