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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sontag argues that a photograph by which of these photographers triggered mass outcry against the Vietnam War?
(a) Ernst Friedrich.
(b) Robert Capa.
(c) Henri Cartier-Bresson.
(d) Larry Burroughs.

2. Sontag discusses the use of images of the dead to bolster hatred of the enemy. Which of the following recent events, aired on the Al Jazeera network, does she use as an example?
(a) The hanging of Sadam Hussein.
(b) The invasion of Iraq in 2003.
(c) The destruction of the Word Trade Center in 2001.
(d) The destruction of the Jenin refugee camp in 2002.

3. Faced with "information overload," people remember a photograph because it is a quick way of storing information, much like which of the following strategies?
(a) Maxims, proverbs and songs.
(b) Quotations, maxims and proverbs.
(c) Jingles, mnemonics and rhymes.
(d) Quotations, mnenics and memory games.

4. Sontag describes a famous photograph from the Spanish Civil War in which two things occur simultaneously. What are those two things?
(a) A soldier was shot and the commander surrendered.
(b) A shot was fired and a soldier fell.
(c) The photograph was snapped and the soldier was hit by a bullet.
(d) A boy died and a helicopter landed.

5. Sontag discusses "Here Is New York," a photography exhibit depicting September 11th. Whom did the organizers ask to contribute photographs?
(a) Photojournalists only.
(b) Professional artists only.
(c) Anyone who captured an image of the tragedy.
(d) Amateurs only.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which famous surrealist thinker does Sontag quote as saying "Beauty will be convulsive, or it will not be?"

2. Audiences may question the veracity of photographs because:

3. Paraphrasing Woolf, Sontag states that the privileged class fails to respond to images of war with the appropriate pain. She describes this as a:

4. Which was the first war to be "covered" by professional war journalists at the front lines?

5. In its early days, photography was thought to:

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