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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 images of war most significantly influenced which of the following groups?
(a) Governing officials making war decisions.
(b) Those who had experienced war, and were suffering from post-traumatic stress.
(c) Artists whose work centers on conscientious objection.
(d) Those who had never experienced war first-hand.

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

3. In discussing the difference gender makes in perceptions of war, Sontag agrees with which of the following authors?
(a) Joyce Carol Oates.
(b) Henry James.
(c) Tyler Hicks.
(d) Virginia Woolf.

4. Sontag suggests that a catastrophic event that is experienced in real life. . .
(a) "induces more stress when it is televised."
(b) "causes greater pain than one that is experienced on television."
(c) "will often seem eerily like its representation."
(d) "does not often seem to be happening."

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?
(a) "It felt surreal."
(b) "It felt like a dream."
(c) "It felt unreal."
(d) "It felt like a movie."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Although the camera captures the scene in front of it, Sontag suggests that the ______ may manipulate the image.

3. Which of the following was NOT true of the "Here Is New York" exhibit?

4. Which famous surrealist thinker does Sontag quote as saying "Beauty will be convulsive, or it will not be?"

5. According to Sontag, why do images of atrocities fail to convey a singular, universal message?

(see the answer key)

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