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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sontag suggests that the camera always "kept company with _________".
(a) Life.
(b) War.
(c) Art.
(d) Death.

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

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

4. Restrictions on media coverage of the British campaign in the Falklands was notable for which of the following reasons?
(a) They were stricter than any censorship since the Crimean War.
(b) They prohibited foreign journalists from covering the story.
(c) They opened the event to full-scale television coverage.
(d) They allowed only government-sponsored journalists.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following terms does Sontag define as a commonly used term for those whose profession like journalists takes them into war zones?

2. 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?

3. Sontag discusses the subtitle of "Here is New York" in some detail. What was this subtitle?

4. 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?

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

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