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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Photographic Evangels.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Alfred Stieglitz produced photographs which supported Whitman's ideas, termed euphoric _____________.
(a) Humanism.
(b) Truthism.
(c) Picarism.
(d) Realism.

2. The program with the FSA resulted in political and social _________ being placed on the rural poor.
(a) Attention.
(b) Pity.
(c) Pressure.
(d) Power.

3. What was the profession or the career choice for Whitman during his time in the world?
(a) President.
(b) Poet.
(c) Chemical engineer.
(d) Novelist.

4. In his photographs, Steichen gave ___________ material importance according to Sontag.
(a) Irrelevant.
(b) Peaceful.
(c) Disgusting.
(d) Dark.

5. Modern photography seems to admit that __________ is the sum total of all art in photography.
(a) Technique.
(b) Structure.
(c) Approach.
(d) Alignment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Early in their history, photographs entered __________ where they were displayed in shows as were paintings.

2. Photography has become a bit of a surrealist art, not a/an __________ art, but close to it, according to Sontag.

3. Some photographers are ___________, seeking to document and visually examine the world.

4. Arbus took some pictures of 'normal' people, but contrived the pictures to make them look _____________.

5. Photography makes a compassionate response to presented images ________________.

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