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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sontag compares the desire for images of people in pain to which other recurrent type of image?
(a) Images of natural disasters.
(b) Images of happiness.
(c) Images of nude bodies.
(d) Images of love.

2. In order to take pleasure in suffering, Sontag argues that one must necessarily have which of the following?
(a) A sense of moral or intellectual superiority.
(b) Distance from the source of suffering.
(c) Deep seated feelings of misanthropy.
(d) A sadistic streak characteristic of serial killers.

3. Sontag argues that many people thought that which of the following makes war seem "real"?
(a) Photographs.
(b) Movies.
(c) Proximity.
(d) Books.

4. Which of the following terms does Sontag define as a commonly used term for those whose profession like journalists takes them into war zones?
(a) War tourism.
(b) Conflict exploitation.
(c) Atrocity tourism.
(d) War voyeurism.

5. To whom did the "Here Is New York" exhibit donate the proceeds?
(a) A fund benefitting the arts and encouraging photography of New York.
(b) A fund benefitting children who lost parents in the attack.
(c) A fund benefitting the spouses of those who died.
(d) A fund benefitting the fire departments that acted to save the victims.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fenton received directions from the War Office to do which of the following?

2. Discussing the common person's ability to feel sympathy, Sontag argues which of the following?

3. Fenton's "The Valley of the Shadow of Death" is unique for which of the following reasons?

4. In its early days, photography was thought to:

5. The West had a long tradition of viewing war as which of the following?

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