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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sontag discusses "Here Is New York," a photography exhibit depicting September 11th. Whom did the organizers ask to contribute photographs?
(a) Photojournalists only.
(b) Amateurs only.
(c) Anyone who captured an image of the tragedy.
(d) Professional artists only.

2. Sontag discusses another common belief regarding media coverage of an event, and suggested that it may seem to contradict the first common belief she addresses. What is this second idea?
(a) Overexposure to images in the media makes people callous.
(b) Repeated images in the media exhaust our ability to prevent new atrocities.
(c) Limited exposure diminishes the impact the images have on an audience.
(d) The media sensationalizes stories of atrocity.

3. It was generally thought that public awareness was largely guided by which of the following?
(a) Book industry.
(b) Government propaganda.
(c) Media coverage.
(d) Educational programming.

4. Sontag argues that a photograph by which of these photographers triggered mass outcry against the Vietnam War?
(a) Larry Burroughs.
(b) Robert Capa.
(c) Henri Cartier-Bresson.
(d) Ernst Friedrich.

5. How many images did the "Here Is New York" exhibit originally receive?
(a) Less than one hundred.
(b) Less five hundred.
(c) More than one thousand.
(d) More than one million.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. A heated debate emerged when a weekly paper in Boston ran a video of which American journalist's execution in Pakistan?

4. 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?

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

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