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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect does Richard Leacock claim direct contact with death had upon him?

2. What did Joseph Levine say that Jewish children begged for after the war?

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

4. What advantage does Alfred Duckett believe the war offered blacks?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Eddie Slovik famous?

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

3. What do Elsie Rossio and Georgia Gleason agree about when discussing the war?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author ends the accounts with conversations with children about the long-term effects of the bomb on the children's views about the world and the future. In your paper, discuss the difference the existence of the bomb has made in young people's attitudes about life.

Essay Topic 2

Propaganda is implicated as overwhelming the morals and thinking of people on both sides of the war. In your essay, discuss the role of propaganda as delivered through music, movies and other media.

Essay Topic 3

The Hibakisha - survivors of the bombing of Hiroshima - were discriminated against by their own people, as were their children. In your essay, give your opinion as to what causes this kind of reaction to those who have suffered. Support your opinion with material from the text.

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