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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What racism did Sheril Cunning experience growing up in California?
(a) Her family was persecuted for their ethnicity.
(b) Her family was anti-Japanese.
(c) Her family were members of the Ku Klux Klan.
(d) Her family was anti-Semitic and anti-black.

2. What was the OWI?
(a) Obvious War Information.
(b) Outstanding War Information.
(c) Office of War Information.
(d) Official War Information.

3. What did Goebler see for the first time when the Americans rescued the German submarine crew?
(a) Black men.
(b) Sophisticated equipment.
(c) People speaking English.
(d) Courtesy in war.

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

5. How does Olga Norwak characterize wartime romance?
(a) It was riskier.
(b) It moved faster.
(c) It was suspended until after the war.
(d) It moved more slowly.

6. How did thieves among army personnel fool the MPs?
(a) The thieves would pretend they lost equipment.
(b) The thieves would hide equipment and go back for it later.
(c) The thieves would over-report their battle losses.
(d) The thieves would sell equipment and claim it was stolen.

7. After the war, how did the community in Long Beach change, according to Sheril Cunning?
(a) People were tired of sacrifice and began to complain.
(b) People welcomed the returning soldiers.
(c) People were proud to sacrifice.
(d) People pulled together to rebuild.

8. Why should John Houseman not have been allowed to broadcast on the Voice of America?
(a) He was an enemy alien.
(b) He was a German national.
(c) He was a Socialist.
(d) He was a Communist.

9. Why was Hans Goebler thankful that the Americans took their submarine prisoner?
(a) He was opposed to the war.
(b) He was wounded.
(c) Ninety-seven percent of German submarines did not survive.
(d) He was a believer in democracy.

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

11. What does Erich Luth say the German nation lacks?
(a) Civil courage.
(b) Personal courage.
(c) Communal courage.
(d) Military courage.

12. What was a shadow box?
(a) A place to show movies.
(b) A place to hide during strafing.
(c) A place to take photos.
(d) A place to make movies.

13. Who does Bill Mauldin think was the only nice guy among the WWII generals?
(a) Montgomery.
(b) Goering.
(c) Patton.
(d) Rommel.

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

15. What did Dr. Drude teach his high school students in Hamburg about the Nazis?
(a) The Nazis were unconquerable.
(b) The Nazis could be defeated.
(c) The Nazis were incorruptible.
(d) The Nazis were morally correct.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Eddie Slovik punished for desertion?

2. What proportion of the inhabitants of Leningrad died when Hitler's forces laid siege to the city?

3. Why did American prisoners of war like to trade Red Cross packages with Indian prisoners of war?

4. According to Tommy Bridges, why were whites from Georgia more comfortable with black workers than whites from the north were?

5. How did the Japanese people feel about the Japanese war veterans?

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