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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In its early days, photography was thought to:
(a) Represent objective truth.
(b) Diminish the emotional impact of an event.
(c) Depict a single, biased point of view.
(d) Glorify scenes of suffering.

2. 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?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1975.

3. In discussing the difference gender makes in perceptions of war, Sontag agrees with which of the following authors?
(a) Henry James.
(b) Tyler Hicks.
(c) Joyce Carol Oates.
(d) Virginia Woolf.

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

5. Fenton's "The Valley of the Shadow of Death" is unique for which of the following reasons?
(a) It ignores the directions from the War Office.
(b) It provides a uniquely poignant depiction of the horror of war.
(c) It is the only photograph in his collection that did not need to be staged.
(d) It requires hours of production and setup.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sontag notes that post-colonial Africa is most commonly known to the American public based on a series of which of the following groups of images?

2. Ultimately, Sontag claims that war is:

3. Which of the following images was often thought to represent a mother, looking tellingly into the sky during an air raid of the Spanish Civil War?

4. Sontag lists many effects of photographs depicting war victims. Which of the following was not one of the effects she lists?

5. Recalling traditions of the 16th and 17th century, Sontag claims that printing images of dark-skinned people in moments of suffering or pain is part of a long tradition of which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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