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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Public media took its cues from what source?
(a) State media.
(b) The executive branch.
(c) War planners.
(d) Military leaders.

2. To soldiers, war reporting lacked what familiar element?
(a) Grittiness.
(b) Realism.
(c) Style.
(d) Idioms.

3. Most of the efforts discussed in America and Britain were aimed at which of the following?
(a) Increasing the resiliency of industry.
(b) Creating new products.
(c) Getting citizens to manufacture products in their space time.
(d) Reducing use of products.

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

5. Creepback is a phenomenon occurring in what?
(a) Military intelligence.
(b) Aerial bombing.
(c) Foundering offensives.
(d) Artillery shelling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the impact of the mainstream presentation of the war in the American media?

2. Chapter 10 centers around the common soldier's perception of what characteristic of the war?

3. What did the average soldiers believe about the meaning of the war?

4. What other outlets are specifically cited in Chapter 13 for adopting the tone and texture of official media?

5. What was one innovation in book publishing that came out of the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. What critical knowledge did an average soldier typically lack?

2. What were the most important types of media during the war?

3. How did media organizations gain access to war zones for their reporters?

4. What were American soldiers told they were fighting for?

5. What was the importance of the literary journal Horizon?

6. What is one way that a person could become considered to be subversive?

7. What did front line troops usually believe about depictions of their wartime experiences?

8. What were the aims of most production-related public efforts in the US?

9. What is one type of preparation that was made in England in anticipation of an invasion?

10. Why did citizens in the US and England suffer from deprivation?

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