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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The first war photographer, whose work garnered him the position as "official photographer" of the Crimean War, was which of the following?
(a) Edmund Gosse.
(b) Roger Fenton.
(c) Robert Capa.
(d) Ernst Friedrich.
2. Sontag claims that compassion requires which of the following in order to remain?
(a) Reason.
(b) Evidence.
(c) Belief.
(d) Action.
3. Sontag, confirming Walter Lippmann's assertion, argues that photography replaced which of the following media for representing the truth?
(a) Scientific studies.
(b) Religious texts such as the Bible.
(c) Eye-witness testimonies.
(d) Artistic representations such as paintings or drawings.
4. Noting the long history of the "iconography of suffering," Sontag lists three types of art which depict incredible agony. Which of the following is NOT one of them?
(a) Images of the martyrdom of the Christian saints.
(b) Images and scultpures of the Passion of Christ.
(c) The Pieta.
(d) The statue of Laocoon and his sons.
5. Discussing the "co-spectatorship" and "indecency" of the image of the Vietcong suspect's execution, Sontag asserts which of the following?
(a) General Loan was unaware of the cameras at the time of the execution.
(b) The shooting would not have occurred in the absence of journalists to record it.
(c) The photographer arranged the execution in advance.
(d) The presence of journalists was an invasion of the executed man's privacy.
Short Answer Questions
1. After World War I, the general public thought of the War as:
2. Sontag claims that shock used for rhetorical purposes can become _________.
3. Sontag argues that journalists who photograph war are often received with resistance. She suggests that the desire to capture images of suffering is often described in which of the following ways?
4. _______ is a classic use for the camera.
5. Modern society, Sontag argues, is a "society of _______".
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