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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through America, Seen Through Photographs, Darkly.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Arbus made everybody look ________________ when she took her photographs.
(a) Unnatural.
(b) Exactly the same.
(c) Weird.
(d) Deformed.

2. Whose technique is considered to be impeccable, according to this chapter of the book?
(a) Whitman.
(b) Stieglitz.
(c) Steichen.
(d) Arbus.

3. In his photographs, Steichen gave ___________ material importance according to Sontag.
(a) Disgusting.
(b) Irrelevant.
(c) Dark.
(d) Peaceful.

4. Alfred Stieglitz produced photographs which supported Whitman's ideas, termed euphoric _____________.
(a) Humanism.
(b) Picarism.
(c) Realism.
(d) Truthism.

5. The art of taking documentary photographs instead of helping a situation is a tacit ____________ that whatever is going on should keep on happening.
(a) Denial.
(b) Permission.
(c) Encouragement.
(d) Joy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT one of the groups of people that Arbus photographed during her career?

2. Sontag defines photography as an aid to ______________ in the opening chapter.

3. The cave allegory speaks of __________ chained to a wall within the story itself.

4. As a result of being considered to be documentation, photographs yield a _______ that no other art form can yield.

5. Camera use is especially pronounced in tourists who come from cultures that stress activity and ______________.

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