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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 type of story is specifically cite as being very likely to be reported by mainstream media of the era?
(a) Biographies of individual soldiers.
(b) Great victories.
(c) Detailed accounts of campaigns.
(d) Reports from allied bombing raids.

2. Which of the following is one major type of resource that American citizens were deprived of during the war?
(a) Wood for construction.
(b) Meats.
(c) Exotic foods.
(d) Tea.

3. Which of the following is NOT one of the ways that most contemporaneous war histories depicted military blunders?
(a) Funny.
(b) Rare.
(c) Costly.
(d) Benign.

4. Why did enlisted men require an "anodyne"?
(a) To deal with the loss of friends.
(b) To provide a distraction.
(c) To cope with the stresses of warfare.
(d) To make up for their low self-images.

5. Later in the war, the media presented most allied victories as triumphs over what forces?
(a) Godlessness and evil.
(b) Forsaken people and outdated beliefs.
(c) Tyranny and oppression.
(d) Superstition and slavery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Soldiers in their thirties were often called what?

2. What term does the author not use as an example of vocabulary intended to demean enlisted men?

3. Media outlets were concerned with the esprit de corps in what areas?

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the ways that American soldiers were usually portrayed by the media?

5. Americans believed that heavy bombers had what quality?

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