ANSEL ADAMS' PHOTOGRAPHY

What is the passage mainly about?

• how Ansel Adams learned to photograph nature

• the ability of art to change public opinion

• the importance and benefits of national parks

• a nature photographer's work to preserve nature

The main purpose of the first paragraph is to

• describe one of Adams' photographs

• help readers see the power and beauty of nature

• show the challenges of being a nature photographer

• explain what Adams did in Yosemite National Park

The word eventually in the passage is closest in meaning to

• in turn

• on time

• by accident

• in the end

Which is NOT true about Adam's relationship with Yosemite National Park.

• Adams first visited it when he was 14.

• Adams was inspired by the landscape there.

• Adams photographed it throughout his career.

• Adams helped convince the government to make it a park.

Why did Adams go to Washington in 1936?

• to photograph a national park that had just opened

• to get support for a wilderness area in California

• to encourage people to visit Yosemite National Park

• to ask the government to make California attractive to tourists

What can be inferred about Adams' critics?

• They did not visit national parks.

• They thought the growth of cities was necessary.

• They thought he should photograph human subjects.

• They did not consider photography to be a real art.

Why was nature being destroyed during Adams' lifetime?

• It was being destroyed to make rooms for roads, farms and growing cities

• Many people destroyed it because they hated him

• The funny photographs made them confusing.

What did Adams say was the difference between photographs and paintings?

• He said nobody trusted paintings but people believed photographs

• Photographs are easy to see.

• Paintings are more expensive

What effect did The Tetons and the Snake River have on the public?

• It changed how American saw nature,

• Americans thought nature is not very interesting

• It changed his way of thinking