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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sontag suggests that it is still possible to "feel the pulse of Christian iconography" in much war photography. Which famous work of art does she suggest can be seen in W. Eugene Smith's photograph of the woman in Minamata cradling her child?
(a) The Last Supper.
(b) Descent from the Cross.
(c) The Passion of Christ.
(d) The Pieta.

2. _______ is a modern development in camera use.
(a) Simplifying.
(b) Complicating.
(c) Beautifying.
(d) Uglifying.

3. Sontag claims that American journalists have always followed one tacit prohibition. What have American journalists always avoided?
(a) Printing images of the faces of American dead.
(b) Printing images of suffering women and children.
(c) Printing images of mass American casualties.
(d) Printing images of American-committed war crimes.

4. The conflicts in the Balkans in the 1990s stood out to many onlookers for which of the following reasons?
(a) The media hyped the conflicts by airing footage during each broadcast.
(b) The violence was more extreme than other conflicts of the era.
(c) Government propaganda incited great public interest.
(d) Most people believe that atrocities like that do not happen in Europe.

5. When Baudelaire expressed his concerns about the effects of the newspaper in 1860, which of the following was true?
(a) Newspapers had begun to sensationalize headlines.
(b) Newspapers had recently become more widely available to the public.
(c) Newspapers had begun printing images alongside the stories.
(d) Newspapers did NOT yet print images.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sontag describes the way people experienced televised images of war in their own homes as which of the following?

2. Photographic representations of the Vietnam War was essential to promoting:

3. Sontag argues that the most extensive kind of censorship is which of the following?

4. Sontag discusses reactions to the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Which of the following is NOT a reaction Sontag recalls hearing?

5. Sontag claims that images of suffering in Africa send a double message. Which of the following best represents that message?

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