Regarding the Pain of Others Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Sontag cites one of her earlier books published in 1977. Which of the following is it? (from Chapter 8)

"Against Interpretation."

"On Photography."

"Reborn."

"Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors."

2.

The Brady war pictures were taken of which of the following wars? (from Chapter 4)

The Spanish Civil War.

The Crimean War.

World War I.

The American Civil War.

3.

Sontag claims that shock used for rhetorical purposes can become _________. (from Chapter 6)

New.

Damaging.

Dangerous.

Familiar.

4.

Modern society, Sontag argues, is a "society of _______". (from Chapter 8)

Sympathy.

Shock.

Sheep.

Spectacle.

5.

Discussing the "co-spectatorship" and "indecency" of the image of the Vietcong suspect's execution, Sontag asserts which of the following? (from Chapter 5)

The shooting would not have occurred in the absence of journalists to record it.

The presence of journalists was an invasion of the executed man's privacy.

The photographer arranged the execution in advance.

General Loan was unaware of the cameras at the time of the execution.

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