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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. Who did Jacques Raboud say were the most likely to survive prison camps?
(a) Those who were strongly religious.
(b) Those who had good health.
(c) Those who planned to survive.
(d) Those who gave up.

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

3. How did Galatea Berger remember soldiers smelled in Germany?
(a) Soldiers smelled like alcohol and tobacco.
(b) Soldiers smelled unwashed and unpleasant.
(c) Soldiers smelled like gunpowder.
(d) Soldiers smelled like cigarettes, gum, and chocolates.

4. What proportion of the inhabitants of Leningrad died when Hitler's forces laid siege to the city?
(a) One-half.
(b) One-fourth.
(c) Two-thirds.
(d) One-third.

5. Why did American prisoners of war like to trade Red Cross packages with Indian prisoners of war?
(a) The Indians had fresh produce.
(b) The Indians did not smoke or eat meat, so traded those items.
(c) The Indians liked American jerky and cookies.
(d) The Indians liked blood sausage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were newsmen in the OWI not allowed to do?

2. When did German teenagers in the Luftwaffe study for the flak brigade?

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

4. Why does Walter Rosenblum believe war photographers were privileged?

5. What was a Victory Garden?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happened to the city children from London who were shipped to safer areas in the country during the war, according to John Baker?

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

5. What was the result of Joseph Small's mutiny trial?

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

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

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

9. What made Sheril Cunning sad about John Wayne war movies?

10. According to John Kenneth Galbraith, what was ironic about the consumption of consumer goods during the war?

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