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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sontag suggests that Plato anticipated which of the following psychological models?
(a) Jung's archetypes.
(b) Pavlov's classical conditioning.
(c) Skinner's box.
(d) Freud's id, ego and superego.

2. "Dead Troops Talk (A Vision After an Ambush of a Red Army Patrol near Moqor, Afghanistan, Winter 1986" was a photograph taken by which of the following types of photographer?
(a) A Canadian artist attempting to envision the horrors of a distant war.
(b) A military photographer archiving the event for intelligence purposes.
(c) A civilian bystander with a disposable camera.
(d) An embedded journalist.

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

4. Which of the following is an account of a man's last hours before his execution at the guillotine?
(a) "The Ascent."
(b) "The Hours."
(c) "The Execution of Troppmann."
(d) "The Green Mile."

5. What sentiment concludes the book?
(a) War is inevitable.
(b) Photographs of atrocities must be endured.
(c) The horror of war is unimaginable.
(d) War photography should be banned.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following thinkers argued that people take "no small" delight in witnessing the suffering of others?

2. Neither compassion nor moral indignation would be enough to do which of the following?

3. Sontag claims that shock used for rhetorical purposes can become _________.

4. _______ is a classic use for the camera.

5. Sontag lists three impulses which may be satisfied by viewing images of atrocities. Which of the following is NOT one of them?

Short Essay Questions

1. Although there are more images broadcast, Sontag suggests that the human response to suffering is relatively unchanged. Discuss Sontag's views on our capacity for dealing with suffering.

2. Discuss the photograph that Georges Batailles kept on his desk. Why does Sontag discuss this particular photograph?

3. According to Sontag, designating a hell is not enough; yet, she suggests that this ability to name an atrocity does accomplish something. What does this accomplish? What is the point of naming an atrocity an atrocity?

4. Sontag claims that there is historical evidence to suggest that, despite contemporary belief, war has always been the norm, and peace the exception to that norm. Discuss one of the examples Sontag provided.

5. Describe the scene which Sontag refers to as the first description of bodies in anguish and identify the source of this description.

6. Sontag suggests that there is a rise of sadism in contemporary culture. Discuss this assertion using specific examples.

7. Ultimately, Sontag notes that to discuss the desensitization of all television viewers is a provincial move, at best. Why does she argue this?

8. Sontag claims that there is a difference between finding beauty in artistic representations of war and finding beauty in photographs of war. What is the difference?

9. Why did the people of Sarajevo object to having scenes of their war represented alongside scenes of the conflict in Somalia?

10. Sontag asserts that many people become frustrated by their inability to act on the images of suffering they see in the media. What does this frustration often become?

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