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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Sontag, _________ also influences the public's perception of war.
(a) Anti-war sentiment.
(b) Government policies.
(c) Education.
(d) Hollywood.

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

3. Paraphrasing Woolf, Sontag states that the privileged class fails to respond to images of war with the appropriate pain. She describes this as a:
(a) Failure of wealth.
(b) Failure to behave humanely.
(c) Failure of empathy and imagination.
(d) Failure of ignorance.

4. Sontag discusses a famous series of photographs taken by Tyler Hicks, titled "A Nation Challenged." What does this series depict?
(a) A wounded Taliban soldier.
(b) Hugo Chavez.
(c) The destruction of the Twin Towers.
(d) Osama Bin Laden.

5. Sontag argues that Woolf's view, like many other "antiwar polemicists" is:
(a) Out-dated.
(b) Generic.
(c) Narrow-minded.
(d) Idealistic.

Short Answer Questions

1. In discussing the difference gender makes in perceptions of war, Sontag agrees with which of the following authors?

2. Sontag discusses reactions to the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Which of the following is NOT a reaction Sontag recalls hearing?

3. According to Sontag, war journalism first developed during which of the following two wars?

4. Sontag argues that witnessing war atrocities from afar is a unique experience characteristic of:

5. Which famous surrealist thinker does Sontag quote as saying "Beauty will be convulsive, or it will not be?"

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