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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sontag claims that compassion requires which of the following in order to remain?
(a) Reason.
(b) Belief.
(c) Action.
(d) Evidence.

2. Sontag discusses the subtitle of "Here is New York" in some detail. What was this subtitle?
(a) "A Nation in Shock."
(b) "A Democracy of Images."
(c) "A City Mourns."
(d) "September 11th, 2001."

3. Sontag observes that "Here Is New York" had no need for captions, but suggests that:
(a) Many visitors were offended by the images they saw because they did not have a caption to explain them.
(b) The photographers complained that their work did not receive proper explanation.
(c) Many people misunderstood the images.
(d) One day, they will be necessary for those who did not experience the tragedy.

4. Sontag argues that we are most disappointed to discover that which type of photographs have been staged?
(a) Images depicting spontaneous events.
(b) Images depicting everyday life.
(c) Images depicting intimate climaxes.
(d) Images depicting gory battle scenes.

5. Sontag lists many effects of photographs depicting war victims. Which of the following was not one of the effects she lists?
(a) "They reiterate."
(b) "They create the illusion of consensus."
(c) "They inspire."
(d) "They simplify."

Short Answer Questions

1. Fenton received directions from the War Office to do which of the following?

2. Which of the following works does Sontag site as containing the first recognition of the human fascination with mutilated bodies?

3. Sontag suggests that Plato anticipated which of the following psychological models?

4. Georges Bataille, famous for his studies of the erotic, kept which of the following images on his desk?

5. Sontag argues that a photograph by which of these photographers triggered mass outcry against the Vietnam War?

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