Regarding the Pain of Others Quiz | One Week Quiz A

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Regarding the Pain of Others Quiz | One Week Quiz A

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is true about representations of the dead or dying in American media?
(a) American news media applies the same standards of decency to all victims, regardless of country of origin.
(b) American journalism favors American subjects, often overlooking people in "remote" places.
(c) FCC laws prohibit the printing of images including the faces of war victims.
(d) The faces of the dead and dying from "exotic" places are more likely to be shown.

2. Sontag refutes the possibility of a suggestion she made in "On Photography". Which of the following ideas did she refute?
(a) An abating of horrors.
(b) A placation of the public.
(c) A ban on horrific images.
(d) An ecology of images.

3. The footage from a 1898 charge of Colonel Roosevelt's volunteer cavalry, the Rough Riders, was replaced with film of a staged charge later for which of the following reasons?
(a) The photographer lost the film reel.
(b) The lighting on the day of the event was insufficient.
(c) Colonel Roosevelt was unsatisfied with the footage.
(d) The footage of the actual event was not dramatic enough.

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

5. Modern society, Sontag argues, is a "society of _______".
(a) Sheep.
(b) Shock.
(c) Spectacle.
(d) Sympathy.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Photography on the war front was first banned in an organized fashion during which of the following wars?

3. Which of the following best describes the "CNN effect" as discussed by Sontag?

4. Which of the following was NOT true of the "Here Is New York" exhibit?

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

(see the answer key)

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