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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sontag corrects her earlier argument by claiming that which of the following is eroded by modern media saturation?
(a) Human decency.
(b) Sense of urgency.
(c) Human empathy.
(d) Sense of reality.

2. Sontag claims that "good taste" is always _________ when invoked by institutions.
(a) A repressive standard.
(b) A measure to protect the public.
(c) A way to maintain appearances.
(d) A decision made in the interest of freedom.

3. The West had a long tradition of viewing war as which of the following?
(a) Atrocity.
(b) Necessary.
(c) Honorable.
(d) Spectacle.

4. Sontag argues that the most extensive kind of censorship is which of the following?
(a) Military censorship.
(b) Government censorship.
(c) The self-censorship of broadcast companies.
(d) The censorship implied by public sensibility.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is true about representations of the dead or dying in American media?

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

3. Sontag claims that American journalists have always followed one tacit prohibition. What have American journalists always avoided?

4. Sontag notes that post-colonial Africa is most commonly known to the American public based on a series of which of the following groups of images?

5. It was generally thought that public awareness was largely guided by which of the following?

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