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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. How did Diane's father make their home difficult?

2. Diane was _______ in Allan's new social circle of actors.

3. What risky behavior did Diane engage in with her new artist friends?

4. Diane pushed the limits of personal photography by photographing whom?

5. How did the Russeks earn enough money to start a fur shop?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Howard's British wife a successful saleswoman at Russeks?

2. Were Diane and Allan good business partners in the beginning? Why?

3. Was Diane's Esquire photography successful? How did she feel bout the outcome of her work?

4. Did Diane believe her life was "sanitary"? What was her philosophy on her life after meeting Algernon Black?

5. Why did Diane and Allan stay together?

6. Why, in the early fifties, was it more difficult for Diane to have her work published? Why were magazines more attracted to her work later?

7. How did Diane compare to the photographers of the 30's and 40's?

8. Did "Diane Arbus Revelations" alter the way Diane's work was received?

9. How did Grosz work influence Diane?

10. What were Diane's choices of inspiration? How did those reflect her vision and tendency towards art?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss what contributed to Diane Arbus's downfall and why her life ended as it did.

Essay Topic 2

There are small discrepancies between what Diane did, claimed, and felt. Much of her true nature was shown through what she envied of others. Discuss the telling nature of Diane's jealousy.

Essay Topic 3

Before Diane Arbus, documentary photography had a very different face. How did Diane revolutionize the genre? What did she offer that it needed, and why did it absorb her influence?

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