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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 - 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What conditions caused servicemen to set aside the preoccupation with women as objects of sexualized desire?
(a) Deployment.
(b) Combat.
(c) Extended foreign deployments.
(d) Movement to the front.

2. German soldiers were typically stereotyped as being which of the following?
(a) Bloodthirsty berserkers.
(b) Incredibly strong.
(c) Extremely stealthy.
(d) Unthinkingly loyal.

3. The author states that most of the weapons issued to American armed forces suffered from what problems?
(a) They were too expensive.
(b) They were obsolete.
(c) They were poorly made.
(d) They were issued in insufficient numbers.

4. Chapter 10 centers around the common soldier's perception of what characteristic of the war?
(a) Its diplomatic nature.
(b) Its progress.
(c) Its ideological nature.
(d) The technology used in it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Soldiers were often not given what type of information?

2. How old were axis soldiers compared to allied soldiers?

3. A blunder that causes one force to misidentify another, whether it be friendly or hostile, is called what?

4. Why is Julian Maclaren-Ross discussed in the book?

5. American's believed that what typically American resource would allow them to win the war?

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