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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 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.

2. Which of the following pairs of images appeared side-by-side in a 1937 issue of "Life"?
(a) A dying Republican soldier and a mother holding her child while looking at the sky.
(b) The bombing of Guernica and Vitalis men's hair cream.
(c) A dying Republican soldier and Vitalis men's hair cream.
(d) A mother holding her child while looking at the sky and Vitalis men's hair cream.

3. Sontag discusses "Here Is New York," a photography exhibit depicting September 11th. Whom did the organizers ask to contribute photographs?
(a) Photojournalists only.
(b) Professional artists only.
(c) Amateurs only.
(d) Anyone who captured an image of the tragedy.

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

5. Sontag discusses reactions to the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Which of the following is NOT a reaction Sontag recalls hearing?
(a) "It felt surreal."
(b) "It felt like a movie."
(c) "It felt like a dream."
(d) "It felt unreal."

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom did the "Here Is New York" exhibit donate the proceeds?

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

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

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

5. Which famous surrealist thinker does Sontag quote as saying "Beauty will be convulsive, or it will not be?"

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