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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Sontag, war journalism first developed during which of the following two wars?
(a) World War II and the Vietnam War.
(b) The Crimean War and the American Civil War.
(c) The American Revolution and the American Civil War.
(d) World War I and World War II.

2. Ultimately, Sontag claims that war is:
(a) Horrific.
(b) Tragic.
(c) Perennial.
(d) Avoidable.

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

4. Sontag describes a famous photograph from the Spanish Civil War in which two things occur simultaneously. What are those two things?
(a) A soldier was shot and the commander surrendered.
(b) A shot was fired and a soldier fell.
(c) The photograph was snapped and the soldier was hit by a bullet.
(d) A boy died and a helicopter landed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In discussing the difference gender makes in perceptions of war, Sontag agrees with which of the following authors?

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

3. According to Sontag, anti-war sentiment:

4. Sontag argues that technological advances changed the way the public understands war by:

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

(see the answer key)

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