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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Sontag, anti-war sentiment:
(a) Emerged in the arts across Europe after World War I.
(b) Was considered treasonous.
(c) Overcame the militarized frenzy of the war years.
(d) Produced peace.

2. Sontag lists three impulses which may be satisfied by viewing images of atrocities. Which of the following is NOT one of them?
(a) "To steel oneself against weakness".
(b) "To force oneself to face taboo".
(c) "To make onself more numb".
(d) "To acknowledge the existence of the incorrigible".

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

4. Sontag discusses "Here Is New York," a photography exhibit depicting September 11th. Whom did the organizers ask to contribute photographs?
(a) Professional artists only.
(b) Photojournalists only.
(c) Anyone who captured an image of the tragedy.
(d) Amateurs only.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which famous surrealist thinker does Sontag quote as saying "Beauty will be convulsive, or it will not be?"

2. Who took the infamous image of Brigadier General Nguyen Ngoc Loan executing a Vietcong suspect in the street?

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

4. According to Sontag, "to photograph is to frame, and to frame is to _______".

5. Sontag argues that Woolf's view, like many other "antiwar polemicists" is:

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