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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through High Rank and The Bombers and the Bombed.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dellie Hahne say was the duty of young women during the war?
(a) To sew bandages.
(b) To plant victory gardens.
(c) To recycle and conserve energy.
(d) To dance with soldiers at the USO.

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

3. What did the British women do with their goods during the war?
(a) Hoarded them.
(b) Hid them.
(c) Sold them.
(d) Swapped them.

4. Why did the girls in Panama avoid the officers from the battleship Arkansas?
(a) The enlisted sailors told the girls the officers had gonorrhea.
(b) The enlisted sailors took all the girls.
(c) The enlisted sailors told the girls the officers were married.
(d) The enlisted sailors told the girls the officers were prisoners.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Ursula Bender feel about the war as a six-year-old child?

2. How did John Kenneth Galbraith say the bombing of Hamburg increased the German war effort?

3. What did soldiers on troop ships understand about their destination, according to General William Buster?

4. How did the people of Pasadena react to the sight of wounded veterans?

5. How long was the Bataan Death March?

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