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

2. Sontag argues that a photograph by which of these photographers triggered mass outcry against the Vietnam War?
(a) Robert Capa.
(b) Henri Cartier-Bresson.
(c) Larry Burroughs.
(d) Ernst Friedrich.

3. Which of the following pairs of images appeared side-by-side in a 1937 issue of "Life"?
(a) A dying Republican soldier and a mother holding her child while looking at the sky.
(b) A dying Republican soldier and Vitalis men's hair cream.
(c) A mother holding her child while looking at the sky and Vitalis men's hair cream.
(d) The bombing of Guernica and Vitalis men's hair cream.

4. Which was the first war to be "covered" by professional war journalists at the front lines?
(a) World War I.
(b) World War II.
(c) The American Civil War.
(d) The Spanish Civil War.

5. 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 prevalent.
(c) It was less graphic.
(d) It was more disturbing.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. According to Sontag, anti-war sentiment:

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

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

(see the answer key)

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