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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 the Japanese people feel about the Japanese war veterans?
(a) Resentful.
(b) Mistrustful.
(c) Grateful.
(d) Worshipful.

2. What advantage does Alfred Duckett believe the war offered blacks?
(a) Income.
(b) Insurance.
(c) Training.
(d) A chance to prove themselves.

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

4. What did Joseph Levine say that Jewish children begged for after the war?
(a) Food.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Entertainment.
(d) Schooling.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was George Page able to buy beachfront property cheaply during the war?

2. What was a shadow box?

3. How did Yasuko Kurachi Dower believe most Japanese civilians felt about the war?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How were thieves in the army able to fool the MPs, according to Alvin Bridges?

5. Why was Eddie Slovik famous?

6. How does Bill Mauldin believe most infantrymen thought the war should be settled?

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

8. What does Hans Gobeler believe is the greatest danger to the future of the world?

9. According to Yasuko Dower, what was different about American customs that she observed when the country was occupied by U.S. troops?

10. What does Gobeler think that sailors all over the world have in common?

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