View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The mass media bombarded viewers with shocking images because:
(a) They were more likely to stand out from the countless images people saw every day.
(b) The public demanded the uncensored truth.
(c) These images received the highest interest ratings in viewer polls.
(d) People secretly enjoy images of mass destruction.

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 captions, challenging the viewer to look.
(b) The detailed descriptions accompanying the work.
(c) The subtlety of the portrayal of war.
(d) The starkness of Goya's craft.

3. 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) Edmund Gosse.
(d) Ernst Friedrich.

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

5. Sontag argues that creating lasting interest in war image requires which of the following?
(a) A brave star witness.
(b) A reputation for cutting-edge journalism.
(c) A plethora of shocking images.
(d) A large budget from advertising.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sontag references an agreement in which the United States, France, Great Britain, Germany, Italy and Japan came together to renounce war. What is the name of this agreement?

2. How many images did the "Here Is New York" exhibit originally receive?

3. Sontag compares the desire for images of people in pain to which other recurrent type of image?

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

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 389 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample