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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following included close-up images of soldiers wounded by war in his/her 1938 film?
(a) Virginia Woolf.
(b) Abel Gance.
(c) Anonymous.
(d) Ernst Friedrich.

2. Sontag argues that Woolf's view, like many other "antiwar polemicists" is:
(a) Narrow-minded.
(b) Out-dated.
(c) Idealistic.
(d) Generic.

3. 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) Shielding the public from scenes of the wounded and dying.
(c) Improving the power and accuracy of weapons.
(d) Producing mass casualties and horrific destruction.

4. Which was the first war to be covered by television cameras?
(a) The Vietnam War.
(b) Desert Storm.
(c) The Korean War.
(d) The War on Terror.

5. According to Sontag, why do images of atrocities fail to convey a singular, universal message?
(a) They are inappropriate for mass publication.
(b) They are too graphic.
(c) They inspire only disgust.
(d) They require context and explanation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Krieg dem Kriege contains images captioned in which four languages?

2. Which antiwar book which shows images from German military archives does Sontag reference?

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

4. Sontag describes the way people experienced televised images of war in their own homes as which of the following?

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

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