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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following images was often thought to represent a mother, looking tellingly into the sky during an air raid of the Spanish Civil War?
(a) "Guernica."
(b) "War Against War!"
(c) "Land Distribution Meeting, Extremadura, Spain, 1936"
(d) "Mother and Child, Barcelona, Spain, 1936"

2. Fenton's "The Valley of the Shadow of Death" is unique for which of the following reasons?
(a) It ignores the directions from the War Office.
(b) It requires hours of production and setup.
(c) It provides a uniquely poignant depiction of the horror of war.
(d) It is the only photograph in his collection that did not need to be staged.

3. Photographic representations of the Vietnam War was essential to promoting:
(a) International relations.
(b) The anti-war movement.
(c) Patriotic sentiment.
(d) New methods of communication.

4. Goya's "Los Desastres de la Guerra" (The Disasters of War) was a series of etchings published in 1863. Which of the following events does this series depict?
(a) The Spanish Civil War.
(b) World War I.
(c) The bombing of Guernica.
(d) Napoleon's invasion of Spain.

5. How many images did the "Here Is New York" exhibit originally receive?
(a) Less than one hundred.
(b) Less five hundred.
(c) More than one million.
(d) More than one thousand.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In discussing the difference gender makes in perceptions of war, Sontag agrees with which of the following authors?

3. Sontag discusses the use of images of the dead to bolster hatred of the enemy. Which of the following recent events, aired on the Al Jazeera network, does she use as an example?

4. Which Virginia Woolf book does Sontag discuss in detail?

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

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