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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. Whose technique is considered to be impeccable, according to this chapter of the book?
(a) Whitman.
(b) Stieglitz.
(c) Steichen.
(d) Arbus.

2. A photograph can only convey ____________of something, but gives no real information about the subject.
(a) A picture.
(b) A sense.
(c) A word.
(d) A shape.

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

4. The camera can be used to intrude a form of _______ into leisure, within some cultures.
(a) Measurment.
(b) Work.
(c) Achievement.
(d) Boredom.

5. Whitman believed humanity was welded together in _________________ instead of separated from each other.
(a) Peace.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Commonality.
(d) Truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. In relation to sexuality, the very act of photography infers a perverse ________________.

2. As a result of being considered to be documentation, photographs yield a _______ that no other art form can yield.

3. The camera's drive toward enabling _______________ use promotes the use of photography as a means of pornography.

4. In his photographs, Steichen gave ___________ material importance according to Sontag.

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

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