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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 did American soldiers do on the streets of Japan that was considered bad manners?

2. According to Bill Mauldin, what did Russia waste after the war?

3. What was the first English phrase Japanese children learned after the war?

4. How does Olga Norwak characterize wartime romance?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Jacques Raboud believe it will be difficult for his generation to erase hatred?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How did Galatea Berger say the Third Reich was recorded in her school history classes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In your essay, discuss the unifying elements that brought Germans and Americans, Japanese and Americans, and other groups together both during and after the war. What factors made these reconciliations possible?

Essay Topic 2

Entertainment was thought by many to be as important to an effective fighting force as nutrition and weapons. Discuss the importance of entertainment, and its effect on the troops during the war.

Essay Topic 3

There is a lot of discussion of racism, the process of judging individuals by race, in this collection of memories. Write about racist attitudes you read about toward one ethnic group: Jews, blacks, Germans, Russians or Japanese. Explain the factors that led to racist opinions toward people of the group you chose.

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