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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 - 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Reducing use of products.
(d) Getting citizens to manufacture products in their space time.

3. Rumors about the axis frequently dealt with what subject?
(a) Their atrocities.
(b) Their combat prowess.
(c) Their superior weaponry.
(d) Their tenacity.

4. How important was a rumor's accuracy and predictive success for its tendency to spread?
(a) Success was usually ignored.
(b) Success was crucially important.
(c) Success was not important at all.
(d) Success usually ended a rumor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The use of meaningless and tedious tasks as hazing would best be described as which of the following?

2. What were depictions of combat conditions like in media of the era?

3. How did much of the American public react to initial reports of violence, chaos and casualty figures?

4. The author compares military training to which of the following?

5. What author is specifically credited with producing an accurate memoir of the war?

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