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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Rosie, Neighborhood Boys, and Reflections on Machismo.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does film critic Pauline Kael feel about the World War II movies?
(a) They were beautiful.
(b) They were propaganda.
(c) They were harshly realistic.
(d) They were a great support to the public.

2. Why does Jack Short think the GI bill might have been detrimental in the long run?
(a) People didn't get paid enough.
(b) People could get money without working for it.
(c) People had false expectations for home ownership.
(d) People developed false hopes for education.

3. What does Robert Lekachman believe was his salvation in the war?
(a) His poor eyesight kept him out of gunnery school.
(b) His skill with strategy made him an officer.
(c) His physical weakness kept him out of the infantry.
(d) His lack of ability kept him out of OCS.

4. What does Robert Lekachman believe happened for the last time in World War II?
(a) Americans saw themselves as good.
(b) Americans hated another nation.
(c) Americans helped other nations.
(d) Americans were patriotic.

5. What surprised Anton Biler about his Japanese overseer in the prison camp?
(a) He spoke English.
(b) He was against the war.
(c) He was kind.
(d) He was from Seattle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many support personnel were behind each rifleman?

2. What did Robert Rasmus think when he saw the ambulances arriving on the morning his group was attacking?

3. What does Peter Ota tell us is worse than death in Japanese culture?

4. Where was Robert Rasmus when the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima?

5. Why did Mike Royko spent nights in a pitch-black apartment as a child during the war?

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