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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through America, Seen Through Photographs, Darkly.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Photography often makes the photographer incapable of _____________ - one can either document or do something else.
(a) Closing their eyes.
(b) Feeling.
(c) Intervention.
(d) Committment.

3. The cave allegory speaks of __________ chained to a wall within the story itself.
(a) Women.
(b) Priests.
(c) Children.
(d) Prisoners.

4. Arbus admitted to the fact that her own work violated her own ______________ because of its content.
(a) Understanding.
(b) Rules.
(c) Morals.
(d) Innocence.

5. _____________ often use cameras and practice photography as a method of certifying their travel experience.
(a) Women.
(b) Children.
(c) Tourists.
(d) Men.

Short Answer Questions

1. Like modern art, according to Sontag, photography lowers ___________ in those who view it.

2. Arbus simply strove to present the subjects of her photographs as ____________ to the viewers.

3. As the text says, "Hobbesian man roams the streets, quite visible, with ____________ in his hair."

4. Edward Steichen photographed __________ objects to demonstrate technique and insight within photography.

5. Arbus made everybody look ________________ when she took her photographs.

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