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

2. What was each soldier's ration of cigarettes?
(a) A pack a day.
(b) A carton a day.
(c) A carton a week.
(d) A pack a week.

3. Under the Geneva Convention, what type of work did prisoners of war not have to do?
(a) Manufacture of war material.
(b) Road repair.
(c) Spying.
(d) Farming.

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

5. Why did the soldiers in the Philippines write home, "Cancel the bonds."
(a) They didn't want to support MacArthur's excesses.
(b) They didn't believe in the war.
(c) They thought the war was over.
(d) They didn't think bonds were a good investment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of the marines in the Guadalcanal campaign were under twenty-one years of age?

2. Why did Robert Rasmus believe the Americans should be grateful to the Russians?

3. How does film critic Pauline Kael feel about the World War II movies?

4. Where does Richard Prendergast say the biggest infantrymen are placed?

5. Why was John Garcia brought before a navy court?

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