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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. Why did Anne and Alex divorce?

2. Bosworth explains the Arbuses complimented each other because Diane was ________.

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

4. While being married to Allan, how did Diane receive Alex's comments to her?

5. How did David expand Russek's?

Short Essay Questions

1. Did the Russek family achieve the American dream? How?

2. By the end of Chapter 20, did Allan and Diane have a strong marriage?

3. How were Diane and Howard inclined toward art? Who encouraged this?

4. Does Bosworth paint Diane in a positive or negative light in her biography? How so?

5. Does Bosworth have something personal at stake in her biography of Arbus? How?

6. Why did Diane and Allan stay together?

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

8. What is the overall message about Diane from Bosworth's biography?

9. Why did Diane give away many of her photographs in 1970 and 1971?

10. What piqued Diane's interests in the grotesque?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There is a clear correlation between Diane's attitudes as a teenager and her photography as an adult. Discuss how Diane's art reflects Diane.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Diane was in many ways constantly at odds with her surroundings, which made it difficult for her to be successful. Discuss how and why Diane was so out of place.

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