View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby, Remembrance of Things Past, and Epilogue: Boom Babies and Other New People.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Tommy Corcoran, how did Germany support their propaganda machine?
(a) Bayer's monopoly of the pharmaceutical business.
(b) Anheuser-Busch's control of the beer market.
(c) Porsche's racing cars.
(d) Volkswagen's monopoly of the auto industry.

2. What did Betty Hutchinson say WWII veterans told their children about the war?
(a) Patriotic slogans.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Funny events.
(d) Horror stories.

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

4. Why did Robert Rasmus believe fighting the Russians would fail?
(a) The Russians were better equipped.
(b) The Russians were willing to sacrifice millions of troops.
(c) The Russians were better fighters.
(d) The Russian generals were better strategists.

5. According to Lee Oremont, what effect did price controls during the war have on the economy?
(a) Price controls nearly destroyed the economy.
(b) Price controls prevented a devastating inflation.
(c) Price controls made consumers over-confident.
(d) Price controls made producers dependent.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did the girls in Panama avoid the officers from the battleship Arkansas?

3. What does John Ciardi believe could make anyone savage?

4. According to Tommy Corcoran, why did Britain decide to fight Japan?

5. How did thieves among army personnel fool the MPs?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 332 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample