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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 - 15.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What are the "Unread Books" to which Chapter 5's title alludes?
(a) The vague orders given to many officers.
(b) The stories about secret military plans.
(c) The lives that dead soldiers never got to experience.
(d) The lack of interest most officers had for their men.
2. Why did most media outlets adopts their reaction to the requirements placed on them?
(a) They felt it was a patriotic duty.
(b) Because of federal mandates.
(c) Out of professionalism.
(d) Due to competition.
3. Throughout Chapter 6, the author describes enlisted men as being which of the following?
(a) Ignorant.
(b) Poor.
(c) Pitiable.
(d) Faceless.
4. What was done in England to frustrate a potential invading force?
(a) Roadway signs and building addresses were removed.
(b) Streets were interrupted by large barricades.
(c) Every male citizen was issued a rifle.
(d) Certain unmarked fields were filled with land mines.
5. Why did enlisted men require an "anodyne"?
(a) To provide a distraction.
(b) To deal with the loss of friends.
(c) To cope with the stresses of warfare.
(d) To make up for their low self-images.
Short Answer Questions
1. Rumors about the axis frequently dealt with what subject?
2. Allegedly, agents working for the axis spread what rumor?
3. According to a common stereotype, Chinese troops were consider to be what?
4. What conditions caused servicemen to set aside the preoccupation with women as objects of sexualized desire?
5. How common was the use of alcohol as an anodyne?
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