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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sontag corrects her earlier argument by claiming that which of the following is eroded by modern media saturation?
(a) Human decency.
(b) Human empathy.
(c) Sense of urgency.
(d) Sense of reality.

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

3. Sontag suggests that it is still possible to "feel the pulse of Christian iconography" in much war photography. Which famous work of art does she suggest can be seen in W. Eugene Smith's photograph of the woman in Minamata cradling her child?
(a) The Pieta.
(b) Descent from the Cross.
(c) The Last Supper.
(d) The Passion of Christ.

4. The protagonist of J'Accuse, the 1938 anti-war film, cries out which of the following in German and in English?
(a) "The face of war!"
(b) "Your sacrifices were in vain!"
(c) "The horror!"
(d) "War is ugly!"

5. In portraying horrors, Leonardo da Vinci encouraged artists to be:
(a) Cautious.
(b) Sensitive.
(c) Restrained.
(d) Pitiless.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sontag claims that "good taste" is always _________ when invoked by institutions.

2. 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?

3. Fenton's "The Valley of the Shadow of Death" is unique for which of the following reasons?

4. Sontag suggests that to make peace is to do which of the following?

5. Sontag claims that images of suffering in Africa send a double message. Which of the following best represents that message?

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