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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the largest collection photographic project take place with the help of the FSA?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1828.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1928.

2. Photography allows all of the goals of surrealism to conflate into a _________ art, according to Sontag.
(a) Mimetic.
(b) Universal.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Fine.

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

4. Surrealism is like a _____________ because it can't make anything new - it can only judge the past.
(a) Power trip.
(b) Death trip.
(c) True ego.
(d) Wild ride.

5. Eventually, according to this chapter, _______________ will be photographed.
(a) The world's darkness.
(b) All humans.
(c) Everything.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Photography also establishes what is allowable as an object of ____________, according to Sontag.

2. According to Sontag, photographs are held to be definitive ___________, though Sontag does not support this idea with facts.

3. Whitman's view was challenged and entirely defeated mostly by accident by ________________.

4. Diane Arbus is discussed as having been one to photograph the ____________ of society.

5. What was the profession or the career choice for Whitman during his time in the world?

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