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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Sontag observes that "Here Is New York" had no need for captions, but suggests that:
(a) One day, they will be necessary for those who did not experience the tragedy.
(b) Many people misunderstood the images.
(c) Many visitors were offended by the images they saw because they did not have a caption to explain them.
(d) The photographers complained that their work did not receive proper explanation.

3. U.S. bombing of Afghanistan was conducted remotely from which of the following locations?
(a) Quantico, Virginia.
(b) Tampa, Florida
(c) The Pentagon.
(d) Washington, D.C.

4. Sontag claims that compassion requires which of the following in order to remain?
(a) Reason.
(b) Action.
(c) Belief.
(d) Evidence.

5. Events enter the collective memory, not by a natural process of remembering but by:
(a) Repeated exposure.
(b) Active designation of significance.
(c) Government propaganda.
(d) Subconscious selection.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Sontag discusses the subtitle of "Here is New York" in some detail. What was this subtitle?

3. Noting the long history of the "iconography of suffering," Sontag lists three types of art which depict incredible agony. Which of the following is NOT one of them?

4. Which of the following best describes the "CNN effect" as discussed by Sontag?

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

(see the answer key)

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