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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 - 9.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The airman discussed in one example of military blunders, and who was killed by English soldiers, belonged to what allied nation?
(a) Sweden.
(b) Morocco.
(c) Poland.
(d) France.
2. Talismans were believed to perform what function?
(a) Give the soldier physical strength.
(b) Protect the soldier in combat.
(c) Bring the soldier luck.
(d) Allow the soldier to recover from wounds.
3. Soldiers in their thirties were often called what?
(a) Pop.
(b) Gramps.
(c) Grizzly.
(d) Old man.
4. Allegedly, agents working for the axis spread what rumor?
(a) Soldiers' wives were unfaithful.
(b) The Oder river had never been crossed by an invading force.
(c) German soldiers ate metal shavings with their food.
(d) French women all bore venereal diseases.
5. Italians were considered to prefer which of the following to war?
(a) Women.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Diplomacy.
(d) The high-life.
Short Answer Questions
1. What factor does the author cite as being the most important in causing one force to misidentify another?
2. What was one way that the military controlled the reports of blunders coming from embedded reporters?
3. The author suggests that disliked soldiers were more likely to be selected for what type of duty?
4. How common was the use of alcohol as an anodyne?
5. Which of the following is NOT one of the ways that most contemporaneous war histories depicted military blunders?
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