View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Flying High and Up Front with Pen, Camera, and Mike.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did British boys learn in the Know Your Enemy program?
(a) Fascist philosophy.
(b) Aircraft recognition.
(c) Weapon recognition.
(d) German language.

2. Why didn't Henry Hatfield want to broadcast the destruction done to German cities?
(a) He thought Germany was old news.
(b) He didn't think Americans wanted to gloat.
(c) He thought other stories were more compelling.
(d) He was heartsick at the ruins he observed.

3. What was John Abbott's sentence for refusing the draft?
(a) Community service on an Indian reservation.
(b) Two years in federal prison.
(c) Death by firing squad.
(d) Six months in jail.

4. What does the classification 4E mean to a soldier?
(a) Potential Communist.
(b) Conscientious objector.
(c) Unfit for active duty.
(d) Premature anti-Fascist.

5. What did Richard Leacock think was better about the army than Harvard?
(a) The army was more useful than Harvard.
(b) The army was more democratic than Harvard.
(c) The army was more educational than Harvard.
(d) The army was more rigorous than Harvard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Paul Pisicano believe Italian Americans felt about the Axis countries in World War II?

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

3. What black market item was in demand among Russian troops in Vienna in 1945?

4. What did the French army do instead of censoring mail?

5. Why were civilians saving fat during the war?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 284 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample