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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following was NOT true of the "Here Is New York" exhibit?
(a) One image from each contributer was selected.
(b) The identity of the photographer was kept secret until after the image was purchased.
(c) Images were selected on a first-come, first-serve basis.
(d) The images were displayed uncaptioned.

3. According to Sontag, why do images of atrocities fail to convey a singular, universal message?
(a) They are inappropriate for mass publication.
(b) They are too graphic.
(c) They inspire only disgust.
(d) They require context and explanation.

4. According to Sontag, anti-war sentiment:
(a) Overcame the militarized frenzy of the war years.
(b) Produced peace.
(c) Emerged in the arts across Europe after World War I.
(d) Was considered treasonous.

5. Sontag discusses a famous series of photographs taken by Tyler Hicks, titled "A Nation Challenged." What does this series depict?
(a) A wounded Taliban soldier.
(b) Osama Bin Laden.
(c) Hugo Chavez.
(d) The destruction of the Twin Towers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sontag argues that creating lasting interest in war image requires which of the following?

2. Which of the following images was often thought to represent a mother, looking tellingly into the sky during an air raid of the Spanish Civil War?

3. Although the camera captures the scene in front of it, Sontag suggests that the ______ may manipulate the image.

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

5. Sontag discusses one year in European history in which the photograph was able to truly capture the nature of human atrocities. Which year was it?

(see the answer key)

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