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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 prevalent.
(b) It was more disturbing.
(c) It was more common.
(d) It was less graphic.

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

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

5. Sontag argues that technological advances changed the way the public understands war by:
(a) Allowing journalists to represent the war in detail as it happens.
(b) Improving the power and accuracy of weapons.
(c) Producing mass casualties and horrific destruction.
(d) Shielding the public from scenes of the wounded and dying.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sontag suggests that a catastrophic event that is experienced in real life. . .

2. After World War I, the general public thought of the War as:

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:

4. Which Virginia Woolf book does Sontag discuss in detail?

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

(see the answer key)

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