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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did John Kenneth Galbraith say the bombing of Hamburg increased the German war effort?
(a) The bombing increased anti-Allied sentiments.
(b) Destroying existing buildings made building materials available.
(c) It destroyed the homes of the most affluent and capable.
(d) Destroying businesses made workers available for the war plants.

2. Why did the Germans want to keep the American prisoners of war out of Allied hands?
(a) They expected the war to go on.
(b) The prisoners were their only bargaining point.
(c) They were afraid of what the prisoners would do in retaliation.
(d) They were remorseful about their mistreatment.

3. What is a dogfight?
(a) Bombing.
(b) Infantry warfare.
(c) Two airplanes firing at each other.
(d) Hand-to-hand combat.

4. What did Jean Wood say happened to British morals during the war?
(a) They were compromised.
(b) They disappeared.
(c) They improved.
(d) They disintegrated.

5. How does Mike Royko believe most U.S. soldiers felt about the Korean conflict?
(a) They didn't understand it.
(b) They were glad to have their chance to fight.
(c) They wanted to defeat North Korea.
(d) They wanted to defend South Korea.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many support personnel were behind each rifleman?

3. How did American soldiers kill Hawaiian civilians?

4. What does the classification 4E mean to a soldier?

5. What was each soldier's ration of cigarettes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What stereotypes developed in young people's thinking during the war?

2. What did the respondents feel about the dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima?

3. Why did E.B. Sledge believe American soldiers in the Pacific had lost all sense of decency?

4. According to Admiral Gene Larocque, what were the negative long-range effects of WWII within the United States?

5. How did Robert Lekachman and E.B. Sledge feel about their efforts in the war?

6. How does Peggy Terry feel about war now?

7. How did Dellie Hahne see women's role in the war effort?

8. How does Urusula Bender say the war was different for children?

9. What is the difference between the attitudes of Admiral Gene Larocque and General William Buster?

10. How does Sarah Killingsworth feel now about the war?

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