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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following magazines was NOT devoted entirely to photography?
(a) Vu.
(b) Life.
(c) Picture Post.
(d) National Geographic.

2. The media may inform the public of war crimes and atrocities, but often fails to capture the:
(a) Complicated circumstances, causes and impact of the event.
(b) Emotional struggles of the victims.
(c) Tension between combatants.
(d) Essence of the experience.

3. Sontag suggests that a catastrophic event that is experienced in real life. . .
(a) "will often seem eerily like its representation."
(b) "causes greater pain than one that is experienced on television."
(c) "does not often seem to be happening."
(d) "induces more stress when it is televised."

4. Which of the following included close-up images of soldiers wounded by war in his/her 1938 film?
(a) Virginia Woolf.
(b) Ernst Friedrich.
(c) Anonymous.
(d) Abel Gance.

5. Sontag discusses "Here Is New York," a photography exhibit depicting September 11th. Whom did the organizers ask to contribute photographs?
(a) Amateurs only.
(b) Anyone who captured an image of the tragedy.
(c) Photojournalists only.
(d) Professional artists only.

Short Answer Questions

1. Audiences may question the veracity of photographs because:

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

3. According to Sontag, why do images of atrocities fail to convey a singular, universal message?

4. Sontag discusses one year in European history in which the photograph was able to truly capture the nature of human atrocities. Which year was it?

5. Sontag discusses the subtitle of "Here is New York" in some detail. What was this subtitle?

(see the answer key)

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