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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. _______ is a classic use for the camera.
(a) Complicating.
(b) Beautifying.
(c) Uglifying.
(d) Simplifying.
2. Which was the first war to be "covered" by professional war journalists at the front lines?
(a) World War I.
(b) The American Civil War.
(c) World War II.
(d) The Spanish Civil War.
3. Sontag describes a famous photograph from the Spanish Civil War in which two things occur simultaneously. What are those two things?
(a) A boy died and a helicopter landed.
(b) A soldier was shot and the commander surrendered.
(c) A shot was fired and a soldier fell.
(d) The photograph was snapped and the soldier was hit by a bullet.
4. Sontag argues that Goya's "The Disasters of War" was a turning point in the depiction of suffering. What does she cite as her reason?
(a) The detailed descriptions accompanying the work.
(b) The starkness of Goya's craft.
(c) The captions, challenging the viewer to look.
(d) The subtlety of the portrayal of war.
5. According to Sontag, war journalism first developed during which of the following two wars?
(a) The Crimean War and the American Civil War.
(b) World War I and World War II.
(c) World War II and the Vietnam War.
(d) The American Revolution and the American Civil War.
Short Answer Questions
1. Sontag suggests that the camera always "kept company with _________".
2. Sontag argues that a photograph by which of these photographers triggered mass outcry against the Vietnam War?
3. The Brady group's approach to war photography differed from Fenton's approach in which of the following ways?
4. Although the camera captures the scene in front of it, Sontag suggests that the ______ may manipulate the image.
5. The footage from a 1898 charge of Colonel Roosevelt's volunteer cavalry, the Rough Riders, was replaced with film of a staged charge later for which of the following reasons?
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