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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sontag, confirming Walter Lippmann's assertion, argues that photography replaced which of the following media for representing the truth?
(a) Religious texts such as the Bible.
(b) Eye-witness testimonies.
(c) Scientific studies.
(d) Artistic representations such as paintings or drawings.

2. Which of the following photographers exhibited photographs of Sarajevo in 1994?
(a) Frederick Wiseman.
(b) Jeff Wall.
(c) Larisa Shepitko.
(d) Paul Lowe.

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

4. 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) Colonel Roosevelt was unsatisfied with the footage.
(b) The lighting on the day of the event was insufficient.
(c) The photographer lost the film reel.
(d) The footage of the actual event was not dramatic enough.

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) Wondrous technological advancements.
(b) American military mercy.
(c) American military superiority over the enemy.
(d) Savagery of conventional warfare, compared to American techno war.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following images was often thought to represent a mother, looking tellingly into the sky during an air raid of the Spanish Civil War?

2. To whom did the "Here Is New York" exhibit donate the proceeds?

3. Sontag argues that a photograph by which of these photographers triggered mass outcry against the Vietnam War?

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

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

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