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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which Virginia Woolf book does Sontag discuss in detail?
(a) Mrs. Dalloway.
(b) Three Guineas.
(c) Orlando.
(d) The Hours.

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 Treaty of Versailles.
(b) The Non-Aggression Pact of 1937.
(c) The Treaty of Brandenburg.
(d) Kellogg-Briad Pact of 1928.

3. Audiences may question the veracity of photographs because:
(a) Photojournalists are unreliable.
(b) Newspapers and magazines caption the images.
(c) Images can be staged or manipulated.
(d) Anyone can photograph an event.

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

5. The media may inform the public of war crimes and atrocities, but often fails to capture the:
(a) Essence of the experience.
(b) Emotional struggles of the victims.
(c) Complicated circumstances, causes and impact of the event.
(d) Tension between combatants.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which technological advancement changed the way war was photographed after World War I?

4. Sontag argues that Woolf's view, like many other "antiwar polemicists" is:

5. Sontag notes that at the time Virginia Woolf wrote "Three Guineas," war journalism was different than it is now. How was it different?

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