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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The protagonist of J'Accuse, the 1938 anti-war film, cries out which of the following in German and in English?
(a) "Your sacrifices were in vain!"
(b) "The face of war!"
(c) "The horror!"
(d) "War is ugly!"

2. Sontag lists many effects of photographs depicting war victims. Which of the following was not one of the effects she lists?
(a) "They reiterate."
(b) "They create the illusion of consensus."
(c) "They inspire."
(d) "They simplify."

3. According to Sontag, war journalism first developed during which of the following two wars?
(a) World War I and World War II.
(b) World War II and the Vietnam War.
(c) The American Revolution and the American Civil War.
(d) The Crimean War and the American Civil War.

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

5. Sontag mentions many factors which influence the way audiences receive war photography. Which of the following was NOT one of those factors?
(a) Gender.
(b) Age.
(c) Culture.
(d) Status.

Short Answer Questions

1. After World War I, the general public thought of the War as:

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

3. Sontag references an agreement in which the United States, France, Great Britain, Germany, Italy and Japan came together to renounce war. What is the name of this agreement?

4. Sontag describes a famous photograph from the Spanish Civil War in which two things occur simultaneously. What are those two things?

5. Sontag suggests that a catastrophic event that is experienced in real life. . .

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