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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Heroism of Vision.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To Whitman, the ___________ was important and it was critical to accept this truth.
(a) Beauty.
(b) Darkness.
(c) Trivial.
(d) Forest.

2. How do beautiful things begin to seem cliched and dull? Through their ____________, things become cliched.
(a) Colors.
(b) Repetition.
(c) Over exposure.
(d) Subjects.

3. Whitman believed humanity was welded together in _________________ instead of separated from each other.
(a) Peace.
(b) Truth.
(c) Commonality.
(d) Understanding.

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

5. What is NOT one of the groups of people that Arbus photographed during her career?
(a) Deformed.
(b) Lepers.
(c) Prostitutes.
(d) Insane.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a sense, according to Sontag, photography actually helps to ____________ beauty as society defines it.

2. Sontag defines photography as an aid to ______________ in the opening chapter.

3. _____________ is easy, rapid, and can be performed by just about anyone, according to Sontag.

4. Photography idealizes subjects and makes ________ of people who are in the photographs.

5. _____________ often use cameras and practice photography as a method of certifying their travel experience.

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