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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. "_______- proud hosts may well pull out photographs of the place to show visitors how really splendid it is."
(a) Family.
(b) Wealth.
(c) School.
(d) Baby.

2. Photographs cannot ___________ of something and are therefore obviously reproductive or mimetic.
(a) Understand the truth.
(b) Simply be.
(c) Ignore the rules.
(d) Not be.

3. Arbus took some pictures of 'normal' people, but contrived the pictures to make them look _____________.
(a) Animalistic.
(b) Rich.
(c) Ugly.
(d) Bizarre.

4. Whitman strove to argue that the world should be seen as a ______________ whole, welded together.
(a) Hand-holding.
(b) Heterogeneous.
(c) Homogeneous.
(d) Peaceful.

5. What is NOT one of the groups of people that Arbus photographed during her career?
(a) Deformed.
(b) Prostitutes.
(c) Lepers.
(d) Insane.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sontag defines photography as an aid to ______________ in the opening chapter.

2. Photography enjoyed a boost when the public learned that photographs could be ______________.

3. In a sense, according to Sontag, photography actually helps to ____________ beauty as society defines it.

4. With the help of captions, photographs can be made to speak, but the caption is obviously ____________.

5. What kind of photographer is interested in the picturesque when he/she is taking photographs?

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