Regarding the Pain of Others Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

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Regarding the Pain of Others Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

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 invasion of Iraq in 2003.
(b) The hanging of Sadam Hussein.
(c) The destruction of the Word Trade Center in 2001.
(d) The destruction of the Jenin refugee camp in 2002.

2. Sontag notes that images of war most significantly influenced which of the following groups?
(a) Those who had experienced war, and were suffering from post-traumatic stress.
(b) Artists whose work centers on conscientious objection.
(c) Those who had never experienced war first-hand.
(d) Governing officials making war decisions.

3. Faced with "information overload," people remember a photograph because it is a quick way of storing information, much like which of the following strategies?
(a) Jingles, mnemonics and rhymes.
(b) Maxims, proverbs and songs.
(c) Quotations, mnenics and memory games.
(d) Quotations, maxims and proverbs.

4. According to Sontag, anti-war sentiment:
(a) Produced peace.
(b) Was considered treasonous.
(c) Overcame the militarized frenzy of the war years.
(d) Emerged in the arts across Europe after World War I.

5. Sontag observes that "Here Is New York" had no need for captions, but suggests that:
(a) The photographers complained that their work did not receive proper explanation.
(b) One day, they will be necessary for those who did not experience the tragedy.
(c) Many visitors were offended by the images they saw because they did not have a caption to explain them.
(d) Many people misunderstood the images.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sontag describes the way people experienced televised images of war in their own homes as which of the following?

2. Sontag suggests that the camera always "kept company with _________".

3. Although the camera captures the scene in front of it, Sontag suggests that the ______ may manipulate the image.

4. Which Virginia Woolf book does Sontag discuss in detail?

5. Ultimately, Sontag claims that war is:

(see the answer key)

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