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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 Deborah characterize Lillian’s skills in the darkroom?
(a) She calls her a mathematician.
(b) She calls her a philosopher.
(c) She calls her a conjurer.
(d) She calls her a technician.

2. How long a focal distance did Lillian Preston use in her images?
(a) 25 feet.
(b) 10 feet.
(c) 4 feet.
(d) 2 feet.

3. What was Lillian doing for money while she lived downstairs from Deborah?
(a) Selling her photos.
(b) Typing.
(c) Waiting tables.
(d) Journalism.

4. What choice did Lillian Preston give her daughter in regard to the photos in the Samantha series?
(a) To get rich from them or exhibit them privately only.
(b) To defend them or burn them.
(c) To exhibit them or destroy them.
(d) To sell them or sequester them.

5. What does Deborah say Lillian’s economic situation was?
(a) She was making good money.
(b) She was putting money away.
(c) She was always calling her parents for bailouts.
(d) She was always borrowing money for food.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many boxes did Lillian Preston leave behind when she died?

2. What does Lillian Preston try to photograph?

3. What does Lillian Preston’s photo of the Times Square recruit indicate her interest in, according to Samantha?

4. How does Patricia Stokes characterize living with Lillian?

5. What church does Patricia Stokes say Lillian Preston worshipped in?

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