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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Sontag, "to photograph is to frame, and to frame is to _______".
(a) Exclude.
(b) Alter.
(c) Highlight.
(d) Include.

2. Which famous surrealist thinker does Sontag quote as saying "Beauty will be convulsive, or it will not be?"
(a) Salvador Dali.
(b) Andre Breton.
(c) Pablo Picasso.
(d) Virginia Woolf.

3. Which of the following pairs of images appeared side-by-side in a 1937 issue of "Life"?
(a) A dying Republican soldier and Vitalis men's hair cream.
(b) A mother holding her child while looking at the sky and Vitalis men's hair cream.
(c) The bombing of Guernica and Vitalis men's hair cream.
(d) A dying Republican soldier and a mother holding her child while looking at the sky.

4. Sontag argues that creating lasting interest in war image requires which of the following?
(a) A reputation for cutting-edge journalism.
(b) A brave star witness.
(c) A plethora of shocking images.
(d) A large budget from advertising.

5. Sontag discusses the subtitle of "Here is New York" in some detail. What was this subtitle?
(a) "A City Mourns."
(b) "A Democracy of Images."
(c) "A Nation in Shock."
(d) "September 11th, 2001."

Short Answer Questions

1. Which was the first war to be covered by television cameras?

2. According to Sontag, photojournalism was used post-9/11 to:

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

4. The protagonist of J'Accuse, the 1938 anti-war film, cries out which of the following in German and in English?

5. Sontag discusses "Here Is New York," a photography exhibit depicting September 11th. Whom did the organizers ask to contribute photographs?

(see the answer key)

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