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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Sontag, photographs of atrocities are best received if they are:
(a) Well-lit and high-contrast.
(b) Images of familiar places or people.
(c) Close-ups of compelling scenes.
(d) So artistically simple as to seem uncomposed.

2. U.S. bombing of Afghanistan was conducted remotely from which of the following locations?
(a) The Pentagon.
(b) Quantico, Virginia.
(c) Tampa, Florida
(d) Washington, D.C.

3. According to Sontag, "to photograph is to frame, and to frame is to _______".
(a) Include.
(b) Exclude.
(c) Alter.
(d) Highlight.

4. According to Sontag, war journalism first developed during which of the following two wars?
(a) The American Revolution and the American Civil War.
(b) World War II and the Vietnam War.
(c) World War I and World War II.
(d) The Crimean War and the American Civil War.

5. Many of the scenes in "Saving Private Ryan" were based on works by which famous World War I photographer?
(a) Gilles Peress.
(b) Robert Capa.
(c) Roger Fenton.
(d) Ernst Friedrich.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sontag claims that images of suffering in Africa send a double message. Which of the following best represents that message?

2. Sontag compares the desire for images of people in pain to which other recurrent type of image?

3. Sontag argues that witnessing war atrocities from afar is a unique experience characteristic of:

4. 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?

5. Discussing the "co-spectatorship" and "indecency" of the image of the Vietcong suspect's execution, Sontag asserts which of the following?

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