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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 was the first English phrase Japanese children learned after the war?

2. According to Alfred Duckett, what bothered black soldiers most?

3. What did Dr. Drude teach his high school students in Hamburg about the Nazis?

4. What did British boys learn in the Know Your Enemy program?

5. What was Battle Fatigue called during World War I?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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 Lowell Steward say the war affected the status of blacks in the United States?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the learning experiences that changed people's thinking as the war progressed, such as meeting people from other parts of your own country or other parts of the world. Is it your opinion that the long-term effects of the conflict were good or bad? Give reasons for your opinion.

Essay Topic 2

Officers often kept the troops in ignorance of their destinations, missions and purposes. Give your opinion as to why this was so, and the result of programmed ignorance on the troops and on the outcome of their efforts.

Essay Topic 3

The war looked very different to children than it did to adults. Discuss the differences, citing examples from the text.

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