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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Melancholy Objects.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whitman wanted people to begin to see that they needed to accept the _________ within the society.
(a) Real.
(b) Music.
(c) Horror.
(d) Happiness.

2. What kind of photographer is interested in the awakening consciousness?
(a) African.
(b) South American.
(c) American.
(d) European.

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

4. One of the things that Sontag reminds the reader is that Surrealism is not a __________ art form.
(a) Scattered.
(b) Universal.
(c) Peaceful.
(d) Honest.

5. Whitman wanted others to realize that the _____________ was a part of the universal.
(a) Individual.
(b) Image.
(c) Word.
(d) Color.

Short Answer Questions

1. ________ Whitman is the focus of this chapter, even though he was not a photographer in his time.

2. Who helped to lead the largest collective photographic project ever in the United States?

3. In large measure, photography has replaced experiential interaction with __________, according to the book.

4. Alfred Stieglitz produced photographs which supported Whitman's ideas, termed euphoric _____________.

5. Photography is a ___________ experience because cameras are cheap, readily available, and easy to use.

(see the answer key)

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