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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which was the first war to be covered by television cameras?
(a) The Vietnam War.
(b) The War on Terror.
(c) The Korean War.
(d) Desert Storm.

2. Krieg dem Kriege contains images captioned in which four languages?
(a) German, French, English and Japanese.
(b) German, French, English and Spanish.
(c) German, French, English and Russian.
(d) German, French, Dutch and English.

3. In discussing the difference gender makes in perceptions of war, Sontag agrees with which of the following authors?
(a) Tyler Hicks.
(b) Joyce Carol Oates.
(c) Virginia Woolf.
(d) Henry James.

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

5. 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) 1902.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1945.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which painting does Sontag "find it difficult" to look at?

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

3. Audiences may question the veracity of photographs because:

4. Sontag references an agreement in which the United States, France, Great Britain, Germany, Italy and Japan came together to renounce war. What is the name of this agreement?

5. Photography on the war front was first banned in an organized fashion during which of the following wars?

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