1. The conflicts in the Balkans in the 1990s stood out to many onlookers for which of the following reasons?
(a) The media hyped the conflicts by airing footage during each broadcast.
(b) Government propaganda incited great public interest.
(c) Most people believe that atrocities like that do not happen in Europe.
(d) The violence was more extreme than other conflicts of the era.

2. Sontag claims that American journalists have always followed one tacit prohibition. What have American journalists always avoided?
(a) Printing images of suffering women and children.
(b) Printing images of the faces of American dead.
(c) Printing images of American-committed war crimes.
(d) Printing images of mass American casualties.

3. For Sontag, the impression that there are more news of atrocity is probably which of the following?
(a) An illusion.
(b) An accurate perception.
(c) An obnoxious overstatement.
(d) A regrettable truth.

4. How many images did the "Here Is New York" exhibit originally receive?
(a) Less five hundred.
(b) Less than one hundred.
(c) More than one thousand.
(d) More than one million.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Sontag notes that although museums remembering atrocities are common practice, there is no museum in the United States dedicated to which of the following atrocities?

2. Which of the following does Sontag suggest is an ethical act?

3. Photography on the war front was first banned in an organized fashion during which of the following wars?

4. According to Sontag, photojournalism was used post-9/11 to:

5. Underneath feelings of apathy, Sontag contends are which of the following feelings?

(see the answer key)

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