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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sontag argues that technological advances changed the way the public understands war by:
(a) Allowing journalists to represent the war in detail as it happens.
(b) Improving the power and accuracy of weapons.
(c) Shielding the public from scenes of the wounded and dying.
(d) Producing mass casualties and horrific destruction.

2. Which famous surrealist thinker does Sontag quote as saying "Beauty will be convulsive, or it will not be?"
(a) Pablo Picasso.
(b) Salvador Dali.
(c) Virginia Woolf.
(d) Andre Breton.

3. Concerned with the public health risk posed by cigarette smoking, officials in which country suggested that images of black lungs, damaged hearts or periodontal disease be included on the warning label for tobacco products?
(a) United States.
(b) United Kindgom.
(c) Canada.
(d) France.

4. Sontag claims that American journalists have always followed one tacit prohibition. What have American journalists always avoided?
(a) Printing images of American-committed war crimes.
(b) Printing images of suffering women and children.
(c) Printing images of mass American casualties.
(d) Printing images of the faces of American dead.

5. Sontag claims that "good taste" is always _________ when invoked by institutions.
(a) A decision made in the interest of freedom.
(b) A way to maintain appearances.
(c) A measure to protect the public.
(d) A repressive standard.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Which was the first war to be covered by television cameras?

5. Although the camera captures the scene in front of it, Sontag suggests that the ______ may manipulate the image.

(see the answer key)

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