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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first war photographer, whose work garnered him the position as "official photographer" of the Crimean War, was which of the following?
(a) Robert Capa.
(b) Roger Fenton.
(c) Ernst Friedrich.
(d) Edmund Gosse.

2. Sontag argues that Goya's "The Disasters of War" was a turning point in the depiction of suffering. What does she cite as her reason?
(a) The starkness of Goya's craft.
(b) The subtlety of the portrayal of war.
(c) The detailed descriptions accompanying the work.
(d) The captions, challenging the viewer to look.

3. Which painting does Sontag "find it difficult" to look at?
(a) Picasso's "Guernica."
(b) Callot's "The Miseries and Misfortunes of War."
(c) Da Vinci's "The Last Supper."
(d) Titian's painting of the flaying of Marsyas.

4. Sontag lists which of the following as images that the artist "makes"?
(a) Photographs and etchings.
(b) Drawings and paintings.
(c) Paintings and photographs.
(d) Etchings and drawings.

5. Photographic representations of the Vietnam War was essential to promoting:
(a) International relations.
(b) The anti-war movement.
(c) Patriotic sentiment.
(d) New methods of communication.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sontag claims that shock used for rhetorical purposes can become _________.

2. Sontag argues that witnessing war atrocities from afar is a unique experience characteristic of:

3. Sontag suggests that the camera always "kept company with _________".

4. The conflicts in the Balkans in the 1990s stood out to many onlookers for which of the following reasons?

5. Sontag observes that "Here Is New York" had no need for captions, but suggests that:

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