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

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

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

4. People with _________ are more likely to have cameras than people who do not have them.
(a) Cars.
(b) Mothers.
(c) Children.
(d) Pets.

5. The surrealist movement courts _________ and incongruous juxtaposition in its use.
(a) Reality.
(b) Truth.
(c) Accidents.
(d) Justice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the story to which the name of this chapter refers?

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

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

4. Who helped to lead the largest collective photographic project ever in the United States?

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

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