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For Sontag, the impression that there are more news of atrocity is probably which of the following? (from Chapter 9)

An accurate perception.

An illusion.

An obnoxious overstatement.

A regrettable truth.

Sontag suggests that to make peace is to do which of the following? (from Chapter 9)

Remember.

Understand.

Forgive.

Forget.

Sebastiao Salgado's work called "Migrations: Humanity in Transition" was often criticized as being: (from Chapter 6)

"Generalizing."

"Cinematic."

"Melodramatic."

"Exploitative."

Sontag claims that shock used for rhetorical purposes can become _________. (from Chapter 6)

Familiar.

New.

Damaging.

Dangerous.

Events enter the collective memory, not by a natural process of remembering but by: (from Chapter 6)

Government propaganda.

Active designation of significance.

Subconscious selection.

Repeated exposure.

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