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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sontag, confirming Walter Lippmann's assertion, argues that photography replaced which of the following media for representing the truth?
(a) Scientific studies.
(b) Eye-witness testimonies.
(c) Religious texts such as the Bible.
(d) Artistic representations such as paintings or drawings.

2. 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 to behave humanely.
(b) Failure of wealth.
(c) Failure of ignorance.
(d) Failure of empathy and imagination.

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

4. After World War I, the general public thought of the War as:
(a) An atrocity committed on the world stage.
(b) A clean, necessary and effectively fought war.
(c) A hopeless waste of human energy and life.
(d) The war to end all wars.

5. Sontag argues that witnessing war atrocities from afar is a unique experience characteristic of:
(a) The early 19th century.
(b) Western countries.
(c) The modern world.
(d) Eastern countries.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Sontag argues that creating lasting interest in war image requires which of the following?

3. Sontag argues that the photograph, unlike the written word, is:

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

5. The mass media bombarded viewers with shocking images because:

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