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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Greenwich Village 1953-1954. Catalog items 10-18; Lower East Side, Catalog items 19-27, pages 24-59.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Patricia Stokes characterize living with Lillian?
(a) Coziness.
(b) A hospitable home.
(c) Comfort.
(d) Squalor.

2. What does Samantha say Lillian’s pictures prepared her for?
(a) Seeing the core of people in the real world.
(b) Accepting rejection.
(c) Seeing how other people see the world.
(d) Coming to terms with death.

3. What kind of photography does the narrator say Lillian Preston is?
(a) Nude photographer.
(b) Street photographer.
(c) Portrait photographer.
(d) Landscape photographer.

4. What did Charles Roberts do to get Lillian’s attention?
(a) Praise her work.
(b) Inherit a lot of money.
(c) Take excellent photographs.
(d) Walk out of class.

5. What does Lillian Preston’s photo of the Times Square recruit indicate her interest in, according to Samantha?
(a) Warfare.
(b) Politics.
(c) Innocence.
(d) Sam Decker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is in the first photo in the exhibition?

2. What does Patricia Stokes say exasperated her about Lillian?

3. When does the narrator say Lillian Preston stopped showing photos?

4. What choice did Lillian Preston give her daughter in regard to the photos in the Samantha series?

5. Where did Lillian photograph the man who was Samantha’s father?

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