View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Walter Rosenblum welcomed in French farmhouses during the war?

2. Why didn't Henry Hatfield want to broadcast the destruction done to German cities?

3. What advantage does Alfred Duckett believe the war offered blacks?

4. Why was George Page able to buy beachfront property cheaply during the war?

5. Why did Ray Wax think soldiers in the regular army were inferior?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Yasuko Dower, what was different about American customs that she observed when the country was occupied by U.S. troops?

2. Why does Jacques Raboud believe it will be difficult for his generation to erase hatred?

3. Why was Eddie Slovik famous?

4. What does Hans Gobeler believe is the greatest danger to the future of the world?

5. According to Tommy Corcoran, what was Joseph Kennedy's strategy for the war?

6. According to John Kenneth Galbraith, what was ironic about the consumption of consumer goods during the war?

7. What happened to the city children from London who were shipped to safer areas in the country during the war, according to John Baker?

8. What does George Oremont say was required to make money during the war?

9. What was the result of Joseph Small's mutiny trial?

10. What does Sheril Cunning say communal spirit was like during the war?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Those who volunteered to involve themselves in the war against the fascist dictator in Spain, Franco, were designated PAFs - premature anti-fascists - by the war department and designated as unfit for active duty. If fascism is evil, is it possible to fight it prematurely? What do the PAFs believe would have been the result for the world if Franco had been defeated? In your essay, give your opinion about the PAFs and support your opinion with data from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Many respondents in these accounts expressed the opinion that the ultimate results of the war were basically positive. List and discuss the positive results of the conflict, citing examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Officers often kept the troops in ignorance of their destinations, missions and purposes. Give your opinion as to why this was so, and the result of programmed ignorance on the troops and on the outcome of their efforts.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 955 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample