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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sontag argues that witnessing war atrocities from afar is a unique experience characteristic of:
(a) Eastern countries.
(b) The modern world.
(c) Western countries.
(d) The early 19th century.

2. The first war photographer, whose work garnered him the position as "official photographer" of the Crimean War, was which of the following?
(a) Roger Fenton.
(b) Ernst Friedrich.
(c) Edmund Gosse.
(d) Robert Capa.

3. Sontag claims that Bataille could see extreme pain as a form of __________.
(a) Deification.
(b) Erotic pleasure.
(c) Transfiguration.
(d) Sadomasochism.

4. Sontag, confirming Walter Lippmann's assertion, argues that photography replaced which of the following media for representing the truth?
(a) Artistic representations such as paintings or drawings.
(b) Eye-witness testimonies.
(c) Religious texts such as the Bible.
(d) Scientific studies.

5. Although images were more prevalent, which of the following was NOT also true?
(a) People's reactions to the images were greater.
(b) The human capacity to absorb the images of suffering increased.
(c) Humanity became oversensitive to images of suffering.
(d) People's understanding of atrocity increased.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which work of literature does Sontag cite as evidence that war was once seen as part of a man's life?

2. Sontag argues that technological advances changed the way the public understands war by:

3. Sontag argues that there are two extreme positions on a spectrum of war experience which create the same idea that images of war are no longer emotionally-jarring for an audience? Which two positions are they?

4. According to Sontag, the idea that less people are reacting to news of atrocity is probably which of the following?

5. In portraying horrors, Leonardo da Vinci encouraged artists to be:

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