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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Neither compassion nor moral indignation would be enough to do which of the following?
(a) Inspire change.
(b) Motivate action.
(c) Stop suffering.
(d) End violence.

2. Which of the following photographers exhibited photographs of Sarajevo in 1994?
(a) Larisa Shepitko.
(b) Frederick Wiseman.
(c) Paul Lowe.
(d) Jeff Wall.

3. Sontag claims that sentimentality is often accompanied by which of the following?
(a) A tendency toward hypocrisy.
(b) A proclivity for brutality.
(c) A maudlin reaction to stories of war.
(d) A fervid religious commitment.

4. Recalling traditions of the 16th and 17th century, Sontag claims that printing images of dark-skinned people in moments of suffering or pain is part of a long tradition of which of the following?
(a) Protesting oppressive treatment of the colonized or dominated.
(b) Displaying the bodies of the colonized or dominated.
(c) Drumming up feelings of superiority over the colonized or dominated.
(d) Creating interest in the human rights violations committed against the colonized or dominated.

5. After World War I, the general public thought of the War as:
(a) An atrocity committed on the world stage.
(b) A hopeless waste of human energy and life.
(c) The war to end all wars.
(d) A clean, necessary and effectively fought war.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ultimately, Sontag claims that war is:

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

3. Sontag argues that the photograph, unlike the written word, is:

4. It was generally thought that public awareness was largely guided by which of the following?

5. According to Sontag, why do images of atrocities fail to convey a singular, universal message?

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