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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Faced with "information overload," people remember a photograph because it is a quick way of storing information, much like which of the following strategies?
(a) Jingles, mnemonics and rhymes.
(b) Maxims, proverbs and songs.
(c) Quotations, maxims and proverbs.
(d) Quotations, mnenics and memory games.

3. At the end of World War II, a group of journalists formed Magnum Photo Agency. Which of the following photographers was not among them?
(a) David Seymour.
(b) Robert Capa.
(c) Henri Cartier-Bresson.
(d) Ernst Friedrich.

4. Sontag discusses "Here Is New York," a photography exhibit depicting September 11th. Whom did the organizers ask to contribute photographs?
(a) Photojournalists only.
(b) Amateurs only.
(c) Anyone who captured an image of the tragedy.
(d) Professional artists only.

5. Paraphrasing Woolf, Sontag states that the privileged class fails to respond to images of war with the appropriate pain. She describes this as a:
(a) Failure of ignorance.
(b) Failure of wealth.
(c) Failure to behave humanely.
(d) Failure of empathy and imagination.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Sontag argues that a photograph by which of these photographers triggered mass outcry against the Vietnam War?

4. The media may inform the public of war crimes and atrocities, but often fails to capture the:

5. 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?

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