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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which was the first war to be covered by television cameras?
(a) Desert Storm.
(b) The War on Terror.
(c) The Korean War.
(d) The Vietnam War.

2. Sontag argues that technological advances changed the way the public understands war by:
(a) Shielding the public from scenes of the wounded and dying.
(b) Allowing journalists to represent the war in detail as it happens.
(c) Producing mass casualties and horrific destruction.
(d) Improving the power and accuracy of weapons.

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

4. Which famous surrealist thinker does Sontag quote as saying "Beauty will be convulsive, or it will not be?"
(a) Virginia Woolf.
(b) Salvador Dali.
(c) Pablo Picasso.
(d) Andre Breton.

5. Sontag argues that Woolf's view, like many other "antiwar polemicists" is:
(a) Out-dated.
(b) Narrow-minded.
(c) Idealistic.
(d) Generic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Although the camera captures the scene in front of it, Sontag suggests that the ______ may manipulate the image.

2. Which Virginia Woolf book does Sontag discuss in detail?

3. Ultimately, Sontag claims that war is:

4. Sontag discusses "Here Is New York," a photography exhibit depicting September 11th. Whom did the organizers ask to contribute photographs?

5. In its early days, photography was thought to:

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