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

2. Sontag references an agreement in which the United States, France, Great Britain, Germany, Italy and Japan came together to renounce war. What is the name of this agreement?
(a) The Non-Aggression Pact of 1937.
(b) The Treaty of Versailles.
(c) Kellogg-Briad Pact of 1928.
(d) The Treaty of Brandenburg.

3. Which of the following does Sontag suggest is an ethical act?
(a) Mourning.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Remembering.
(d) Loving.

4. Neither compassion nor moral indignation would be enough to do which of the following?
(a) Inspire change.
(b) End violence.
(c) Motivate action.
(d) Stop suffering.

5. What is the primary message carried by images of atrocity?
(a) This happened.
(b) We must change.
(c) This is wrong.
(d) Never forget.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which painting does Sontag "find it difficult" to look at?

2. Which of the following terms does Sontag define as a commonly used term for those whose profession like journalists takes them into war zones?

3. Sontag argues that journalists who photograph war are often received with resistance. She suggests that the desire to capture images of suffering is often described in which of the following ways?

4. Which was the first war to be "covered" by professional war journalists at the front lines?

5. Goya's "Los Desastres de la Guerra" (The Disasters of War) was a series of etchings published in 1863. Which of the following events does this series depict?

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