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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Audiences may question the veracity of photographs because:
(a) Images can be staged or manipulated.
(b) Photojournalists are unreliable.
(c) Anyone can photograph an event.
(d) Newspapers and magazines caption the images.

2. Sontag argues that witnessing war atrocities from afar is a unique experience characteristic of:
(a) The early 19th century.
(b) Eastern countries.
(c) The modern world.
(d) Western countries.

3. Which of the following was NOT true of the "Here Is New York" exhibit?
(a) One image from each contributer was selected.
(b) The identity of the photographer was kept secret until after the image was purchased.
(c) The images were displayed uncaptioned.
(d) Images were selected on a first-come, first-serve basis.

4. Sontag argues that we are most disappointed to discover that which type of photographs have been staged?
(a) Images depicting intimate climaxes.
(b) Images depicting everyday life.
(c) Images depicting gory battle scenes.
(d) Images depicting spontaneous events.

5. Sontag argues that Woolf's view, like many other "antiwar polemicists" is:
(a) Out-dated.
(b) Idealistic.
(c) Narrow-minded.
(d) Generic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following thinkers argued that people take "no small" delight in witnessing the suffering of others?

2. Sontag discusses a famous series of photographs taken by Tyler Hicks, titled "A Nation Challenged." What does this series depict?

3. Modern society, Sontag argues, is a "society of _______".

4. According to Sontag, why do images of atrocities fail to convey a singular, universal message?

5. Sontag argues that which of the following effects keeps the television viewer's attention "light", "mobile" and fairly "indifferent" to the images on the screen?

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