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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. Photographs also warp our sense of _________ as they are always minute in comparison to the real object.
(a) Color.
(b) Reality.
(c) Scale.
(d) Value.

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

3. As the text says, "Hobbesian man roams the streets, quite visible, with ____________ in his hair."
(a) Glitter.
(b) A ribbon.
(c) Blood.
(d) Lace.

4. ________ Whitman is the focus of this chapter, even though he was not a photographer in his time.
(a) Phillip.
(b) Walt.
(c) Joe.
(d) Terrence.

5. Edward Steichen photographed __________ objects to demonstrate technique and insight within photography.
(a) Still.
(b) Vapid.
(c) Moving.
(d) Normal.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Photographs do not create ___________ but they reinforce existing morality, according to Sontag.

3. What is NOT one of the groups of people that Arbus photographed during her career?

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

5. A photograph seems to be taken in order to guarantee that the event has actually ___________.

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