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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Baudelaire expressed his concerns about the effects of the newspaper in 1860, which of the following was true?
(a) Newspapers had recently become more widely available to the public.
(b) Newspapers had begun printing images alongside the stories.
(c) Newspapers did NOT yet print images.
(d) Newspapers had begun to sensationalize headlines.

2. Photography on the war front was first banned in an organized fashion during which of the following wars?
(a) World War I.
(b) The Spanish Civil War.
(c) The Boer War.
(d) World War II.

3. Which of the following terms does Sontag define as a commonly used term for those whose profession like journalists takes them into war zones?
(a) War voyeurism.
(b) War tourism.
(c) Atrocity tourism.
(d) Conflict exploitation.

4. Modern society, Sontag argues, is a "society of _______".
(a) Spectacle.
(b) Sympathy.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Shock.

5. Which of the following magazines was NOT devoted entirely to photography?
(a) Picture Post.
(b) Life.
(c) National Geographic.
(d) Vu.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sarajevans were angered by a photography exhibit which featured photographs of their suffering alongside images of which other country's people?

2. Sontag calls for the reader's sympathy for the wounded Taliban soldier whose pain graced the cover of "The New York Times" by suggesting which of the following?

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

4. Sontag argues that many people thought that which of the following makes war seem "real"?

5. Sontag, confirming Walter Lippmann's assertion, argues that photography replaced which of the following media for representing the truth?

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