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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Sontag, anti-war sentiment:
(a) Emerged in the arts across Europe after World War I.
(b) Overcame the militarized frenzy of the war years.
(c) Was considered treasonous.
(d) Produced peace.

2. Although the camera captures the scene in front of it, Sontag suggests that the ______ may manipulate the image.
(a) Photographer.
(b) Media.
(c) Editor.
(d) Press.

3. Sontag notes that images of war most significantly influenced which of the following groups?
(a) Those who had experienced war, and were suffering from post-traumatic stress.
(b) Artists whose work centers on conscientious objection.
(c) Governing officials making war decisions.
(d) Those who had never experienced war first-hand.

4. Which two things does Sontag say seem to go together?
(a) Death and heartlessness.
(b) Trauma and memory.
(c) Heartlessness and amnesia.
(d) Amnesia and trauma.

5. Discussing the common person's ability to feel sympathy, Sontag argues which of the following?
(a) People will do anything to keep from being moved by what they see.
(b) People will naturally feel empathy, but will quickly distance themselves because society has programmed them to avoid involvement.
(c) People will automatically feel sympathy for victims of atrocity.
(d) People will instinctually distance themselves from suffering.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. A famous campaign for Benetton used which of the following images in its advertising?

3. Which technological advancement changed the way war was photographed after World War I?

4. The protagonist of J'Accuse, the 1938 anti-war film, cries out which of the following in German and in English?

5. Sontag compares the desire for images of people in pain to which other recurrent type of image?

(see the answer key)

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