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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. The very act of ____________ something new casts it as something new and beautiful.
(a) Photographing.
(b) Exposing.
(c) Naming.
(d) Finding.

2. The program with the FSA resulted in political and social _________ being placed on the rural poor.
(a) Pressure.
(b) Attention.
(c) Power.
(d) Pity.

3. Some photographers are ___________, seeking to document and visually examine the world.
(a) Moralists.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Scientists.
(d) Students.

4. Whitman sought in his work to find _____________ between the differences which exist.
(a) Identity.
(b) Truth.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Community.

5. Photography freed ____________ from the reproductive arts, according to Sontag's writing in this book.
(a) Painting.
(b) Sculpting.
(c) Carving.
(d) Stage plays.

Short Answer Questions

1. ___________ often reveal beauty that is not normally seen, according to Sontag in this chapter.

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

3. What kind of photographer is interested in the awakening consciousness?

4. Arbus' pictures were presented as _____________, even though the content at the time was not considered so.

5. Whitman believed humanity was welded together in _________________ instead of separated from each other.

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