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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Samantha say she was overcome with, when her grandmother asked her if she wanted to live with them in Cleveland?
(a) Nausea.
(b) Loathing.
(c) Homesickness.
(d) Disgust.

2. What were Lillian’s chances of remission after chemo?
(a) 75-25.
(b) 50-50.
(c) 60-40.
(d) 100%.

3. What kind of eggs does Samantha say her grandmother made for her that summer?
(a) Quiches.
(b) Poached.
(c) Fried.
(d) Hard boiled.

4. What change did Lillian make in her lifestyle while Nina’s case was before the NY Supreme Court?
(a) She stayed home more often.
(b) She worked longer hours.
(c) She stopped taking pills.
(d) She stopped taking photos.

5. Why was Samantha taken to the nurse, after news of the NY Supreme Court verdict came out?
(a) She started crying uncontrollably.
(b) She fainted.
(c) She was hyperventilating.
(d) She was beaten up by her classmates.

6. What did Samantha’s boyfriend bring with him to Cleveland, when he brought Lillian’s furniture out in his family’s moving truck?
(a) Two tickets to California.
(b) Money he’d raised for Lillian’s care.
(c) Money for a house to share with her.
(d) An engagement ring.

7. What did the U.S. Supreme Court rule regarding Nina’s case?
(a) That the images were not obscene.
(b) That the images were art, and therefore distinct from the question of obscenity.
(c) That the images were obscene.
(d) That NY state was within its rights to label the images obscene.

8. What barrier did the group Nina hung around with in college want to break down?
(a) Between performance and memory.
(b) Between gallery and market.
(c) Between art and viewer.
(d) Between representation and reality.

9. How long did the state’s lawyer speak for, that Nina was encouraged by his presentation to the court?
(a) 42 minutes.
(b) 28 minutes.
(c) 12 minutes.
(d) An hour.

10. How does Samantha characterize her relationship with her mother’s work?
(a) Collaborator.
(b) Bystander.
(c) Muse.
(d) Victim.

11. How did Lillian handle the charges against her?
(a) She fought the charges in court.
(b) She pleaded guilty and paid a fine.
(c) She moved the case to a more favorable venue.
(d) Her lawyer contested the charges on procedural grounds.

12. What did Lillian say she thought she was doing by taking the pictures she took?
(a) Revealing truths.
(b) Saving moments.
(c) Making windows.
(d) Protecting her daughter.

13. What did Sam Decker tell Samantha he took pictures of?
(a) Light.
(b) Time.
(c) People.
(d) A country.

14. What is Samantha doing in the last portrait her mother took of her?
(a) Playing, unaware.
(b) Looking innocent.
(c) Looking earnest.
(d) Looking murderous.

15. Where did Samantha stay while Lillian was in the hospital?
(a) With Deborah.
(b) With Grete.
(c) With her boyfriend.
(d) With Nina.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Nina characterize Lillian’s work when she saw it?

2. Why does Samantha say that Lillian did not notice the decline in her behavior?

3. What kind of dress did Samantha wear to the gallery opening at Lacuna?

4. What did Lillian start to do during the summer Samantha was gone to Cleveland?

5. What did Lillian tell Deborah she refused to be defined by?

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