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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sontag presents her own objection to Salgado's "Migrations." Why does Sontag criticize Salgado's work?
(a) He generalized different social and political situations under the anonymous umbrella of suffering.
(b) He reprinted images of refugees without their consent, display a disregard for their rights.
(c) He staged many of the photographs to create more dramatic depictions of human agony.
(d) He profited greatly from the exhibition of the photographs while the subjects received nothing.

2. Sontag observes that "Here Is New York" had no need for captions, but suggests that:
(a) The photographers complained that their work did not receive proper explanation.
(b) One day, they will be necessary for those who did not experience the tragedy.
(c) Many visitors were offended by the images they saw because they did not have a caption to explain them.
(d) Many people misunderstood the images.

3. Sontag claims that American journalists have always followed one tacit prohibition. What have American journalists always avoided?
(a) Printing images of mass American casualties.
(b) Printing images of suffering women and children.
(c) Printing images of the faces of American dead.
(d) Printing images of American-committed war crimes.

4. Which of the following is true about representations of the dead or dying in American media?
(a) The faces of the dead and dying from "exotic" places are more likely to be shown.
(b) American news media applies the same standards of decency to all victims, regardless of country of origin.
(c) FCC laws prohibit the printing of images including the faces of war victims.
(d) American journalism favors American subjects, often overlooking people in "remote" places.

5. Sontag argues that we are most disappointed to discover that which type of photographs have been staged?
(a) Images depicting gory battle scenes.
(b) Images depicting spontaneous events.
(c) Images depicting everyday life.
(d) Images depicting intimate climaxes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sontag criticizes American portrayals of U.S. military strategy, saying that war museums do not emphasize which of the following?

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

3. Which was the first war to be covered by television cameras?

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. _______ is a classic use for the camera.

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