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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1902.

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

3. Sontag lists which of the following as images that the artist "makes"?
(a) Etchings and drawings.
(b) Photographs and etchings.
(c) Drawings and paintings.
(d) Paintings and photographs.

4. Sontag argues that technological advances changed the way the public understands war by:
(a) Improving the power and accuracy of weapons.
(b) Shielding the public from scenes of the wounded and dying.
(c) Allowing journalists to represent the war in detail as it happens.
(d) Producing mass casualties and horrific destruction.

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 II and the Vietnam War.
(c) The American Revolution and the American Civil War.
(d) World War I and World War II.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Virginia Woolf book does Sontag discuss in detail?

2. Audiences may question the veracity of photographs because:

3. Fenton's "The Valley of the Shadow of Death" is unique for which of the following reasons?

4. Sontag compares the desire for images of people in pain to which other recurrent type of image?

5. In discussing the difference gender makes in perceptions of war, Sontag agrees with which of the following authors?

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