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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 best describes the "CNN effect" as discussed by Sontag?
(a) Distorted media coverage misleads the public.
(b) Extensive media coverage directly affected local politics.
(c) Outrageous media coverage lead to a backlash against the media.
(d) Media coverage lead to the sentiment that something must be done.

2. Which of the following poets expressed concerns about the effect of national-scale events on human sensibility in 1800?
(a) Wordsworth.
(b) Hemingway.
(c) Pound.
(d) Eliot.

3. Sontag observes that "Here Is New York" had no need for captions, but suggests that:
(a) The photographers complained that their work did not receive proper explanation.
(b) One day, they will be necessary for those who did not experience the tragedy.
(c) Many people misunderstood the images.
(d) Many visitors were offended by the images they saw because they did not have a caption to explain them.

4. Sontag argues that which of the following effects keeps the television viewer's attention "light", "mobile" and fairly "indifferent" to the images on the screen?
(a) Media coverage.
(b) Image-glut.
(c) Overload.
(d) Advertising.

5. Images of the Gulf War were filtered to portray the "techno war." The public was exposed to only those images that portrayed which of the following sentiments?
(a) Savagery of conventional warfare, compared to American techno war.
(b) American military mercy.
(c) Wondrous technological advancements.
(d) American military superiority over the enemy.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Sontag, photographs of atrocities are best received if they are:

2. Modern society, Sontag argues, is a "society of _______".

3. How many images did the "Here Is New York" exhibit originally receive?

4. Sontag corrects her earlier argument by claiming that which of the following is eroded by modern media saturation?

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

(see the answer key)

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