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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Which antiwar book which shows images from German military archives does Sontag reference?
(a) Three Guinneas.
(b) The Face of War.
(c) Krieg dem Kriege!
(d) J'accuse.

3. "Dead Troops Talk (A Vision After an Ambush of a Red Army Patrol near Moqor, Afghanistan, Winter 1986" was a photograph taken by which of the following types of photographer?
(a) A Canadian artist attempting to envision the horrors of a distant war.
(b) A civilian bystander with a disposable camera.
(c) An embedded journalist.
(d) A military photographer archiving the event for intelligence purposes.

4. Concerned with the public health risk posed by cigarette smoking, officials in which country suggested that images of black lungs, damaged hearts or periodontal disease be included on the warning label for tobacco products?
(a) Canada.
(b) France.
(c) United Kindgom.
(d) United States.

5. Recalling traditions of the 16th and 17th century, Sontag claims that printing images of dark-skinned people in moments of suffering or pain is part of a long tradition of which of the following?
(a) Protesting oppressive treatment of the colonized or dominated.
(b) Creating interest in the human rights violations committed against the colonized or dominated.
(c) Displaying the bodies of the colonized or dominated.
(d) Drumming up feelings of superiority over the colonized or dominated.

Short Answer Questions

1. In discussing the difference gender makes in perceptions of war, Sontag agrees with which of the following authors?

2. Which sense did the ancient Greeks consider superior?

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

4. Sontag suggests that photographs do NOT ask which of the following tasks of the viewers?

5. Sontag claims that Jacques Callot's 1633 painting, "The Miseries and Misfortunes of War" was unprecedented for which of the following reasons?

(see the answer key)

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