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

2. According to Alfred Duckett, what bothered black soldiers most?
(a) The lack of opportunities for advancement.
(b) The lack of equal opportunities for combat.
(c) The treatment of their visiting wives and girlfriends.
(d) The mistreatment of new recruits.

3. How was Sheril Cunning's mother's war experience like the New York Stock Exchange?
(a) Neighbors bought war bonds together.
(b) Neighbors bet on the outcome of battles.
(c) Neighbors traded coupons for commodities.
(d) Neighbors gambled on commodities futures.

4. Why didn't Henry Hatfield want to broadcast the destruction done to German cities?
(a) He didn't think Americans wanted to gloat.
(b) He thought Germany was old news.
(c) He was heartsick at the ruins he observed.
(d) He thought other stories were more compelling.

5. According to James Rowe, why should government rationing not have been employed?
(a) People were willing to go without.
(b) Market forces would have stabilized supply and demand.
(c) Shortages might not have occured.
(d) Shortages would have created less antagonism.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Tommy Bridges, how were GI rapists and murderers punished?

2. What was the OWI?

3. According to Tommy Corcoran, how did Germany support their propaganda machine?

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

5. What did Richard Leacock think was better about the army than Harvard?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Tommy Corcoran, what was Joseph Kennedy's strategy for the war?

2. According to John Houseman, why was it important for the Office of War Information to broadcast defeats as well as victories?

3. According to Lowell Steward, what was the status of the black Tuskegee flying squadron?

4. Why did the FBI suspect the cartoonist, Milton Caniff?

5. How did Lowell Steward say the war affected the status of blacks in the United States?

6. What does George Oremont say was required to make money during the war?

7. According to Colonel Gleed, how did the study made by the War Department in 1925 affect the black community?

8. How did Ray Wax feel about his participation in the war?

9. What was George Page's strategy for making money on rentals during the war?

10. What does Werner Burckhardt believe offers hope for the future of mankind?

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