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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Photographic representations of the Vietnam War was essential to promoting:
(a) International relations.
(b) New methods of communication.
(c) Patriotic sentiment.
(d) The anti-war movement.
2. Sontag mentions many factors which influence the way audiences receive war photography. Which of the following was NOT one of those factors?
(a) Status.
(b) Gender.
(c) Age.
(d) Culture.
3. Sontag lists many effects of photographs depicting war victims. Which of the following was not one of the effects she lists?
(a) "They inspire."
(b) "They simplify."
(c) "They reiterate."
(d) "They create the illusion of consensus."
4. Contemporary society, at the time Sontag wrote the book, unanimously witnessed a rise of which of the following in the media?
(a) War protest.
(b) Violence and sadism.
(c) Violence and sexuality.
(d) Sadism and sexuality.
5. Fenton's "The Valley of the Shadow of Death" is unique for which of the following reasons?
(a) It requires hours of production and setup.
(b) It provides a uniquely poignant depiction of the horror of war.
(c) It ignores the directions from the War Office.
(d) It is the only photograph in his collection that did not need to be staged.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following thinkers argued that people take "no small" delight in witnessing the suffering of others?
2. Which famous surrealist thinker does Sontag quote as saying "Beauty will be convulsive, or it will not be?"
3. Sontag discusses a famous series of photographs taken by Tyler Hicks, titled "A Nation Challenged." What does this series depict?
4. Which of the following is true about representations of the dead or dying in American media?
5. 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?
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