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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one reason given for why rumors were started?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Malice.
(d) Stupidity.

2. 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.

3. What was the name of the technologically advanced bombsight used by American bombers?
(a) Macintire.
(b) McCellan.
(c) Norden.
(d) Pauling.

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

5. How did the military handle blunders that resulted in casualties?
(a) By attributing them to enemy action.
(b) By paying double insurance to grieving families.
(c) By covering them up.
(d) By ignoring them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons that armies historically favored younger soldiers?

2. One rumor suggested that German sympathizers used what animal to convey intelligence to the enemy?

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

4. A blunder that causes one force to misidentify another, whether it be friendly or hostile, is called what?

5. Which of the following does the author not list as a cause of the increasing lack of individuality with which solders were treated?

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