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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Sontag argues that the most extensive kind of censorship is which of the following?
(a) The censorship implied by public sensibility.
(b) The self-censorship of broadcast companies.
(c) Military censorship.
(d) Government censorship.

5. The footage from a 1898 charge of Colonel Roosevelt's volunteer cavalry, the Rough Riders, was replaced with film of a staged charge later for which of the following reasons?
(a) Colonel Roosevelt was unsatisfied with the footage.
(b) The lighting on the day of the event was insufficient.
(c) The footage of the actual event was not dramatic enough.
(d) The photographer lost the film reel.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Sontag notes that post-colonial Africa is most commonly known to the American public based on a series of which of the following groups of images?

4. Sontag mentions many factors which influence the way audiences receive war photography. Which of the following was NOT one of those factors?

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

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