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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following included close-up images of soldiers wounded by war in his/her 1938 film?
(a) Ernst Friedrich.
(b) Abel Gance.
(c) Virginia Woolf.
(d) Anonymous.

2. Sontag, confirming Walter Lippmann's assertion, argues that photography replaced which of the following media for representing the truth?
(a) Religious texts such as the Bible.
(b) Artistic representations such as paintings or drawings.
(c) Eye-witness testimonies.
(d) Scientific studies.

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

4. Sontag suggests that the camera always "kept company with _________".
(a) Life.
(b) Death.
(c) Art.
(d) War.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following pairs of images appeared side-by-side in a 1937 issue of "Life"?

2. Sontag mentions many factors which influence the way audiences receive war photography. Which of the following was NOT one of those factors?

3. According to Sontag, war journalism first developed during which of the following two wars?

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

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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