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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Governing officials making war decisions.
(c) Those who had never experienced war first-hand.
(d) Artists whose work centers on conscientious objection.

2. According to Sontag, why do images of atrocities fail to convey a singular, universal message?
(a) They are too graphic.
(b) They are inappropriate for mass publication.
(c) They require context and explanation.
(d) They inspire only disgust.

3. Sontag suggests that a catastrophic event that is experienced in real life. . .
(a) "induces more stress when it is televised."
(b) "does not often seem to be happening."
(c) "causes greater pain than one that is experienced on television."
(d) "will often seem eerily like its representation."

4. 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 horror!"
(c) "The face of war!"
(d) "War is ugly!"

5. Which of the following images was often thought to represent a mother, looking tellingly into the sky during an air raid of the Spanish Civil War?
(a) "Land Distribution Meeting, Extremadura, Spain, 1936"
(b) "Mother and Child, Barcelona, Spain, 1936"
(c) "War Against War!"
(d) "Guernica."

Short Answer Questions

1. The mass media bombarded viewers with shocking images because:

2. Sontag, confirming Walter Lippmann's assertion, argues that photography replaced which of the following media for representing the truth?

3. Which was the first war to be "covered" by professional war journalists at the front lines?

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

5. Sontag observes that "Here Is New York" had no need for captions, but suggests that:

(see the answer key)

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