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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kept Herman Kogan from being afraid during the assaults on Sugarloaf Hill?
(a) He was in no danger.
(b) He was too intent on getting the story to be afraid.
(c) He was too tired to be afraid.
(d) He was unaware of the danger.

2. According to Tommy Bridges, how were GI rapists and murderers punished?
(a) They were turned over to the enemy.
(b) They were shot.
(c) They were imprisoned.
(d) They were hanged.

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

4. What effect did John Wayne war movies have on Japanese children living in California, according to Sheril Cunning?
(a) They were angry.
(b) They were proud.
(c) They were confused.
(d) They were thrilled.

5. According to James Rowe, when do Democrats become Republicans?
(a) When they become richer.
(b) When they become poorer.
(c) When they become smarter.
(d) When they become more foolish.

6. What did Richard Leacock say was his worst memory of WWII?
(a) The loss of friends.
(b) The bombing.
(c) The terrible food.
(d) The army film about venereal disease.

7. What did Richard Leacock think was better about the army than Harvard?
(a) The army was more democratic than Harvard.
(b) The army was more rigorous than Harvard.
(c) The army was more useful than Harvard.
(d) The army was more educational than Harvard.

8. How was Eddie Slovik punished for desertion?
(a) He was shot.
(b) He was hanged.
(c) He was turned over to the enemy.
(d) He was imprisoned.

9. What did John Baker know if he heard an up-and-down howling siren as a child?
(a) A ground attack was imminent.
(b) An air attack was in progress.
(c) An air attack was over.
(d) A ground attack was over.

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

11. What was a Victory Garden?
(a) A communal flower garden.
(b) A garden shaped like a V for victory.
(c) A military garden.
(d) A communal vegetable garden.

12. Who does Jacques Rabou believe could be persuaded to follow another Hitler?
(a) Those who feel vengeful.
(b) Germans.
(c) Ignorant people.
(d) Anyone.

13. What does Gloria Gleason say bothered people most about the war?
(a) Loss of life.
(b) Waste of resources.
(c) Moral issues.
(d) Rationing.

14. According to Ray Wax, why did Americans feel good during WWII?
(a) They were having an adventure.
(b) They were doing something worthwhile.
(c) They were demonstrably the best.
(d) They were making money.

15. What is a thirteen-week wonder?
(a) A soldier who completed boot camp training.
(b) A new recruit.
(c) A product of Officers' Candidate School.
(d) A soldier discharged for poor health.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a shadow box?

2. According to Alfred Duckett, what bothered black soldiers most?

3. Who did Jacques Raboud say were the most likely to survive prison camps?

4. What did Dr. Drude teach his high school students in Hamburg about the Nazis?

5. Why were the Japanese pleased when American officers chose their homes to occupy?

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