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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. _______ is a modern development in camera use.
(a) Beautifying.
(b) Simplifying.
(c) Complicating.
(d) Uglifying.

3. Photography on the war front was first banned in an organized fashion during which of the following wars?
(a) The Spanish Civil War.
(b) World War II.
(c) World War I.
(d) The Boer War.

4. Which of the following best describes the "CNN effect" as discussed by Sontag?
(a) Outrageous media coverage lead to a backlash against the media.
(b) Media coverage lead to the sentiment that something must be done.
(c) Extensive media coverage directly affected local politics.
(d) Distorted media coverage misleads the public.

5. The protagonist of J'Accuse, the 1938 anti-war film, cries out which of the following in German and in English?
(a) "The face of war!"
(b) "War is ugly!"
(c) "The horror!"
(d) "Your sacrifices were in vain!"

Short Answer Questions

1. Sontag writes that provocative images may have which of the following effects on viewers?

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

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

4. Sontag cites William Hazlitt's claim that sympathy is no more a part of human nature than is which of the following?

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

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