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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. Arbus presented her subjects as ______________ who were a part of the universal, the opposite of Whitman's ideas.
(a) Groups.
(b) Families.
(c) Freaks.
(d) Individuals.

2. Arbus admitted to the fact that her own work violated her own ______________ because of its content.
(a) Morals.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Innocence.
(d) Rules.

3. To Whitman, the ___________ was important and it was critical to accept this truth.
(a) Darkness.
(b) Forest.
(c) Trivial.
(d) Beauty.

4. Photography makes a compassionate response to presented images ________________.
(a) Obscure.
(b) Positive.
(c) Irrelevant.
(d) Modern.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Photography has made the world unable to perceive the _________ beyond the photograph, according to Sontag.

3. Like modern art, according to Sontag, photography lowers ___________ in those who view it.

4. _____________ often use cameras and practice photography as a method of certifying their travel experience.

5. Photography idealizes subjects and makes ________ of people who are in the photographs.

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