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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 bombing of Guernica.
(b) The Spanish Civil War.
(c) Napoleon's invasion of Spain.
(d) World War I.

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

4. In its early days, photography was thought to:
(a) Glorify scenes of suffering.
(b) Depict a single, biased point of view.
(c) Diminish the emotional impact of an event.
(d) Represent objective truth.

5. The Brady war pictures were taken of which of the following wars?
(a) The American Civil War.
(b) World War I.
(c) The Crimean War.
(d) The Spanish Civil War.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sontag claims that sentimentality is often accompanied by which of the following?

2. Sontag cites the Japanese narrative "Chushingura" in which the protagonist stops to appreciate the beauty of cherry blossoms one last time before committing ritual suicide as an example of which kind of shocking art?

3. Which of the following is true about representations of the dead or dying in American media?

4. 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?

5. 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?

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