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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sontag discusses the use of images of the dead to bolster hatred of the enemy. Which of the following recent events, aired on the Al Jazeera network, does she use as an example?
(a) The destruction of the Jenin refugee camp in 2002.
(b) The destruction of the Word Trade Center in 2001.
(c) The invasion of Iraq in 2003.
(d) The hanging of Sadam Hussein.

2. Fenton received directions from the War Office to do which of the following?
(a) Avoid photographing the ill, wounded, dying and dead.
(b) Glorify war through patriotic images.
(c) Graphically depict the horrors of war.
(d) Generate propaganda for Britain.

3. Which Virginia Woolf book does Sontag discuss in detail?
(a) Mrs. Dalloway.
(b) The Hours.
(c) Three Guineas.
(d) Orlando.

4. The Brady group's approach to war photography differed from Fenton's approach in which of the following ways?
(a) The Brady group had permission to access the fields, while Fenton did not.
(b) The Brady group was commissioned by the government, while Fenton was not.
(c) The Brady group photographed the war without government permission, while Fenton had permission for his work.
(d) The Brady group was not commissioned by the government, while Fenton was.

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) The footage of the actual event was not dramatic enough.
(d) Colonel Roosevelt was unsatisfied with the footage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sontag notes that post-colonial Africa is most commonly known to the American public based on a series of which of the following groups of images?

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

3. Sontag notes that at the time Virginia Woolf wrote "Three Guineas," war journalism was different than it is now. How was it different?

4. Recounting a conversation with a Sarajevan woman, Sontag claims that when people are safe, they will feel which of the following toward atrocities committed abroad?

5. Many of the scenes in "Saving Private Ryan" were based on works by which famous World War I photographer?

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