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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Brady group's approach to war photography differed from Fenton's approach in which of the following ways?
(a) The Brady group was not commissioned by the government, while Fenton was.
(b) The Brady group photographed the war without government permission, while Fenton had permission for his work.
(c) The Brady group was commissioned by the government, while Fenton was not.
(d) The Brady group had permission to access the fields, while Fenton did not.

2. According to Sontag, war journalism first developed during which of the following two wars?
(a) The American Revolution and the American Civil War.
(b) World War I and World War II.
(c) World War II and the Vietnam War.
(d) The Crimean War and the American Civil War.

3. Although Sontag is pessimistic about the broad effects of atrocity photographs, she did mention one positive outcome. What was it?
(a) The individual may come to a deeper understanding of the evil people may inflict.
(b) Images continually educate people in how to behave humanely.
(c) Some people may still be persuaded by images of suffering.
(d) The victims of atrocities may soemtimes feel that their suffering is not in vain.

4. 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) Virginia Woolf.
(d) Joyce Carol Oates.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Sontag suggests that photographs do NOT ask which of the following tasks of the viewers?

2. Sontag argues that journalists who photograph war are often received with resistance. She suggests that the desire to capture images of suffering is often described in which of the following ways?

3. According to Sontag, people are less responsive to images of violence in which of the following contexts?

4. U.S. bombing of Afghanistan was conducted remotely from which of the following locations?

5. Sontag presents her own objection to Salgado's "Migrations." Why does Sontag criticize Salgado's work?

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