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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Flying High and Up Front with Pen, Camera, and Mike.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did people in Paducah burn in a bonfire?
(a) Emperor Hirohito's effigy.
(b) Posters of Hitler.
(c) All their German products.
(d) All their Japanese products.

2. Why did Mike Royko spent nights in a pitch-black apartment as a child during the war?
(a) The government cut off electricity.
(b) His parents were too poor to pay for electricity.
(c) The air raid wardens called for blackouts.
(d) Chicago was under attack.

3. What did Walter Rosenblum do during WWII?
(a) He was a Voice of America reporter.
(b) He was a combat photographer.
(c) He was a brigade commander.
(d) He was a flautist in the army band.

4. What did British boys learn in the Know Your Enemy program?
(a) German language.
(b) Fascist philosophy.
(c) Weapon recognition.
(d) Aircraft recognition.

5. What was a Victory Garden?
(a) A communal vegetable garden.
(b) A garden shaped like a V for victory.
(c) A communal flower garden.
(d) A military garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jack Short think the GI bill might have been detrimental in the long run?

2. How does film critic Pauline Kael feel about the World War II movies?

3. Why should John Houseman not have been allowed to broadcast on the Voice of America?

4. What were newsmen in the OWI not allowed to do?

5. What does Paul Pisicano believe binds American suburbians?

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