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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following magazines was NOT devoted entirely to photography?
(a) Vu.
(b) Picture Post.
(c) National Geographic.
(d) Life.

2. 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 intimate climaxes.
(d) Images depicting everyday life.

3. Audiences may question the veracity of photographs because:
(a) Images can be staged or manipulated.
(b) Anyone can photograph an event.
(c) Newspapers and magazines caption the images.
(d) Photojournalists are unreliable.

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

5. The Brady war pictures were taken of which of the following wars?
(a) The Spanish Civil War.
(b) The American Civil War.
(c) The Crimean War.
(d) World War I.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The media may inform the public of war crimes and atrocities, but often fails to capture the:

3. Which antiwar book which shows images from German military archives does Sontag reference?

4. Sontag notes that at the time Virginia Woolf wrote "Three Guineas," war journalism was different than it is now. How was it different?

5. Recalling traditions of the 16th and 17th century, Sontag claims that printing images of dark-skinned people in moments of suffering or pain is part of a long tradition of which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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