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  1. Who is credited with inventing the first camera? a) Louis Daguerre b) George Eastman c) Joseph Nicéphore Niépce d) Ansel Adams

Answer: c) Joseph Nicéphore Niépce

  1. What is the name of the process used to create the first permanent photograph? a) Daguerreotype b) Cyanotype c) Calotype d) Ambrotype

Answer: a) Daguerreotype

  1. Who is considered the father of photojournalism? a) Henri Cartier-Bresson b) Robert Capa c) Dorothea Lange d) Lewis Hine

Answer: d) Lewis Hine

  1. What is the name of the first commercially successful color photography process? a) Kodachrome b) Polaroid c) Fujifilm d) Agfa

Answer: a) Kodachrome

  1. Who is known for their iconic photographs of the Great Depression? a) Ansel Adams b) Dorothea Lange c) Edward Weston d) Walker Evans

Answer: b) Dorothea Lange

  1. What is the name of the first camera to use roll film? a) Brownie b) Leica c) Hasselblad d) Nikon

Answer: a) Brownie

  1. Who is known for their photographs of the Civil War? a) Mathew Brady b) Alfred Stieglitz c) Edward Steichen d) Margaret Bourke-White

Answer: a) Mathew Brady

  1. What is the name of the process used to create photographs using a camera obscura and light-sensitive paper? a) Photogram b) Pinhole photography c) Tintype d) Wet plate collodion

Answer: b) Pinhole photography

  1. Who is known for their photographs of the American West? a) Ansel Adams b) Edward Weston c) Timothy O’Sullivan d) Imogen Cunningham

Answer: c) Timothy O’Sullivan

  1. What is the name of the first digital camera? a) Kodak DCS b) Canon EOS DCS c) Nikon DCS d) Sony Mavica

Answer: a) Kodak DCS

Rubric: - Each correct multiple choice answer: 1 point - Each correct open ended answer: 2 points - Each correct long answer answer: 5 points - Each correct fill in the blank answer: 1 point

Answer key: 1. c) Joseph Nicéphore Niépce 2. a) Daguerreotype 3. d) Lewis Hine 4. a) Kodachrome 5. b) Dorothea Lange 6. a) Brownie 7. a) Mathew Brady 8. b) Pinhole photography 9. c) Timothy O’Sullivan 10. a) Kodak DCS