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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What picture of Steichen's was composed of portraiture that showed the universal in the individual?
(a) Family of the Universal.
(b) Family of All.
(c) Family of Man.
(d) Family of One.

2. Like modern art, according to Sontag, photography lowers ___________ in those who view it.
(a) Understanding.
(b) Inhibitions.
(c) Sensitivities.
(d) Trust.

3. Some photographers are _________, seeking to clarify or to identify a world vision.
(a) Teachers.
(b) Moralists.
(c) Scientists.
(d) Students.

4. American photographers feel the country is simply too _______ to be understood - instead it must simply be catalogued.
(a) Old.
(b) Important.
(c) Good.
(d) Big.

5. Edward Steichen photographed __________ objects to demonstrate technique and insight within photography.
(a) Moving.
(b) Normal.
(c) Still.
(d) Vapid.

Short Answer Questions

1. Many people fear being photographed because they fear the camera's ___________ of their looks.

2. Photographs cannot ___________ of something and are therefore obviously reproductive or mimetic.

3. The project with the FSA was enormously influential in depicting to America the __________ face of man and his struggles.

4. Most theories of art, according to Sontag, have only proven to be __________ in retrospect as well as in their own time.

5. The real problem with bringing ________ photographs into mainstream is a procedure which contradicts the nature of most photographs.

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