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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. What was Diane's responsibility in the photography business?

2. Diane was aware that by marrying Allan she would be giving up ______.

3. How did Diane's mother make their home difficult?

4. How did Diane respond to the birth of her first child?

5. Diane and her friends were all raised like Jewish ______.

Short Essay Questions

1. Was Diane duplicitous at a teenager? How?

2. How did Diane and Allan manage to keep their relationship cordial as they grew apart?

3. To Diane, what was the only way one could achieve a true portrait? How did she manage this?

4. Is there any discrepancy between Bosworth's account of Diane's state of mind between 1970 and 1971? How so?

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

6. Why did Diane and Allan stay together?

7. Was Israel an appropriate mentor for Diane? Why did they develop a relationship?

8. How did Diane's parents feel about her marrying Allan? Was she fulfilling their desires of letting them down?

9. How did Diane's family maintain the value of her work? Was this successful?

10. Was Diane a victim to Israel? Was it worth it for her to sacrifice so much for him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Patricia Bosworth, the author, had a personal relationship with Diane Arbus allowing the reader to experience a personal side of the subject. Discuss how Bosworth's proximity to Arbus affected her recount of her life.

Essay Topic 2

Diane's work maintained its value because Doon decided to carefully control the distribution of her work. Diane was able to receive acclaim during her life by giving control of her artistic endeavors to Marvin Israel. Discuss the positives and negatives of Diane relinquishing control to others.

Essay Topic 3

In several ways, Diane compromised herself and her art for mainstream and normalcy. She did this first with her marriage to Allan and second with getting her work published. In ways, these choices helped her gain what she desired but also inhibited her. Discuss Diane's compromise for the mainstream and normalcy. Was this contrary to her nature or a means to an end? Was she faithful to herself or her art?

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