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Quiz #3: New Form of Communication

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In 1873 this pioneer photographer ventured through areas of Arizona to capture this image. Who is the photographer?

a)

Edward Weston

b)

Timothy O'Sullivan

c)

John K. Hillers

d)

Henry Fox Talbot

2.

Who took this photograph of Agassiz Column in 1878?

a)

Timothy O'Sullivan

b)

Matthew Brady

c)

Carleton Watkins

d)

Edgar Degas

3.

In the 1870's this Pioneer Photographer was employed by the USGS (United States Geological Survey) to take pictures of the Western frontier.

a)

William Henry Jackson

b)

Lil' Wayne

c)

Eadweard Muybridge

d)

Steve Carell

4.

Who took this photograph in 1869 titled, "Meeting of the Rails, Promotory, Utah"?

a)

Andrew J. Russell

b)

Thomas Wedgwood

c)

Hippolyte Bayard

d)

Thomas Madden

5.

Which photographer is credited for taking these photographs while in Yellowstone National Park during the 1870's?

a)

William Henry Jackson

b)

Ansel Adams

c)

Sir Francis Drake

d)

Eadweard Muybridge

6.

In 1858 this English photographer traveled to the Middle East (Egypt) to take these photographs to create novelty postcards to "share the world" with people. Who was this photographer?

a)

Matthew Brady

b)

Francis Frith

c)

Julia Margaret Cameron

d)

Pablo Picasso

7.

"Galloping Horse" was a photograph created by which early pioneer in photography, leading the way into "motion pictures"?

a)

Joseph Nicéphore Niépce

b)

Pierre Gustave Joly

c)

Robert Cornelius

d)

Eadweard Muybridge

8.

As we learned about Matthew Brady and William Henry Jackson, both rising pioneer photographers of the 19th century, which of these two put everything they had into their endeavors and ended up dying penniless (their photographs not being desired for purchase by the public)?

a)

Matthew Brady

b)

William Henry Jackson

9.

In 1878 Leland Stanford (American Industrialist and politician) hired this photographer who was using photography to study motion, to take pictures that would settle a bet regarding how a horse runs and if all 4 hooves actually leave the ground all at once.

a)

Steven Spielberg

b)

Roger Fenton

c)

Eadweard Muybridge

d)

Guillermo del Toro

10.

In order to show his "motion photography" to the public, Eadweard Muybridge had to invent this machine in 1879/1880 which was the precursor to motion pictures...or otherwise known as "movies". What was this machine/device called?

a)

Movie Projector

b)

Zoopraxiscope

c)

Dinglehopper

d)

Sphygmomanometer