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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Images of the Gulf War were filtered to portray the "techno war." The public was exposed to only those images that portrayed which of the following sentiments?
(a) American military mercy.
(b) Savagery of conventional warfare, compared to American techno war.
(c) Wondrous technological advancements.
(d) American military superiority over the enemy.

2. A heated debate emerged when a weekly paper in Boston ran a video of which American journalist's execution in Pakistan?
(a) Eddie Adams.
(b) Don McCullin.
(c) Ariel Sharon.
(d) Daniel Pearl.

3. 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?
(a) The Treaty of Brandenburg.
(b) Kellogg-Briad Pact of 1928.
(c) The Non-Aggression Pact of 1937.
(d) The Treaty of Versailles.

4. To whom did the "Here Is New York" exhibit donate the proceeds?
(a) A fund benefitting children who lost parents in the attack.
(b) A fund benefitting the spouses of those who died.
(c) A fund benefitting the arts and encouraging photography of New York.
(d) A fund benefitting the fire departments that acted to save the victims.

5. The footage from a 1898 charge of Colonel Roosevelt's volunteer cavalry, the Rough Riders, was replaced with film of a staged charge later for which of the following reasons?
(a) The lighting on the day of the event was insufficient.
(b) The photographer lost the film reel.
(c) Colonel Roosevelt was unsatisfied with the footage.
(d) The footage of the actual event was not dramatic enough.

Short Answer Questions

1. In its early days, photography was thought to:

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

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

4. Sontag argues that Woolf's view, like many other "antiwar polemicists" is:

5. According to Sontag, photographs of atrocities are best received if they are:

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