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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Sontag claims that "good taste" is always _________ when invoked by institutions.
(a) A decision made in the interest of freedom.
(b) A repressive standard.
(c) A measure to protect the public.
(d) A way to maintain appearances.

3. Although the camera captures the scene in front of it, Sontag suggests that the ______ may manipulate the image.
(a) Media.
(b) Photographer.
(c) Editor.
(d) Press.

4. Recounting a conversation with a Sarajevan woman, Sontag claims that when people are safe, they will feel which of the following toward atrocities committed abroad?
(a) Outrage.
(b) Arousal.
(c) Delight.
(d) Indifference.

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

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. Contemporary society, at the time Sontag wrote the book, unanimously witnessed a rise of which of the following in the media?

3. Sontag notes that although museums remembering atrocities are common practice, there is no museum in the United States dedicated to which of the following atrocities?

4. Sontag claims that images of suffering in Africa send a double message. Which of the following best represents that message?

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?

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