Ansel Adams Quiz

Organize these details from the two passages about Ansel Adams into the right categories.

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(a) Passage 1

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(b) Passage 2

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(c) BOTH Passages

• Ansel Adams was born in San Francisco.

• Ansel Adams started a photography department at a museum.

• Ansel Adams invented the zone system.

Organize these details from the two passages about Ansel Adams into the right categories.

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(a) Passage 1

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(b) Passage 2

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(c) BOTH Passages

• Ansel Adams' photographs have been displayed in museums.

• Ansel Adams' Aunt Mary gave him a book that sparked his interest in nature.

• Many people hang posters of his photos in their homes.

What is Ansel Adams famous for?

• Colorful pictures of skyscrapers

• Black and white pictures of big parks

• Portraits of people

• Taking photos for school picture days

Let's see how much you know about taking pictures! What special way of taking pictures did Ansel Adams, a very famous photographer, teach the world?

• The rule of thirds

• The zone system

• The golden ratio in photography

• HDR photography

What made Ansel Adams want to see Yosemite National Park with his family in 1916?

• A cool movie about Yosemite

• A friend told his family it was great

• A book called "In the Heart of the Sierras"

• A school trip he never forgot

Guess what! Ansel Adams made a very special book called "Sierra Nevada: The John Muir Trail". This book helped start something very important. What was it?

• Yosemite National Park

• The Ansel Adams Gallery

• Sequoia National Park

• The National Park Service

Why did Ansel Adams take pictures of people in special camps during WWII?

• To show the beautiful lands around the camps

• To show how strong and together the people were in hard times

• Because the government told him to

Guess the big award Ansel Adams got in 1980? It's a very special award from the U.S. government!

• The Nobel Peace Prize

• The Pulitzer Prize for Photography

• The Presidential Medal of Freedom

• The National Geographic Society's Lifetime Achievement Award

Can you guess what was named to honor the famous Ansel Adams in 1984?

• A new kind of plant found in the big Yosemite

• The Ansel Adams Photography School in Anaheim

• The Ansel Adams Wilderness in the Inyo National Forest

• The quiet Ansel Adams River in New York

When was the big mountain named for the famous picture-taker Ansel Adams? Pick the year!

• 1980

• 1984

• 1985

• 1986