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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT one of the ways that surrealism is described by Sontag in this particular chapter?
(a) Anecdotal.
(b) Dated.
(c) Irrational.
(d) Joyful.

2. At times in the photography movement, the __________ is considered important while at other times it is not.
(a) Subject.
(b) Sunshine.
(c) Placement.
(d) Photographer.

3. By __________, photography became an acceptable part of modern day life, according to the book.
(a) 1854.
(b) 1828.
(c) 1839.
(d) 1800.

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

5. Whitman's idea was to look beyond the idea of __________ and of ugliness to see more in the world.
(a) Understanding.
(b) Peace.
(c) Joy.
(d) Beauty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Surrealism is bound by ________ and is dated in its contents, according to Sontag.

2. What picture of Steichen's was composed of portraiture that showed the universal in the individual?

3. Whitman wanted people to begin to see that they needed to accept the _________ within the society.

4. What did the acronym FSA stand for in relation to the most ambitious collection photographic project?

5. Whitman's view was challenged and entirely defeated mostly by accident by ________________.

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