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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which antiwar book which shows images from German military archives does Sontag reference?
(a) Krieg dem Kriege!
(b) J'accuse.
(c) Three Guinneas.
(d) The Face of War.

3. 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?
(a) "It felt like a dream."
(b) "It felt like a movie."
(c) "It felt unreal."
(d) "It felt surreal."

4. Sontag notes that at the time Virginia Woolf wrote "Three Guineas," war journalism was different than it is now. How was it different?
(a) It was less graphic.
(b) It was more common.
(c) It was more disturbing.
(d) It was less prevalent.

5. According to Sontag, anti-war sentiment:
(a) Was considered treasonous.
(b) Produced peace.
(c) Overcame the militarized frenzy of the war years.
(d) Emerged in the arts across Europe after World War I.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sontag lists many effects of photographs depicting war victims. Which of the following was not one of the effects she lists?

2. Sontag notes that images of war most significantly influenced which of the following groups?

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

4. Sontag describes a famous photograph from the Spanish Civil War in which two things occur simultaneously. What are those two things?

5. Sontag argues that the photograph, unlike the written word, is:

(see the answer key)

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