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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 - 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the iconic pre-war image discussed in Chapter 1, what are the soldiers towing?
(a) A light field-piece.
(b) Heavy artillery.
(c) A destroyed enemy vehicle.
(d) Ammunition and supplies.

2. In the iconic pre-war image discussed in Chapter 1, the soldiers are driving what sort of vehicle?
(a) A tank.
(b) A jeep.
(c) Motorcycles.
(d) A half-track.

3. How did most Americans regard Pearl Harbor?
(a) As an aberration.
(b) As a well-executed attack.
(c) As the typical type of battle to be expected.
(d) As a normal combat engagement.

4. American's believed that what typically American resource would allow them to win the war?
(a) Industry.
(b) Know-how.
(c) Individualism.
(d) Improvisation.

5. Casualties among bombers crews would best be described as which of the following?
(a) Non-existent.
(b) Negligible.
(c) Low.
(d) High.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states that most of the weapons issued to American armed forces suffered from what problems?

2. How were military blunders usually treated in official reports?

3. How did much of the American public react to initial reports of violence, chaos and casualty figures?

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the ways that most contemporaneous war histories depicted military blunders?

5. At the beginning of World War II, aerial combat was regarded as exemplifying what obsolescent ideal?

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