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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sontag discusses another common belief regarding media coverage of an event, and suggested that it may seem to contradict the first common belief she addresses. What is this second idea?
(a) Limited exposure diminishes the impact the images have on an audience.
(b) The media sensationalizes stories of atrocity.
(c) Repeated images in the media exhaust our ability to prevent new atrocities.
(d) Overexposure to images in the media makes people callous.

2. "The Killing Fields" depicts which of the following?
(a) The mass deaths during the Spanish Civil War.
(b) The atrocities committed by the Khmer Rouge.
(c) The dead and dying of the Korean War.
(d) The casualties of Bunker Hill.

3. Which of the following does Sontag suggest is an ethical act?
(a) Loving.
(b) Remembering.
(c) Fighting.
(d) Mourning.

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

5. According to Sontag, the idea that less people are reacting to news of atrocity is probably which of the following?
(a) Somewhat true.
(b) Regrettably true.
(c) Painfully true.
(d) Not true.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Sontag, _________ also influences the public's perception of war.

2. According to Sontag, anti-war sentiment:

3. Contemporary society, at the time Sontag wrote the book, unanimously witnessed a rise of which of the following in the media?

4. U.S. bombing of Afghanistan was conducted remotely from which of the following locations?

5. Which of the following photographers exhibited photographs of Sarajevo in 1994?

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