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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sontag mentions many factors which influence the way audiences receive war photography. Which of the following was NOT one of those factors?
(a) Gender.
(b) Age.
(c) Status.
(d) Culture.

2. The mass media bombarded viewers with shocking images because:
(a) These images received the highest interest ratings in viewer polls.
(b) They were more likely to stand out from the countless images people saw every day.
(c) People secretly enjoy images of mass destruction.
(d) The public demanded the uncensored truth.

3. Which of the following images was often thought to represent a mother, looking tellingly into the sky during an air raid of the Spanish Civil War?
(a) "War Against War!"
(b) "Land Distribution Meeting, Extremadura, Spain, 1936"
(c) "Mother and Child, Barcelona, Spain, 1936"
(d) "Guernica."

4. According to Sontag, photojournalism was used post-9/11 to:
(a) Inform the public of the event.
(b) Promote messages of peace and pacificism.
(c) Increase support for military action.
(d) Increase sensitivity toward Middle-Eastern Americans.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Sontag argues that technological advances changed the way the public understands war by:

2. Sontag observes that "Here Is New York" had no need for captions, but suggests that:

3. Krieg dem Kriege contains images captioned in which four languages?

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

5. The Brady group's approach to war photography differed from Fenton's approach in which of the following ways?

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