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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. A photograph seems to be taken in order to guarantee that the event has actually ___________.
(a) Begun.
(b) Been a success.
(c) Transpired.
(d) Touched others in the event.

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

3. Arbus presented her subjects as ______________ who were a part of the universal, the opposite of Whitman's ideas.
(a) Individuals.
(b) Families.
(c) Groups.
(d) Freaks.

4. Photography makes a compassionate response to presented images ________________.
(a) Obscure.
(b) Positive.
(c) Modern.
(d) Irrelevant.

5. Whitman wanted people to begin to see that they needed to accept the _________ within the society.
(a) Real.
(b) Music.
(c) Horror.
(d) Happiness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whitman wanted others to realize that the _____________ was a part of the universal.

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

3. Alfred Stieglitz produced photographs which supported Whitman's ideas, termed euphoric _____________.

4. Photography is a ___________ experience because cameras are cheap, readily available, and easy to use.

5. Whitman's idea was to look beyond the idea of __________ and of ugliness to see more in the world.

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