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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. Who did Lillian Preston call the best photographer no one ever heard of?
(a) Nina Pagano.
(b) Lillian Preston.
(c) Lyonel Tsaregorodcev
(d) Sam Decker.

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

3. How many boxes did Lillian Preston leave behind when she died?
(a) 42.
(b) 12.
(c) 3.
(d) 188.

4. Where did Lillian photograph the man who was Samantha’s father?
(a) In the park.
(b) In bed.
(c) In the street.
(d) In the shower.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of photography does the narrator say Lillian Preston is?

3. What does Deborah say Lillian’s economic situation was?

4. Where did Lillian Preston’s parents expect her to go to school?

5. How many images were in the Samantha series?

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