2. Which of the following is NOT one of the ways that American soldiers were usually portrayed by the media?
(a) Successful.
(b) Experienced.
(c) Constructive.
(d) Happy.

3. How did the media handle the worst aspects of the war?
(a) By using euphemisms.
(b) By ignoring them.
(c) By covering them up.
(d) By attributing them to the enemy.

4. What was done in England to frustrate a potential invading force?
(a) Roadway signs and building addresses were removed.
(b) Every male citizen was issued a rifle.
(c) Streets were interrupted by large barricades.
(d) Certain unmarked fields were filled with land mines.

5. What was the impact of the relatively large number of books read by some servicemen during the war?
(a) Many went on to seek higher education.
(b) It led to increased censorship.
(c) It increased dissent and rationality in the enlisted ranks.
(d) Many became renowned writers.

6. What impact of Horizon is considered briefly at the end of Chapter 15?
(a) Its understated impact.
(b) Its impact on state media.
(c) Its continuing impact.
(d) Its impact on contemporary journalistic style.

7. Most soldiers believed that their actual wartime experiences would be reported when?
(a) Long after the war.
(b) Never.
(c) Only during the war.
(d) Soon after the war.

8. The media tended to do what with negative reports from the war?
(a) Report them quietly.
(b) Cover them thoroughly.
(c) Deny them.
(d) Forget them.

9. Who was the editor of Horizon?
(a) Cyril Connolly.
(b) Nigel Dennis.
(c) Stanley Milgram.
(d) Anthony Edwards.

10. What practice became popular at home during the war?
(a) Marches.
(b) Home defense drills.
(c) Parades.
(d) Group-singing.

11. Which of the following is an example of an official idiom first used in World War II?
(a) Radar.
(b) Scuba.
(c) Destroyer.
(d) Grunt.

12. How does the author establish the nature of the media's presentation of the war?
(a) Through personal stories.
(b) Through anecdotes.
(c) Through prose and verse quotations.
(d) Through statistics.

13. Censorship usually consisted of what?
(a) Not printing certain books.
(b) Burning subversive books.
(c) Condemning certain publishers.
(d) Editing out sections of books before printing.

14. What was one of the causes of the lack of quality in the media and other outlets during the war?
(a) Censorship.
(b) Lack of manpower.
(c) Lack of skilled editors.
(d) Uniformity.

15. How does the author establish the common soldier's opinion of the meaning of the war?
(a) Through statistics.
(b) Through prose and verse quotations.
(c) Through personal stories.
(d) Through anecdotes.